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About Me

I play lead guitar for Sunny Sweeney. I am Scottish. I play guitar all the time. My guitar style is heavily influenced by, ALBERT LEE (the king), ANGUS YOUNG, BRAD PAISLEY, BRAD DAVIS, JAMES MITCHELL, REDD VOLKAERT, JEDD HUGHES, BRENT MASON, ALVIN LEE, ERIC HOKKENNEN, MATT BAKER (ex. Roger Creager lead guitar man.), TREVOR LA BONTE (Gary P. Nunn band.). There are many others, but at this point in my life these pickers are reverberating through my musical soul the most. When i sing, i sing in an American voice, because it just comes natural. I like to play country and bluegrass mainly but my shred and jazz chops are getting better slowly but surely, i just try to do a little of everything, music theory fascinates me, but mainly i just like to plug in, turn it up and rock out !

My Space or Yours? Myspace Layouts and more at myspaceoryours.net!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/22/2006
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: Craig Smith - Vocals, Electric guitar, Acoustic Guitar.
Influences: Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Albert Lee, Angus Young (AC/DC), Brad Davis, Brad Paisley, Brent Mason, Keith Urban, Dwight Yoakam, Oasis, Supergrass, Redd Volkaert, Eric Hokkennen, Tony Rice, The Byrds, The Stone Roses, Neil Young, R.E.M. , Hal Ketchum, Ricky Skaggs, Jedd Hughes, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Kevin Ray, James Mitchell, Alan Munde, Joe Carr, Cary Banks, Eric Johnson, The Band, Vince Gill, Clarence White, Ralph Mooney, Waylon Jennings, The Beatles, The Who, The Small Faces, Steve Earle, Coldplay, U2, Emmylou Harris, Carlene Carter, Sunny Sweeney, Heather Myles, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Charlie Rich, Glen Campbell, Don Williams, Tom Petty, The Waterboys, The Saw Doctors, The Pogues, Flatt and Scruggs, Alison Krauss, The Greencards, Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubb, George Jones, Patty Loveless, Highway 101, Roger Creager, Jack Ingram, Randy Rodgers, Doug Moreland, Peter Rowan, Dierks Bentley, any member past or present of the Grand Ole Opry, W.A.S.P. , Van Halen, Django Rheinhardt, Def Leppard, Foreigner, Ratt, Ozzy Osborne, Iron Maiden, George Strait, Dixie Chicks, Daniel Bedingfield, Space, Cast, Bob Dylan, Roxette, ABBA, Travis, Transvision Vamp, Belinda Carlisle, Bryan Adams, Ten Years After, Flying Burrito Brothers, Roy Acuff, Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell, Willie Nelson, Webb Pierce.
Sounds Like: Country/Bluegrass/Jazz/Rock.
Record Label: Independant.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Wassup everybody !

Well "howdy y'all" this is craig smith the guitar player with the wierd accent posting a blog for the heck of it. I dont have really much to post at the moment, apart from im playin gigs with sunny wh...
Posted by Craig Smith on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:17:00 PST

HOME !

On Thursday, we (the Sunny Sweeney band.) are flying to London England, for our Europe tour. I am going to go home for a while,......................FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 3 YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted by Craig Smith on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:40:00 PST

Starting to boil !

In the near future i am without a doubt going to record 3 or 4 songs here in the house i live in in Kyle TX, to post on my Myspace Music page. My landlord Clay Korn who plays keys for Pat Green h...
Posted by Craig Smith on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:10:00 PST

i POD !

I finally got an i-POD ! that thing has got to be one of the best inventions ever !, hmmm i think i listen to Van halen, earl scruggs, springsteen , lefty frizzell, django reinhardt , dwight !...
Posted by Craig Smith on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:27:00 PST

Eric Hokenen

Eric Hokenen is my guitar buddy, and another mentor. I've known Eric for nearly a year, and today i went to his house to pick for a while, great fun, great fun. Eric is a real good musician ! and he s...
Posted by Craig Smith on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:26:00 PST

Sunny Sweeney

Sunny's music is totally my kind of music ! I frickin love it, i am very excited about the future, playing in the Sunny Sweeney band. This is the best gig I have ever been in. Come to a show !...
Posted by Craig Smith on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:04:00 PST