ROB SMITH & POLAR MUSIC NEW ZEALAND WEBSITE
ROB SMITH @ SOUNDCLICK PAGE
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GONE WILD @ MYSPACE PAGE
GONE WILD @ SOUNDCLICK PAGE
CAROL SMITH @ SOUNDCLICK PAGE
CATHERINE SMITH @ SOUNDCLICK PAGE
LAURA SMITH @ SOUNDCLICK PAGE
HOUSTON WELLS OFFICIAL WEBSITE
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MP3 DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW FROM THIS LINK
Rob Smith - Be Careful What You Wish For:
Rob Smith released his official debut album in 2005 on the Polar Music New Zealand label.The 15 song debut CD "Be Careful What You Wish For" was released on 10th June 2005."Be Careful What You Wish For" is available from:
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Rob Smith - Actions Speak Louder Than Words (2006) :
Rob Smith's 2nd solo album, this one took a lot of planning (and a few changes in the setlist 2). In some ways this album is a bit of a revelation as it saw Rob co-writing with other songwriters/lyricists on a deeply professional level.Rob Smith has been nominated for Best Songwriter his song "I'm Gonna Miss You Baby" (also nominated for Best Song) for the 2006 International Online Music Awards."Actions Speak Louder Than Words" is available from:
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Rob Smith - Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Production & Arranging
Matt Sturgess - Bass, Production & Arranging
Richard Anderson - Vocals, Lyrics, Concepts & Arranging
Nils-Ole Finbak - Keyboards, WILD Guitars, Production & Arranging
Chris Szkup - Guest Guitarist on "Montage"
Carol Smith - Guest Harmonica on "Don't Need Them Blues"Robin Wellaway - Guest Sax on "The Good Ole Boys", "Don't Need Them Blues" and "Heavens Above"
GONE WILD - "GONE WILD":
"GONE WILD" is available from:
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A Family With Talent: Rob's father is singer Houston Wells who in 1963 had a hit record with "Only The Heartaches", reaching number 18 on the UK charts, with his band The Marksmen.
"Only The Heartaches" stayed in the UK charts for 6 weeks,
and reached number 7 in the Irish charts, and stayed in the Irish charts for 10 weeks.Through the 60's and 70's Houston Wells also sang for several other bands in the UK The Masters , The Outlaws (which featured none other than Ritchie Blackmore as the lead guitarist) and in Ireland The Premier Aces , The Trident Showband .During his time in the UK and Ireland, Houston Wells worked with such artists as Ritchie Blackmore (The Outlaws, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmores Night), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Firm), Big Jim Sullivan (Tom Jones' guitarist), Mick Underwood (The Outlaws/Quartermass, Gillan, Peace), The Benny Hill Singers and Chas Hodges (The Outlaws/Chas & Dave). His producer in his early days was none other than the producing pioneer Joe Meek, as well as that he has worked with Shel Talmy who was the producer of Houston Wells & The Premier Aces, having also produced The Kinks, The Easybeats, The WhoInternational tours with such artists as Jim Reeves, Hank Locklin, The Beatles and Roy Orbison are testament to the talents of Houston Wells as the UK's first professional country and western star.Recent years have seen Houston Wells recording new material, both with a host of session musicians, as well as with his son Rob. When you finally get your hands upon a collection of the modern works from this true legend of the UK and Ireland music scene's you will be astounded at his versatility, you will marvel at how well he has managed to reinvent himself without ever losing the knack of bringing out the beauty of the written lyric. What you will also hear is the legacy of a talented family, for Rob has added his own influence to the recordings he has made with his father in an effort to bring new and inspired vision to some old favourites and some brilliant original recordings. Rob's 2 teenage daughters Catherine and Laura are both beautiful singers, they have accompanied their father and grandfather in their home studio (as well as having written their own material).
Rob's wife Carol is also a magical singer, someone inspired by both the music of past era's as well as modern New Zealand music. Carol Smith has also the lead vocalist for one of Rob's former live bands Crazy PavingRob's brother Tim and sister-in-law Zoe are members of a very talented band, Six Foot Children that perform and record in the UK. Check out the bands site by clicking on the logo below:
Robs sister Linda is also a lovely singer, and can sing the most beautiful Irish laments.Robs brother Martin who was lead singer for a time with Deep Image , has a great voice and plays the acoustic guitar. His son Daniel plays the guitar, and writes his own songs, a star in the making maybe ?Rob has another brother Phil who plays the bass and acoustic guitar, he also carries on the Smith tradition of having a great voice. Phil was a member of Rob's former band The Candles
Rob's first solo album entitled "Be Careful What You Wish For" was released in 2005. This is a collection of some of Rob's recordings, taken from a catalogue of over 600 original songs.Rob continues to write and record new solo material, so with that
in mind the 2nd solo album "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" was released in 2006, and is available to order through this website.Always inspired to try different types of songwriting, Rob is at the moment working on future collections of full on rock numbers, acoustic music, blues music.
Rob has recorded and produced a collection of songs with his father Houston Wells , one of the classic remakes is a song called "Lonely Street" that features Rob's daughters Laura and Catherine on backing vocals. This collection of songs with Houston Wells is called "Then & Now: From Joe Meek To Taupo, New Zealand", and is due for release via Jasmine Records.
Houston Wells - Then & Now: From Joe Meek To Taupo, New Zealand (2008) :
Click Here to listen to Houston Wells' songsRob's daughters Catherine and Laura have both recorded material with their father and have recieved airplay on radio.Rob and Richard Anderson have written a number of songs together (with Richard as lyricist). This has lead to the formation of the "Co-Writes & Collaborations 1: Moments In Time" album. A 2nd of these albums will be released in the future as well.Carol Smith
is currently recording her solo album "Tranquility, with Rob producing and playing the bulk of the instruments.
"Wish" and "Ratapiko Blues", have been adopted by Rob's band Quadraphonic and are played live on a regular basis
Several of Rob's recordings are available to be heard online, check the Mp3 Page .
Rob's recordings have managed to garner worldwide attention online, to keep abreast of his success check the Chartwatch page.
Rob's continues to work with other artists and in recent times has extended this to writing and producing artists from around the world, including Hayley Oliver, Richard Anderson, Nils-Ole Finbak
Richard Anderson, Nils-Ole Finbak, Matt Sturgess and Rob Smith teamed up to form the band GONE WILD, The band wrote, recorded and released their hard rock/blues album called "GONE WILD", with album released January 2007. "GONE WILD II" is currently being recorded, as well as a DVD project is in the works with band, solo and collaborative efforts represented.
Richard Anderson and Rob are teaming up to write for several overseas artists for both the "Co-Writes & Collaborations 1: Moments In Time" and "Co-Writes & Collaborations 2: Songbirds" albums (credited as Rob Smith & Friends), and associated projects including artists solo albums.
Please note that autographed copies of CD's will be available upon request, please let us know when you order your copies that you tell us this and give us the name/s of who you would like the autographs made out to.Alternatively..... MP3 DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW FROM THIS LINK
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Purchase "Be Careful What You Wish For"
Purchase "Actions Speak Louder Than Words"
Rob Smith - Discography:
