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Smythe and Taylor

It's Acousti-clectic Folkgrass!!

About Me

Since 2000, Smythe and Taylor (TC Smythe and Gary Taylor) have played in hundreds of venues, within and beyond Texas. They recently returned to Houston after a successful 2006 tour through London, England, (at the Guildford Music Festival), The Hague, Netherlands and Warsaw, Poland.Audiences will enjoy a wide variety of acoustic music, from the traditional to the contemporary, including originals, country, folk, rock, blues and bluegrass. The duo is known for their symbiotic harmonies, humorous lyrics and unique brand of '3D' guitar playing. They've released 5 CDs since 2000 and their latest, “Maybe it’s Because I’m Missing You” won the 2005 Woody Guthrie Songwriting Award. In 2006, the duo was nominated for "Song of the Year", "Songwriter of the Year", "Female Vocalist of the Year" and "Vocal duo of the Year" by the Academy of Texas Music.The duo met while working at an oil company in Houston, Texas. TC had just learned to play the guitar and was offered her first gig at a coffeehouse, but she didn't have enough material to fill the night. She heard through the corporate grapevine that a co-worker, Gary Taylor, played guitar, so she called him to help out, and he's been answering the phone ever since.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/23/2006
Band Website: smytheandtaylor.com
Band Members: TC Smythe - Vocals, guitar and songwriting Gary Taylor - Vocals, guitar and songwriting
Influences: Everything from Gordon Lightfoot to Brother Tom Lehrer
Sounds Like: We're a cross between Doc Watson, Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin and James Taylor
Record Label: White Cat Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

A couple of new youtubes... (thanks Lane)

A bonus for our newsletter subscribers   These two videos were taken last Saturday at The Bugle Boy In LaGrange.  Special Guest - Susan Gibson!   thanks TC http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted by Smythe and Taylor on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:58:00 PST

the last installment of the 2007 tour...

August 8th, 2007 We returned from tour a week ago, and it's taken awhile to get the photos back! Each of the below sections pertain to a leg of the tour.  If you're not up for the details, you ...
Posted by Smythe and Taylor on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:56:00 PST

Guilfest and Beyond!!

Hello all from ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Great Britain! ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />  Thanks to Wi...
Posted by Smythe and Taylor on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:19:00 PST

two down, one to go!! the S&T world tour..

The second leg of the Smythe and Taylor World Tour - West Texas Thursday, July 5thIt rained all the way from Houston to Kerrville, but when we reached the bone-dry mesas, we knew we were get...
Posted by Smythe and Taylor on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:32:00 PST

First Leg of the World Tour! Success!

We appreciate the great hospitality shown to us in Colorado this past weekend.  We got to see the sights and play several intimate venues across the front range of the Rockies.  It coul...
Posted by Smythe and Taylor on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:00:00 PST

Repost of the Smythe and Taylor Newsletter

Our newsletter archive can always be viewed at http://www.smytheandtaylor.com  .  Hello all!  Our westside fans don't have to go far to find Smythe and Taylor this weekend. We'll return...
Posted by Smythe and Taylor on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:56:00 PST

The songs are now "shareable" Help yourself!!

Still getting the hang of this myspace thing - I have posted three songs to the profile.    I don't know how many I'm allowed, but check back - we'll be posting previously UNRELEASED so...
Posted by Smythe and Taylor on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:09:00 PST

West Texas, Europe and Beyond!!!!!

Hello all!  Just trying out our myspace blog for the first time.  I hope it will be a good tool to communicate from the road while we are out and about.  If anyone actaully sees this no...
Posted by Smythe and Taylor on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST