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The last twenty years of Smith Curry's life have given him an extremely diverse list of accomplishments: he has worked with acts ranging from hip-hop visionaries Digital Underground, to uber-star Kid Rock; he is a session player whose solos are on the top of the charts, and a sideman that has worked with over 30 major-label Country artists. His trusty brown Dobro has been on stage with legends ranging from Bill Monroe to British synth/pop stars Erasure..... Smith's television exposure in the last several years has been voluminous, including the Nashville Star house band in 2005, The Tonight Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, Rosie O'Donnel, CMT's Prime Time Country and Most Wanted Live, the Grand Ole Opry, CNN's Showbiz Today, and The CMA Awards, CMT's Outlaws special with Kid Rock, and GAC specials with Taylor Swift and Sherrie Austin. Recently, he has played major-label master sessions for legendary producers like Paul Worley, James Stroud, Don Cook, Blake Chancey, Kyle Lehning, Chuck Howard, and Ron Chancey, and can be heard on hit singles like Randy Travis's number 1 (and ACM and CMA Song of the Year) "Three Wooden Crosses", Jason Aldean's number 1 hit "Why", Billy Currington's number 1 "Good Directions", and his compositional talents can be heard alongside Jerry Douglas's and Ricky Skaggs's in the score for the HBO movie The Grave.......Critical Acclaim..."...Smith Curry helped rev thing up with Link Wray-like tough guy guitar riffing."--The Los Angeles Times...."Marvelous Dobro backup work by Smith Curry"-- The San Francisco Chronicle...."A great player, and a great hang!" -- Warren Haynes (guitar for Gov't Mule, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band)....."Smith Curry laid down some great pedal steel and Dobro"--MIX Magazine...."Sizzling Solo!"--Cleveland Beacon Journal....."There is a real joy and love of music in this tape...I enjoyed listening to it very much."--Anne Robinson President/CEO Windham Hill Productions....."Fancy guitar and Dobro picking...Impressive!"--BAM Magazine....."Tortuously beautiful Dobro!"--San Francisco Folk Music Club newsletter.....