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Jimmy Smyth

Guitarist,Composer,Producer Jimmy Smyth

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Member Since: 3/14/2007
Band Members:
Influences: Miles,Keith Jarrett,Lowell George,Donald Fagen,Howlin'Wolf,Peter Green,Little Walter,John Coltrane,Roy Buchanan,Charlie Parker,Eric Bell,Johnny Fean,Kenny Burrell,Wes Montgomery,Joe Pass,Merle Haggard,Bob Wills,Chet,Jimmy Bruno,John Scofield,Lennon/MacCartney,Duke Ellington,Count Basie,Artie Shaw,C.F.Jung,Jimmy Page,Hendrix,Philip Lynott,Darach O'Cathain,Flann O'Brien,Don DeLillo,Joe Zawinul,Claude DeBussy,Albinoni,Chopin,Mozart,Ennio Morricone,Albert Lee,Brent Mason,Arvo Part,Marc Bolan...Movies: Scarecrow,One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest,Chinatown,LOTR Trilogy,Comedy:Bill Hicks,Woody,Spike,Seinfeld,Larry David...Literature: Flann O'Brien,Tolkien,Pat Barker,Mikhail Bulgakov,T.C.Boyle,Cormac MacCarthy,Herman Hesse,Albert Camus,James Joyce,Philip Larkin,Raymond Carver...
Sounds Like: W/Toni C @ Grammy Awards L.A.

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Record Label: Deep6 Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

WB Yeats

He Wishes for the Cloths of HeavenHad I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would...
Posted by Jimmy Smyth on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:03:00 PST

Keep in the Heart A Journal

Keep in the heart the journal nature keeps;Mark down the limp nasurtium leaf with frost;See that the hawthorn bough is ice-embossed,And that the snail, in season, has his grief;Design the winter on th...
Posted by Jimmy Smyth on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:59:00 PST

The Gods of the Copybook Headings

We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turnThat Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,So ...
Posted by Jimmy Smyth on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:56:00 PST

Thought for the Day

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity...
Posted by Jimmy Smyth on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:53:00 PST

A John Coltrane Lesson

Most people treat "Giant Steps" as a disjointed collection of ii-V7-I and V7-I changes.To properly analyze this tune, it must be done in 2/4 time (NOT 4/4).Here is the genesis of how it was written:Th...
Posted by Jimmy Smyth on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:10:00 PST

The Genius of The Crowd

The Genius Of The Crowdthere is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the averagehuman being to supply any given army on any given dayand the best at murder are those who preach against itand...
Posted by Jimmy Smyth on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:51:00 PST

What Hunter S.Thompson said about the music business...

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
Posted by Jimmy Smyth on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:40:00 PST

Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments for Guitarists

Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments For GuitaristsCurrent mood: artisticSubject: Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments For Guitarists 1. LISTEN TO THE BIRDS That's where all the music comes from. B...
Posted by Jimmy Smyth on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:33:00 PST