About Me
Having left Atlanta early 2006, Rebecca Jean Smith has taken to a solo run on the road. She had utilized a writer’s winter to prepare for the upcoming album:
ODE TO THE GHOST ROSE
Musicians featured are:
Oliver Wood of The Wood Brothers,
Ted Pecchio and Tyler Greenwell of Susan Tedeschi Band,
Motown’s Ike Stubblefield, Donnie McCormick, and Jeff Knorr.
The album bases around lore and tales and released January 2008.2007 started on an serious musical high aboard Jam Cruise.
Becca Jean had a featured set with Yonrico Scott (of The Derek Trucks Band).
Jam Cruise V is one of the premier festivals in the States including artists such as: Burning Spears, Galactic, Umphreys McGee, JJ Grey and more.Smiths first album, Roundabout, highlights her unique musical articulations on romance and life. With the notion that everything is in relation to something else, Smith says, writing is simple: observe, determine, fantasize, create and dont forget a fine glass of wine. Smith has been known to do stealth writing, in crowded rooms while others are reveling. I like to write in chaotic situations, she says, I find it creatively stimulating.On Landed, we see three sides of her. She is a sultry vixen as she sings, It was calm, simple with ease and we fell. Barriers undetermined, the plateau of the time, I won't lie, you were one hell of a night. We also hear her stronger vocalizing on the end of each verse, and she lets her vulnerability show as she croons, why do we fall apart, why is the landing so hard?This is the beauty of Smith. She calls the south her home, but she is originally from Boston, just one reason for moving around to be so comfortable. Her early days found her being pushed toward the guitar by her love of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Beach Boys.On Roundabout, she is reaps the benefit of five years in and around the Atlanta music scene. Her exposure to the incredible sea of talent in this city has inspired her to tap deeper into her own sounds. She is supported by some of Atlantas finest musicians including Oliver Wood of The Wood Brothers (who co-produced Roundabout with Smith) and Greg Baba of King Johnson and three members of Captain Soularcat. Karl Denson and his bandmates Ron Johnson and John Staten help Smith funk her way through the celebration of an addiction to an ideal companion, Clear View. David Blackmon lends graceful fiddle to Makeshift and Way, and the elegance of Matt Bivens accordion fits in comfortably with Way and Cavernous Eyes.Layout made by Chaos13 at CreateBlog.com .
