Rick Smith

History is what it is, and this is mine . I started playing in Bands as a teenager in Seattle in the late seventies . My first band "The Girls" was a mix of Northwest garage band and New York punk . The Girls lasted for about three years, we had a lot of fans and saw many changes in the way Seattle bars and clubs responded to original cutting edge music . Befor then Seattle was all cover bands doing Zeplin, BTO, and Foghat . The next band I was in was "The Lonesome City Kings" the kings were a little more polished and a lot more serious then "The Girls" the Kings broke up after a few years and I headed for L.A. In L.A. I worked with producer / engeieer Ed thacker, Ed has worked with everyone, including Tom Petty, Lucindia Williams, Cindi Lauper, Marianne Faithful and many more . MCA gave us money to record but nothing ever came of it . After a few years of watching the music industry throw money at every trendy goofball that came along I headed for Austin, which is where I am to this day . Austin lives up to it's good reputation, this city takes care of it's artists . Joe Ely took me under his wing and produced all of my first recordings in Texas, I've written songs with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and I've had a song writer / artist deal with Warner/Chappell publishing . I've written in the song mines of Nashville, and wrote songs with the late great Doc Pomus . These days I mostly play solo voice and guitar, around Austin, I have a CD in the works and I hope to support it heavily by touring and through my space .I'm always looking for gigs in and around Austin, if you know of any please contact me through myspace . Thank you for supporting independent music . Peace and Grace .Rick Smith