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Denny Smith

About Me

I'm the singer/guitarist and occasional ivory tickler of fORMER(Nashville, TN), but I'm currently assembling a new outfit that will hopefully allow me to show another side that has yet to reveal itself. My musical resume also includes a stint with the now-defunct Bombshell Crush, and what is soon to be a resurrected Best Of Seven(Los Angeles, CA), and you can probably find CDs from both of these bands somewhere on Amazon, eBay, or some random used CD shop in Tupelo, MS, if you were so inclined. I'm a songwriter. I appreciate a tall Jack & Coke when the mood strikes. I had an old dog...but he died(RIP Maxwell), so we got a new one, a sweet fella that can run faster than anyone on steroids...his name is Pioneer. Pioneer has recently been joined by a vagrant that has adopted us, who goes by the name Cash...she's too sweet to send packing. I own a record shop in Pekin, IL, Co-Op Records. Occasionally I travel north from my home in NashVegas to supervise my henchmen as they do my bidding. I often piss away my time driving without a destination just to hear myself think. I love Sun Drop cola....sue me. I can't eat anything with bones in it or anything that retains the general shape of itself in living form....that shit grosses me out, though I have recently grown quite fond of Sushi(thanks, Joey). I have great friends and a cool family...in particular my Mom...the best. I don't go to church, but I'd like to believe. I eat too much junk food...my sweet tooth is the stuff of legends, but I have shaken the pastry monkey from my back. I used to love that band Trixter, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I hate cold. I miss California. I love Nashville...most days. I don't sleep much. I hate idle time. I think Elvis Costello's "Man Out Of Time" is quite possibly my favorite song of ALL time....not sure though, and it's looking like The Afghan Whigs' "Crazy" might steal the prize. I'm red/green colorblind if anybody wants to mess with me at a traffic light. I guess that's all for now....more later.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/10/2007
Band Website: ta da
Band Members: Me...and the rest may vary, depending on the song...but usually just me.
Influences: The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Cheap Trick, John Hiatt, Jellyfish, U2,Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers, Del Amitri, Foo Fighters, Kiss, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Elton John, Ginger, Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch, Butch Walker, Prince, Motown, FM radio, The Midwest........and this fine woman
Sounds Like: My heart is broken. It's not....at the moment.
Record Label: Unnecessary

My Blog

New old songs and what's up with this other band.

I got an email regarding some licensing opportunities for my old band Best Of Seven yesterday, which resulted in me digging through my demo catalog in search of a complete list of material I had compo...
Posted by on Sun, 10 May 2009 10:57:00 GMT

Putting together a band...this is not a tutorial.

Well, after much deliberation and conference with my fORMER cohorts, I've decided to assemble a "solo" band, to keep myself busy when other folks don't have the itch to be so consistently occupied. At...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:00:00 GMT

What to do, what to do???

 I just realized I haven't posted one of these in a while; aside from the occasional fORMER page updates, so I thought I might ought to do something about that....here goes.... Well, fORMER has kept m...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:36:00 GMT

4 hours = 240 minutes OR The Art Of The Stretch.

 I just got back from yet another trip to Illinois, this one designed to provide me some opportunity to plan for my store's 10th Anniversary Sale at the end of May, while also allowing me to sque...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:41:00 GMT

Busy.

It's early, and I'm about to hit the road for Illinois here in a few minutes, but first I thought I'd share a few tidbits of recently developed information with you. First, it looks like my old band B...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:38:00 GMT

My personal Top 10 albums of 2007.

 These are in order...or at least they start out that way, 'cause about halfway down I get a little less certain of their importance in the grand scheme of my musical consciousness. I start off w...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:56:00 GMT

Best Of Seven in Peoria, and what you missed last weekend.

 The Red Barn. Friday, December 14th. The place to be. If you weren't there, here's what you missed(in order, I think?): Lies Isn't She Gold Crave Go Your Own Way(Fleetwood Mac cover) Need You On...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:19:00 GMT

November stuff.

I demoed 4 new tunes yesterday...just rough live demoes of acoustic or piano with vocals(although I did sneak a harmony in on one). This is stuff I've been working on for the last couple of weeks....A...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:01:00 GMT

New this week.

 I posted a couple of different tracks the other day. "Yesterday's News" has been around for awhile. It was on the acoustic EP that I pressed up for the very first "fORMER" shows in Illinois &...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:33:00 GMT

Why?

 For anyone wondering why I needed another profile, or those who just chalked it up tp vanity or egomania, please rest assured that soon there will be only one Denny Smith profile ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:56:00 GMT