Jay Smith, in daily life known as Guido Smits, was born on the 6th of January 1982. He grew up in Limbricht, a little town in the south of the Netherlands. When he was 8 years old he started to play the guitar. His first musical influences were mainly rock oriented and he listened to bands such as Nirvana, Metallica, Faith No More, Tool, Radiohead and many more. Jay played in a couple of bands, a.o. Black Wish and Rogue, with which he respectively reached the final of the 2000 and 2004 edition of the local band contest "Nu of Nooit". When, in September 2004, Rogue decided to call it a day, Jay felt it was time to go his own way. Jay is musically inspired by singer-songwriters such as Lori McKenna, Mark Erelli, Ryan Adams and Jeffrey Foucault. Jay has already built up quite a repertoire and in April 2006 he recorded his first EP, Exmore Diner, which features three tracks.
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