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SMILE

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About Me

Smile was born in 1996 leaded by the singer-songwriter John Franks who got together with ex-members of the bands Gravestones and Little Fish. Ever since the beginning Smile have been playing gigs specially in the Basque Country. I can't think of any place where they haven't had a chance to display their soft, melodic acoustic tunes, and with well known bands like Wilco, Donavon Frankenreiter, Waterboys, Dean & Britta, Bart Davenport, Sunday Drivers...!!!
In their songs you will find a bit of retro 60's, hippy west coast blend (Lovin Spoonful, Buffalo Springfield...) as well as a mellow 70's vocal touch (Neil Young, CSN, America...). And of course a feel of the new acoustic mouvement (Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Jayhawks...).
Combining all these influences, Smile has created music which evokes classic sunsets, friendly camp fires and good vibes that will soon have the listener smiling along to the optimistic, positive, sunny lyrics.
Smile have proudly auto released 2 demos in 1998 and 2000. Here is now the new release "Painting the sun one colour"!

SMILE with WILCO !
JOHN WITH JACK JOHNSON IN BACKSTAGE
JOHN OFFERING ONE OF HIS PICTURES TO DONAVON FRANKENREITER
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Music:

Member Since: 7/26/2006
Band Members:

John Franks: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Daniel Merino: lead guitar, vocals
Ferdy Breton: bass
Javi Gonzalez: drums

MANAGEMENT, BOOKING, CONTACT: +34 626968306
Mail: [email protected]

Influences: Neil Young, The Band,
CSN, Byrds,
Lovin Spoonful, Love,
Ryan Adams, Neal Casal
Jack Johnson, Mojave3,
Jayhawks, Nick Drake

Sounds Like:

Here are some pieces of artwork by John Franks. As you can see he is strongly influenciated by surfing and the poster art scene from the 60s. Hope you enjoy it!


Record Label: http://www.rockindiana.biz/
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Tyler Warren Experiments (teazer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEXxP0A0LFg ...
Posted by SMILE on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:25:00 PST

viviendoenunamelodia.blogspot.com

La Banda Sonora de mi vida Los sonidos de mis días .. --> google_ad_section_start --> lunes 7 de abril de 2008 Smile, lo que necesitaba Navegando por el myspace, buscando la música d...
Posted by SMILE on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:24:00 PST

Presentacion en Fnac Billbao

2008/01/25.. Begin .post --> Smile... live is good El viernes disfrutamos de un acústico gratuito en Fnac de Smile, el grupo de Getxo descubierto en el concierto de Waterboys. Nos compramos el CD ...
Posted by SMILE on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:40:00 PST

Entrevista en El Correo

Smile | Medio llena Country pop delicado con armonías cuidadas y voz inglesa destila este combo getxotarra que contabiliza 15.000 descargas en myspace. ¡Y en vivo es mejor!ÓSCAR CUBILLO La música ha d...
Posted by SMILE on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:01:00 PST

Entrevista powerpopaction.com

Entrevista realizada por Sturrock: SMILE: "BOB DYLAN ES EL PERSONAJE MÁS COHERENTE EN LA HISTORIA DEL ROCK" Quedo con John Franks en Portugalete. No ha puesto ninguna pega para cruzar el Puente Co...
Posted by SMILE on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:32:00 PST

The Waterboys &... Smile!!!

Ayer engañé vilmente a Ricardo y me acompañó al concierto de los Waterboys en el Arriaga. Pillamos entradas baratas, que no era cosa de gastarse 35 ¬, así que estuvimos en lo más alto, como podéis apr...
Posted by SMILE on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:38:00 PST

Wilco + Smile - Zaragoza 10/11/2007 - by http://elcuartelillo.blogspot.com/

WILCO +  SMILE Sala Oasis de Zaragoza 10 Noviembre 2007   Salir de un lugar sonriendo --> -->--> Texto del blog -->El sábado pasado era hora de reencontrarse con Wilco. Después que visit...
Posted by SMILE on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:23:00 PST

Wilco + Smile en Bilbao 11/11/2007 por muzikalia.com

Wilco + SmilePalacio Euskalduna (Bilbao) 11/11/2007 Vayan haciéndose a la idea de que quien no controle la obra y milagros de Wilco terminará siendo un marginado. En la asignatura de música contempor...
Posted by SMILE on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:37:00 PST

Crítica CD por www.desvan.net

Desde Getxo, Smile, han debutado con un fabuloso disco que, bajo el título de "Painting the sun one colour", nos ha cautivado como si fuera el rumor de un oleaje bañado por un sol con diez rayos impla...
Posted by SMILE on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:37:00 PST