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G.E. Smith - Incense, Herbs & Oils
(CD 1989)
RARE Original OUT OF PRINT Release!
Used CD in LIKE NEW - MINT CONDITION!!!
Inserts are in Excellent Condition!!!
No Scratches NO Scuff Marks!!!
Case has normal wear.
Track listing
1. Trouble in the Woods
2. Amos Moses
3. Dusty Streets of Cairo
4. Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor
5. Tonight We Shake
6. Coocoo, The
7. Chopper, The
8. Heroin
9. For the Feint of Heart
10. Down the Dirt Road
11. Sunday
Product Details
- Audio CD (October 13, 1998)
- Original Release Date: October 13, 1998
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Green Mirror
G. E. Smith Biography
Most of the millions of people who saw pony-tailed Smith play
scorching guitar during a 10-year stint in the Saturday Night Live Band
know only a fraction of a brilliant, multi-faceted talent. Musicians
are far more familiar with him. The list of world-class players he has
performed with is staggering -- Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner,
Hall and Oates, Eric Clapton and David Bowie is only a good start.
G.E.
(George Edward) was born in suburban Stroudsburg, Pa., where he was
playing guitar at four. He's hung on for years to his first electric
axe, a 1952 Telecaster made the year he was born. He vividly remembers
Peter, Paul and Mary and Dylan's first album in '63. Catching the
legendary Odetta and Josh White at a taping of the TV show "Hootenanny"
left a lasting impression. Not even shaving yet, he was supporting
himself as a musician, playing high school dances and Poconos resorts,
often with bandmates twice his age. G.E. gravitated to the New Haven,
Conn., area and hooked up with the Scratch Band for some memorable club
dates up and down the East Coast in the first half of the '70s. Dan
Hartman gave Smith his first real break by hiring him to front his band
for a lip-synch tour of Europe and the U.S. Back in the States, G.E.
headed for Manhattan and became the guitarist for Gilda Radner's 1979
Broadway show Gilda Live.
Smith's life also changed in 1979 when
he began a six-year stint as lead guitarist with Hall and Oates. The
hits included "Kiss On My List," "Private Eyes" and "Man Eater," and
they toured incessantly. Smith recalls how they once toured in the
summer in the northern hemisphere followed by a summer tour in the
southern hemisphere, avoiding the New York winter. The fantasy part of
his career began in early 1985 at the Live Aid and Farm Aid concerts.
The Hall and Oates band became the house band for both events and G.E.
was the de-facto music director. He played with Jagger, Turner and
whoever else didn't have a band. Jagger used Smith on Mick's first solo
album She's the Boss as well as Primitive Cool. The hard-working G.E.
also played on some one-off recordings and concerts with Bowie, Peter
Wolf and others.
When Hall and Oates took an extended break from
music, G.E. was offered the job of Saturday Night Live music director
due to contacts made through Radner. Besides winning an Emmy for his
work with the consistently excellent SNL band, G.E. performed with a
stunning list of guest musicians -- Keith Richards, Al Green, Rickie
Lee Jones, Bryan Ferry and others. He played out his fantasies by
inviting hot guitarists to drop in unannounced, including Eddie Van
Halen, Johnny Winter, David Gilmour, Lonnie Mack, Dave Edmunds and
Buddy Guy. The Guy connection led to Smith and the SNL band backing him
for a Grammy-nominated live album. While with SNL, G.E. wrote a theme
song for Mike Myers to go with the "Wayne's World" skit. Smith wrote it
to suit Aerosmith, that week's guest. When the skit became a hit movie,
the soundtrack with G.E.'s tune became a platinum-selling smash. Also
during his SNL tenure, G.E. toured for four years with Dylan, jetting
all around the world and flying back in time for Saturday night's live
show. As if he didn't have enough to do, Smith was the music director
for special events including the 1988 Emmy Awards, the 1993 Rhythm and
Blues Foundation Awards, a Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame Museum concert and
the Dylan 30th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden. It was a
dream come true for the kid from Stroudsburg -- he'd rehearse with
George Harrison in the morning, Clapton in the afternoon and Lou Reed
in the evening. "One afternoon, rehearsing the finale, I had Harrison,
Tom Petty, Clapton, Neil Young, Dylan and Roger McGuinn all lined up
and I'm saying,'OK, George, you sing here; Eric, you play now; Bob, you
come in now. . . .' "
As the century was drawing to a close,
Smith was recording and running small but expanding record label Green
Mirror Music with talented singer/songwriter Taylor Barton, whom he
married. Former SNL bassist Paul Ossola, former Wings drummer Steve
Holley and guitarist Tom Cosgrove were backing up Smith and Barton.
G.E.
has been described as a free agent who hits home runs wherever he goes
and as the janitor of rock, who cleans it all up. That second part is a
disservice to the first person some of the biggest musical stars in the
world call when they need a hand. When the phone rings at the Smith
residence, this
multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/singer/producer/arranger/music
director never knows who might ask him for a hand. Barton is lucky --
she just has to ask him across the dinner table.
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