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    Chris Smither

    Presented by McGonigel's Mucky Duck at McGonigel's Mucky Duck

    November 11, 2011

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    Chris Smither

    McGonigel's Mucky Duck presents Chris Smither.

    “Back in the old days,” muses resilient troubadour Chris Smither, “writing new songs and making new albums were just chores. My priority was, and still is, performing live. I guess I still write the songs and make the records so that I can go out and play – except that now I actually look forward to it. I’ve learned...

    McGonigel's Mucky Duck presents Chris Smither.

    “Back in the old days,” muses resilient troubadour Chris Smither, “writing new songs and making new albums were just chores. My priority was, and still is, performing live. I guess I still write the songs and make the records so that I can go out and play – except that now I actually look forward to it. I’ve learned how to do it, and I’m very eager to get stuff recorded once I’ve written it.”

    “Writing songs is like exercising,” he adds. “There are certain muscles that have to get toned up. You work for a while, and eventually they get strong again. Eventually, once you’ve written five or six songs, songs number seven, eight, and nine come a lot quicker. You know what you’re doing. I learn a little bit more every time I write a new batch of songs.”

    NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO:
    [Smither] taps his foot to keep the rhythm, much like the late blues legend John Lee Hooker. His finger-picked guitar lines are sleek, unhurried and insistent. And then there’s the voice “equal parts gravel and molasses, Smither’s singing sounds like a distillation of the folk and blues heroes he grew up listening to in New Orleans.

    ROLLING STONE: Bathed in the flickering glow of passing headlights and neon bar signs, Smither’s roots are as blue as they come. There is plenty of misty Louisiana and Lightnin’ Hopkins in Smither’s weathered singing and unhurried picking. So fine.

    Photo by Jeff Fasano.


    McGonigel's Mucky Duck

    2425 Norfolk
    Houston, TX 77098

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    Tickets:

    Advance Tickets: $25.00
    Ticket price at the door: $27.00


    Times:

    Two Shows:  7pm & 9:30pm


    Phone: (713) 528-5999

    Parking: Surface lot and street parking available.

    Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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