blues · singer-songwriter · folk

Chris Smither

bluessinger-songwriterfolkamericana

4 372

Instagram

1 629

Deezer fans

89 947

Last.fm listeners

4 372

Instagram

1 629

Deezer fans

89 947

Last.fm listeners

Listen on Spotify ↗

Keep listening

About

Chris Smither (born November 11, 1944 in Miami, Florida) is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He grew up mainly in New Orleans and attended the University of the Americas in Mexico City, planning on becoming an anthropologist, but transferred to Tulane University after a year, during which time he discovered the music of Mississippi John Hurt. While in Paris for a junior year abroad, he spent his time playing guitar rather than attending classes and was kicked out of college as a result. In 1965, he left for Florida to meet Eric von Schmidt, another musical hero of his. von Schmidt encouraged Smither to move to New York City or Cambridge, Massachusetts, and so Smither moved to Cambridge and when he showed up at Club 47, found von Schmidt performing there, who invited him to play a few songs on stage. His first album, I'm a Stranger, Too was released on Poppy Records in 1970. Chris Smither has been touring since then. Chris Smithers song "Love you like a man" from Smithers first album has been famously covered by Bonnie Raitt who has made it a signature song of hers under the title "Love me like a man" (published on her second Album "Give it up")- she has openly expressed admiration for Chris Smithers songwriting and guitarplaying. Later Raitt's version of the song has been covered by The Dixie Chicks and Diana Krall. The protagonist of Linda Barnes's series of "Carlotta Carlyle" mysteries is a fan of Smither's music and several of her books mention it.

Source: Last.fm

Upcoming dates

No known upcoming dates yet. Add this artist to your alerts to be notified.

Never miss a date

Use “Follow” at the top of the page to get an email alert as soon as a date is announced near you.

Latest tracks

SpotifyOpen ↗

Instagram

@chrissmithermusic

4.4K followers

View on Instagram ↗

Keep listening

Chris Smither

You may also like

Latest tracks

Instagram

You may also like