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MANDOLIN RIVER NEW RELEASE 5/1/2010
All instrumental. 10 songs for solo mandolin recorded at Big Blue Sound in
Fort Dodge, Iowa. Five original songs and five classics.
Easy Listening. Laid bare picking. Mandolin River, A
Penny For Adeline, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, I Always Knew That You Were
The One, Mandofascination, Redwing, Mandoggin' It, Mando Morning, Cherokee
Shuffle, Dixie/Ashokan Farewell medley.
Lucky
7 Shadric
Smith. Seven original songs recorded
in 1975 at the University of Iowa with Chuck Henderson on guitar and Paul Berner
on upright bass.
Holliday's Club Cafe, Blue Blood Biscuits or Booze, Redbird, Hardly Anybody
Knows, Radius One, Riverboat Sail Downstream, Tone Down Your Radio. Early
stuff....only for the serious Buffalo Music collector. Folk-Swing-Blues. $11.
The Redbird Session
Shadric Smith Ten
original songs, a great Greg Brown tune, and a classic from the jazz era, recorded in 1976 at Otho, Iowa with Chuck
Henderson on guitar, Keith Brown on bass, and
Arnie Bodie, Jr. on drums. Engineered by Frank Wiewel. Riverboat, Doctor of My Soul, Black Dog, Send Me A
Postcard From Hawaii, People Hide Their Love ( Greg Brown ), Redbird, Dust Bowl
Days Are Comin', Morning Makes The Lovers Weep, Bye Bye Blackbird ( R.
Henderson/M. Dixon ), The Cat Without A Spoon, Fonda Sue, It's Late.
Some good pickin' from Iowa musicians, a great clean recording. Folk-Country-Blues. $14.
Shadric Smith & The Billy Buffalo Band
Fourteen original songs recorded in 1978 at
Otho, Iowa and Minneapolis, MN with Chuck Henderson, Dolor Adams, Gary Durr,
Bruce McCabe, Lloyd "Abe" Abraham, Vassar Clements, Mike Russell and
Kenny Putnam. Yankee Cowboy, The Moon Is My Companion, Ride
the Texas Wind, The Nitehawks, Diamonds Don't Mean A Thing, Holliday's Club
Cafe, Riverboat Sail Downstream, I Can't Stop My Feet From Dancin', Redbird,
Hello Nel..., I Can't Help Myself, Country Boy, It's Late, Tearin' My Way
Home. This may be my best work. Order this one first if
you don't have any of my recordings.
Country-Swing-Folk-Blues.
$14.
The Hillbilly Soul Brothers
EXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION. Twelve songs recorded "Live to 2-Track" in 1982 at Otho,
Iowa with Lloyd "Abe" Abraham. Abus Interludus, Biscuits,
Neighborhood, Libby Came A Walkin', Boy From Oklahoma, Goodbye To The City, Go Down Hanna, Kentucky Mountain, Dust Bowl
Days, Only You Can Stop The Rain, The Last Cowpuncher, Oh Marna, Bob's Whatever,
Abus Finalis. Some great little rural arrangements with my partner
and musical cohort Abe....no overdubs....some fun music for country adults.
Original
Hillbilly-Bluegrass-Country-Blues.
$14.
A Bird On The Wing In Iowa
Shadric Smith & The Billy
Buffalo Band. Twelve songs recorded in
1986 at Otho, Iowa with Dave Hearn, Kris Karr and Brian Nelson. A
Bird On The Wing In Iowa, Turkey In The Straw, Sparrow Blues, Under The
Double Eagle, Redbird, Blackbird ( Paul McCartney ), Redwing Polka, Colorado
Crow, Bluejay, Listen To The Mockingbird, Bye Bye Blackbird ( R. Henderson/M.
Dixon ), Home Sweet Home. Originally released as a kid's
tape....mostly original with some old time fiddle tunes and pop classics thrown
in for good measure....a bird themed CD.
Country, Old Time, Folk. $14.
Dogtown
Blues Shadric Smith and Friends.
Ten original songs recorded in 1990 at Otho, Iowa with Dave Steen, Kris
Karr, Denny Osburn and Todd Mason. Coffee For The Blues, The
Bullfrog Boogie, I Go Crazy, Sister Strange, Red Guitar, Prayin' For Rain, Back
Off And Cool Down, Mixed Up On You, Dogtown Summer, The Wine Is Old. For adult blues lovers who like a little country mixed in.
Blues-Boogie-Country. $14.
The Frontier Fiddle Band Fourteen songs recorded in 1991 at Otho, Iowa with Dave Hearn,
Herb Dreasler and David Parker. Oh Susanna, Ragtime Annie, Riverboat
Sail Downstream, O'Hearn's Reel, Clementine, Over The Waterfall, Goodbye To The
City, The 8th of January, Turkey In The Straw, Seneca Square Dance, Polly Wolly
Doodle, I Always Knew You Were The One, A Penny For Adeline, Red River Valley.
Suitable for hillbillies of all ages. With the help of the Iowa Arts Council we have played all over the
state. Old Time-Folk-Hillbilly. $14.
Tunesmith
Shadric Smith. Sixteen original songs recorded
between 1976 and 1999 with various musicians and singers at Junior's Motel, Otho,
Fort
Dodge, and Kansas City, MO. Lonesome Fiddle, When You're Down In
Iowa, One Step Ahead Of The Blues, Riverboat Sail Downstream, Thank You Grandma,
Jivin' With Ivan, Dark Star Rising, The Kitchen Song, Bluer Than The Moon Over
You ( Scott Dorman ), Rollin' Down That Lincoln Highway, Lost In A Dream, ( w
Nicki Thoma ), Tombstone Cowboy ( w Dave Hearn ), Mixed Up On You ( w Jan Vroman
), Daddy's Mama's Truck Is Countrified, The Old Iowa Waltz, ( w Dave Hearn ), A
Penny For Adeline. Mixture of sessions, singers, and co-songwriters,
with three Iowa related songs. Country-Folk.
$14.
Half My Life
Shadric Smith. Twelve
original songs recorded in 2002 and 2003 with Denny Osburn from Kansas
City, Dolor Adams from Texas on drums, and Brian Nelson from Fort Dodge on
bass. Kirk
Kaufman engineered six of these tracks at Junior's Motel studio in Otho,
IA. Denny engineered the other six on his Yamaha AW4816 hard disk
recorder at Big Blue Sound in Fort Dodge and added mucho instrumental parts:
piano, steel, mandolin, bass, horns, and drums. Half My Life, Rochester
Swing, Prayin' For Rain, You Ride That Lonely Rail, It's Good To Get Back To
Work, Lost In A Dream, Halo For a Hatband, Rollin' Down That Lincoln Highway,
Livin' And Dyin' Here, Love in LeMars, Black Dog, Ride The Texas Wind. Easy
listening with some fine playing by my musician pals...one of my favorites.
Country-Jazz-Blues.
$14.
Remember Your Dreams
Shadric Smith
Fourteen original songs recorded
in 2003 and 2004 mostly at Big Blue Sound in Fort Dodge.
Featuring Tristan Smith on vocals, Brandon Scott Sellner on guitar, and
Dean Davis on drums on some of the tracks. Two songs co-produced and
recorded with Denny Osburn at his Kansas City studio: Late Last Night and
Northern Geese featuring Denny on keyboard. Remember Your Dreams, In
A Perfect World, Dear Dad, Am Thing, Black Cat Blues,
Gypsy Lullaby, Seven, Simplify, Northern Geese, Don't Go
Away, Remembering Shirlee, Soldier Boy, Windsong ( Written with
Brandon Scott Sellner ), Late Last Night. Something for
everyone on this disc....2 instrumentals, acoustic instruments, keyboard
background tracks, mostly produced in my home studio.
Jazzy-Pop-Country-Blues $14.
Balalaika
Beats
Shadric Smith
Fourteen
original Balalaika improvisations and variations on rhythm grooves generated
with Zoom RT-123 rhythm machine. All Instrumental. Wild Horses
on the Steppe, Spoonful of Moscow, Tarnished Czar, Ukrainian Moon, Natasha,
Balalaika Blues, Riffin' Russian, October Longing, Rainbow Over Osipov,
Stalingrad Swing, Long Winter March, Follow Me Down Comrade, Funky Train To
Siberia, Bolshoi Ballet. Great for listening to as background
music while performing household chores. Folk-Trance-Dance
$14.
Balalaika
Beats II Shadric Smith
Fourteen MORE original Balalaika improvisations and variations on rhythm grooves generated
with Zoom RT-123 rhythm machine. All Instrumental. Pluck Hard
Petrov, Fire Dance, Trubloff's Triumph, Survival in the Province, Boots of
Kamarinskaya, Valentina, Contrabass Balalaika Boogie, Dark Eyes Are Danger,
Ludmila's Groove, Triangular Body of Thought, Ural Mountain Mystery, Sister
Sonya, Answer Me Now Robot, The End of the Beginning. Great
for listening to as background music while performing more household
chores. Folk-Trance-Dance
$14.
Shadric
Smith and the Acoustic Billy Buffalo Band Live in Concert at the Western Iowa
Historic Trails Center Sixteen original songs and two Hank
Williams covers recorded in Council Bluffs, Iowa on February 19, 2005 with
David Parker, Brian Nelson, Kris Karr, Dave Steen, and guest appearances by Dave
Maron on spoons and Fred Larson on harmonica. Riverboat Sail
Downstream, Yankee Cowboy, Neighborhood, Goodbye To The City, When You're Down
In Iowa, Ragtime Annie, Holliday's Club Cafe, Hey Good Lookin' ( Hank Williams
), Ride The Texas Wind, A Penny For Adeline, Gypsy Lullaby, Half My Life (
co-written with Dave Moore ), Redbird, Turkey in the Straw, Prayin' For Rain, In
A Perfect World, Diamonds Don't Mean A Thing, Jambalaya ( Hank Williams
). A special performance in front of a small crowd of music lovers at
the crossroads of the West. Recorded on Yamaha
AW16G hard disk recorder. Country-Folk.
$14.
Jammin'
at Spanky's Shadric Smith with The
Buffalo Horns. Live recordings from August of 2005
in Fort Dodge's
premier live music venue Spanky's Bar & Grill. Featuring The
Buffalo Horns, Dan Cassady - trombone, Jon Holmes - tenor sax, Curt
Klein - flugelhorn, Kris Karr - guitar/vocals, Brian Nelson - bass, Paul
Reisner - snare/hihat, Dean Davis - snare/hihat, Jeff Foreman - snare/hihat.
Songs include Goodbye to the City, Ride The Texas Wind, Coffee for the Blues,
Riverboat, Prayin' for Rain, A Penny for Adeline ( Kris Karr vocal ), Tearin' My
Way Home, Late Last Night, and two bonus studio tracks If You Could See
Love, and Hold My Hand On The 4th of July ( co-written with Matt McCrady-with
Will Lopes on piano ). Live and loose, recorded on Yamaha AW16G
hard disk recorder. Bluegrass-Country-Blues-Swing.
$14.
It's
Hard To Hang It Up Shadric
Smith. Original studio tracks from Big Blue
Sound in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Featuring Denny Osburn on the title track
playing piano, bass, drums, lap steel, clarinet and baritone sax.
Will Lopes played piano on Hold My Hand on the Fourth of July.
All songs written by Shadric Smith except Hold My Hand on the Fourth of July
which was co-written with Matt McCrady. All other instruments and arrangements created by Shadric Smith. It's Hard To
Hang It Up, If You Could See Love, Tokyo Shuffle, Two Feathers, Mary Ann, Cold
Snap, Mama's Drinkin' Again, Slightly Out Of Tune, Black Key Bounce, When Will
You Love Me, Hold My Hand on the Fourth of July. Country-Funky-Blues-Pop.
$14.
MANDOCLASSIC
Smith & Johnson
Laid back recording session featuring 18 Classic songs from some of America's greatest composers
as played by Shadric Smith on guitar/vocal and Bob Johnson on mandolin.
Recorded at Big Blue Sound in Fort Dodge, Iowa. All of Me, St. Ann's Reel,
Bye Bye Blackbird, Fly Me To The Moon, I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, Georgia
On My Mind, Sentimental Journey, Ain't Misbehavin', Right Or Wrong, I Can't Give
You Anything But Love, Stardust, Milk Cow Blues, The Shadow Of Your Smile, Sioux
City Sue, Arkansas Traveler, Rosetta, Sunnyside of the Street, Ashokan
Farewell. Classic
Jazz Standards and Fiddle Songs.
$14.
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