Fred D. Smith in concert at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne, Sat Nov 21 at 8 pm, no cover. Raised in the small town of Winona, Ont., Fred’s songwriting style is a draw back to the all night jam sessions his dad would have in the living room. When you mix oldtime country & western, rockabilly, 60’s rock, blues, gospel and folk, you get what Fred likes to call “FOLKADELIC”. Fred is a regular at the Wed “Artshare” evenings — can’t wait for a whole evening of his great music.
Video of the night from Hamilton Blues Lovers:
Fred D Smith, you could say music is in his blood. Four generations of musicians, who share first and last names. Fred was influenced at a young age by his dad, a multi-talented musician that played guitar, bass, mandolin and tenor banjo. Fred started playing guitar and writing songs at the age of fifteen while busking in Bastion Square in Victoria BC. and on Granville street in Vancouver BC. Upon his return to Hamilton Ont, Fred began to mature as a songwriter and soon was performing in coffeehouses, churches, pubs and festivals in the southern Ontario area with the band Lazarus. As of late Fred has performed at “Hamilton Music Scene” events and at HMS award winning Beatle tribute shows and at various other venues as either a solo artist or with his group “The Heartbroken Souls”. Fred has recently started recording his debut cd, “Sky Blue Eyes” with producer Christopher Clause of Cloverhill Studios and has his first track,”Factory Blues” completed and has two other tracks “Canborough Road” and “Write Myself a New Song” in the final mix stage. Fred has also recorded two gospel tunes “His Mercy” and “You Give Me Hope” that were produced by Dan Aiken of “Junkhouse” fame at his “Catherine North Studio.
