DATE: Sat, 17 Sep 1994 11:37:32 CDT From: Winslow Yerxa <76450.32~ompuserve.com> Subject: Chris Smith
Harvey inquired about Chris Smith the other day.
Chris "Hammer" Smith is an LA session player, and plays a lot of Stevie-style chromatic in addition to diatonic. He appeared on a Dolly Parton-Smokey Robinson radio tune a few years back, on some recent Rickie Lee Jones records, and on some things by wimp-jazz drummer Akira Tana. He also has his own album out, called simply "Chris Smith," (Agenda 4704-2-Z) which is full of dance tracks that get a little unrelenting after you hear a few. His playing on that record is solid and consistent, but never sparks (at least for me).
The "Shape of Thing to Come" track is not on this record, so it must be something new. I'll have to look for it.