Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chris Smither started as a would-be anthropology major at a couple colleges, but then became fascinated, even obsessed, with ...

Chris Smither learned to play music in New Orleans on his mother's ukulele. He loved the blues as a kid, but he started his career as a folk artist in Cambridge, Mass., in the music scene there. That ...

The song is classic Smither, highlighting his rumbling baritone, foot stomps, wry lyrics and Delta-blues style picking. PopMatters writes, "'All About The Bones' is peak Chris Smither, a song that ...

Chris Smither is just the opposite of many musicians who migrate to New Orleans to further their careers. He grew up in the Crescent City; his father was a professor at Tulane, and he even won a folk ...

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