Chris Smither
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American singer-songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Call me lucky
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944-11-11
acoustic bluesbluescontemporary folkfolk
Discography
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bluessinger-songwriterfolkamericanaFolk Blues
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 coll
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Miami
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- United Artists Records
- Official website
- www.smither.com
- Image
- Chris Smither - Joe's Pub 9-29-06 Photo by Anthony Pepitone.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1944-11-11
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- birth name
- William Christopher Smither
- name in native language
- Chris Smither
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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