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Notes: You can tell you're at a Gordon Smith show because everyone around you is smoking roll-ups. A few blues pubs linger in London and if you can be at one when he plays - you're in for one of the most exciting blues performances anywhere. Gordon Smith consistently pumps out straightforward blues interpreted from masters like Lightning Hopkins, Mississippi John Hurt, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Blake and Big Bill Broonzy. If you're a bit of a Blues purist and love the old guitar masters, Gordon Smith is something you don't want to miss. "Out of the Bottleneck" is well-produced and quite listenable. It's not just another bottleneck player going on too long - this is an album almost anyone can put on and enjoy from front to back - it's also some of the best blues guitar work around.
I've been mesmerised by Gordon's playing at venues like London's Station Tavern for about five years. He's hard to find gigging in London but if you're in the UK be sure to look in Time Out to see if Gordon Smith is playing anywhere.
As a guitar player myself I learn a little something each time I hear Gordon play. Attending one of his performances is, for me, comparable to the few times I have been lucky enough to see Les Paul in action at the Iridium in New York. He's that good.
Gordon Smith is the best white delta blues players alive. ~ By Bruce Morris