BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Chris Smither at One Longfellow Square X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20220313T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20220313T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chris Smither at One Longfellow Square DESCRIPTION:7pm doors – 8pm show | $35 adv. – $45 day of\n\nPlease n ote: This show has been rescheduled from February 5\, 2022. All tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date.\n\n“Smither is an American o riginal – a product of the musical melting pot and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world.” —Associated Press.\n\nBorn i n Miami\, during World War II\, Chris Smither grew up in New Orleans whe re he first started playing music as a child. The son of a \;Tulane University professor\, he was taught the rudiments of instrumentation by his uncle on his mother’s ukulele. “Uncle Howard\,” Smither \ ;says\, “showed me that if you knew three chords\, you could play a lo t of the songs you heard on the radio. And if you knew four chords\, you  \;could pretty much rule the world.” With that bit of knowledge u nder his belt\, he was hooked. “I’d loved acoustic music – specifi cally the \;blues – ever since I first heard Lightnin’ Hopkins  \;Blues In My Bottle \;album. I couldn’t believe the sound H opkins got. At first I thought it was \;two guys playing guitar. My style\, to a degree\, came out of trying to imitate that sound I heard. \n\nIn his early twenties\, Smither turned his back on his anthropolog y studies and headed to Boston at the urging of legendary folk singer Er ic \;von Schmidt. It was the mid-’60s and acoustic music thrived i n the streets and coffeehouses there. Smither forged lifelong friendship s with \;many musicians\, including Bonnie Raitt who went on to reco rd his songs\, “Love You Like A Man” and “I Feel the Same. (Their friendship has \;endured as their career paths intertwined over the years.) What quickly evolved from his New Orleans and Cambridge musical experiences is his enduring\, \;singular guitar sound – a beat-dri ven finger-picking\, strongly influenced by the playing of Mississippi J ohn Hurt and Lightnin’ Hopkins\, \;layered over the ever-present b ackbeat of his rhythmic\, tapping feet (always mic’d in performance).\ n\nSmither’s first albums\, \;I’m A Stranger\, Too! \;(1971) and \;Don’t It Drag On \;(1972) were released on Poppy Record s\, home of kindred spirit \;Townes Van Zandt. By the time Smither r ecorded his third album\, \;Honeysuckle Dog \;with Lowell George and Dr. John helping out\, United \;Artists had absorbed Poppy and ultimately dropped much of their roster\, including Smither. Smither mad e his next record in 1985\, when \;the spare \;It Ain’t Easy&n bsp\;on Adelphi Records marked his return to the studio.\n\nBy the early ’90s\, Smither’s steady nationwide touring and regular release of c onsistently acclaimed albums cemented his reputation as one \;of the finest acoustic musicians in the country. His 1991 album\, \;Anothe r Way to Find You\, was recorded live in front of an in-studio \;aud ience with no overdubs or second takes. This would be the first of two a lbums with Flying Fish Records. His next recording\, \;Happier \ ;Blue\, was embraced by Triple A radio and received the NAIRD (now AFIM) award as Best Folk Recording of 1993. \;Up On The Lowdown \;(19 95) marked the first of a trio of albums to be recorded with producer St ephen Bruton at The Hit Shack in Austin and his first of five \;albu ms with roots label HighTone Records. \;Up On the Lowdown \;rode the crest of the newly formed Americana radio format wave and \;spa rked considerable interest abroad. A tour of Australia with Dave Alvin a nd extensive solo touring in Europe led to an expanding global \;int erest in Smither. His song\, “I Am the Ride\,” from this album inspi red the independent film\, \;The Ride\, for which Smither also compo sed \;the original score.\n\nIn early 1997 Smither released \;Sm all Revelations. It climbed the Americana and Triple A radio charts and led to concert dates with B.B. \;King\, Bonnie Raitt\, Nanci Griffit h\, and the hugely successful\, original  \;Monsters of Folk’ tour with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott\, Dave Alvin and Tom \;Russell. \; Small Revelations \;also generated several film projects for Smither . Emmylou Harris recorded his song\, “Slow Surprise\,” for the \ ;The \;Horse Whisperer \;soundtrack on MCA. And his recording of “Hold On” was used in the indie feature film \;Love From Ground Zero. Smither \;also shared insight into his guitar style and techn ique on two instructional DVDs\, available from Homespun Video.\n\nHis C D\, \;Drive You Home Again \;(1999)\, garnered four-stars from&n bsp\;Rolling Stone. And with it\, Smither continued to tour world-wide. Shortly \;after\, in 2000\, Smither released his one-man-tour-de-for ce\, \;Live As I’ll Ever Be. Recorded in-concert at various clubs and concert halls in \;California\, Dublin\, Galway\, Boston\, and W ashington DC\, it has proven to be a fan favorite\, capturing Smither at what he loves to do: \;performing in front of an audience.\n\nTrain Home \;(2003) was Smither’s last record for HighTone and his firs t with producer David Goodrich. Over a six-week period\, basic tracks&nb sp\;for \;Train Homewere recorded in the relaxed environment of Smit her’s home near Boston. Working with new session musicians\, the recor d \;is simultaneously sparse and assured. Bonnie Raitt graciously pr ovided backing vocals and slide guitar on Smither’s \;cover of Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row.” And Smither’s “Seems So Real” fro m the CD earned a Folk Alliance Award as “Song of the Year.”\n\nIn 2 005\, jazz great Diana Krall covered “Love Me Like A Man\,” introduc ing what is now a blues standard to a whole world of jazz fans. \;Sh ortly after\, Smither’s song “Slow Surprise” was included in the i ndependent film\, \;Brother’s Shadow. In addition\, Smither narrat ed a two-CD audio book recording of “Will Rogers’ Greatest Hits.” Continuing to expand his creative horizon\, Smither was invited to contr ibute an \;essay to \;Sixty Things to Do When You Turn Sixty\, a 2006 collection of essays by American luminaries on reaching that miles tone. In 2009\, \;Melville House published \;Amplified\, a book featuring 16 short stories by notable American performing songwriters. S mither’s story \;Leroy \;Purcell \;about a touring musicia n’s encounter with a Texas State Patrolman leads off the collection.\n \nWith the release of his 12th recording \;Leave The Light On \; (2006) on his own imprint\, Mighty Albert\, Smither began a new label re lationship \;with the renowned acoustic and modern folk label\, Sign ature Sounds. For the recording\, Smither reunited with producer David G oodrich \;and session musicians Mike Piehl\, Lou Ulrich and Anita Su hanin. As an added treat\, Smither invited good friend and Grammy Award- winning \;multi-instrumentalist\, Tim O’Brien\, along with rising& nbsp\;American roots stars\, Ollabelle\, to add their distinctive talent s on several \;tracks. Smither followed this with \;Time Stands Still \;(2009)\, his most stripped down recording in some time\, wor king with just two \;accompanists after the same trio had played a r are band performance – a non-solo setup required in order to play a Ne therlands festival.\n\nAbout the recording Smither says\, “We’re the only three guys on this record\, and most of the songs only have three parts going on. We had \;a freewheeling feeling at that festival gig \, and we managed to make a lot of that same feeling happen in this reco rd.” In 2011 Smither put out two fan projects: a collection of live tr acks from newly discovered concert recordings from \;the 1980s-1990s titled \;Lost and Found \;and the rollicking EP\, \;What I Learned in School\, on which Smither covered six classic rock and roll&n bsp\;songs.\n\nSmither followed these fan-projects with \;Hundred Do llar Valentine \;(2012)\, \;a \;★★★★★ \;(MOJO) studio record of all Smither-penned songs. With longtime producer David “Goody” Goodrich at the helm\, this \;collection sported Smithe r’s trademark acoustic guitar sound and evocative sonic textures meshe d with spare\, brilliant songs\, delivered in a bone-wise\, \;hard-w on voice.\n\nIn 2014 Smither released \;Still on the Levee \;(20 14) – a double-CD retrospective. Recorded in New Orleans at the Music Shed\, this career-spanning project features fresh new takes on 24 iconi c songs from his vast career and some very special guests including the legendary Allen Toussaint and Loudon Wainwright III.\n\nThe coffee table –style book \;Chris Smither Lyrics 1966-2012 \;and Signature Sounds’ \;Link of Chain \;– an all-star tribute record inclu ding a stellar list of artists offering their takes on some Smither favo rites including Josh Ritter\, Bonnie Raitt\, Loudon Wainwright III\, Dav e Alvin\, Peter Case\, Tim O’Brien\, Patty Larkin\, and many others we re fan-favorite accompaniments to the retrospective CD .\n\nIn March 201 8\, Smither released his eighteenth record\, \;Call Me Lucky \;( Signature Sounds/Mighty Albert) once again teaming up with producer and multi-instrumentalist David Goodrich. Also joined by Billy Conway (Morph ine) and Matt Lorenz (The Suitcase Junket)\, \; \;Smither record ed eight new originals along with some very special and surprising cover s at the Blue Rock studios in the Texas hills in June 2017.\n\nThe new r ecords continues what As \;Acoustic Guitar \;magazine wrote that \, Smither sings about “the big things – life\, love\, loss – in a penetrating and poetic yet unpretentious way.”\n\nOLS Covid-19 Protoc ols:\n\nWe are very excited to be hosting live music shows again in our listening room. OLS is committed to providing a safe environment for all who work\, listen\, or perform live music in our venue. Because our ven ue is so small\, we will require all staff\, volunteers\, performers\, a nd patrons to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 when they attend OLS events AND to wear masks indoors unless they are actively dri nking\, eating\, or performing.\n\nProof of vaccine must come directly f rom the health care provider that performed the vaccination and can be a photo or physical copy of the vaccination card or record with an accomp anying photo ID. Full vaccination means that the date of the performance you are attending is:\n\n*at least 14 days after your second dose of an FDA or WHO authorized two dose COVID-19 vaccine\, or\n\n*at least 14 da ys after your single dose of an FDA or WHO authorized single dose COVID vaccine.\n\nWe hope we can ease these restrictions once further progress has been made reducing transmission of the virus. Until then\, we great ly appreciate your patience and cooperation.\n\nOne Longfellow Square do es not assume liability\; the ticket holder will assume all risks involv ed. By purchasing a ticket to this event you agree to assume full liabil ity for any risks incurred before\, during and after the event and agree to the current Terms of Use. URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/chris-smither-at-one-long fellow-square/ UID:urn:uuid:912d5746-1d63-49cd-beae-5a007549df4b STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260619T101129Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220716T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220716T220000 LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\, Maine 04101\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR