Jim Smoak

Yes! Sea Anemone is one of my songs on my new CD, Jim Smoak--At The Depot. And Would you know it, one of my old friends from New Orleans, Louisiana sent to me a beautiful print (about 28" by 36")…

If I've never said so, I'd like to give a thanks to Billy Strings for using my song, “This Heart of Mine” in so many of his performances.

https://www.ontheporchwithjohngregg.com/episodes

Check out episode 13; Jim Smoak  for Who's Going Down To Town and Indiana Home. 

Well, here comes a song: “No Easy Kind of Blues”. Ready for you to download January 4.2024.  Jim Smoak

The Depot Museum was a hoping place on Saturday, December 2. Mike Cleveland (fiddle and mandolin) joined us again this year. Brian Allen on guitar; Rob Whitmer on bass fiddle; Johanna Rippey some vocals and yours truly banjo and vocalls.

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Thanks to Mike Cleveland for joining us this Year.

Christmas Open House at the Depot, Salem, Indiana was fun and successful again this year as we had banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass with vocals, hot apple cider and lots of cookies…

In 1961 I made two albums, one for Folk Lyric Records and one for Prestige International. Bayou Bluegrass went to Arhoolie in 1972 and then to Smithsonian Folkways in 2015.

Check out this link:

https://open.spotify.com/album/6llby8bTcNA5Ep3cHvF3T3?highlight=spotify:track:4aNmcbzaNGgGZ0xOiCkdvh

Well now, that was fun! Going to Lexington and playing for about a hundred at the Marriott. They are all here for the Kentucky Derby.

Brian's guitar playing was great (singing too), and Rob never missed a beat on bass.

People often ask me about Bill Monroe or make comments like "He was hard to get along with wasn't he?".

Well, he and I got along just fine. Riding in an automobile from town to town, city to city week…

Jim Smoak Trio can furnish some Kentucky flavor at your Derby event in Louisville, Lexington or southern Indiana.

http://www.wwoz.org/listen/archive/show.php?date=2021-01-31&time=10AM

Bluegrass and Folk on First Thursday Event

Becky Sprinkle starts off this program on October first on an outdoor stage. Then comes the Jim Smoak Trio for the second half.

 https://www.facebook.com/iurural/videos/839992190137982/