Darden Smith

STUDIO SHOW
DS + ROB BAIRD
Saturday 7.25.26
7:30 doors / 8:00 show
Reservations at https://bit.ly/44gyi8K

Yes, my buddy Rob Baird is coming back to the Studio for another show. He'll be singing songs from his new album, 'Smoke On The Breeze,' and we'll be trading songs and stories that will make you go home feeling slightly better about yourself and the world in general.

DS + Graham Maby; 6.14.26; Austin, TX

It was so great to connect with my friend Graham Maby after the Joe Jackson show here in Austin last night (which was amazing, by the way).

Graham played on my albums 'Little Victories' and 'Deep Fantastic Blue.' At the sessions for 'Loving Arms,' I could not believe I was in the same room with the guy who did all those Joe Jackson records. I'd never been around that kind of a groove. He replaced the bass (from another rather famous player) and it's one of the things that made the song sound the way it does.

Three of my oldest musical friends, Graham, Sammy Merendino and Knox Chandler were all on that album. Music is such a beautiful thing. A connector.

Graham, Ron Pangborn and I traveled cross country doing shows around the 'Little Victories' album. He was there the night in Portland when the guy from the label told me that 'Loving Arms' had hit top 10 on the Billboard A/C chart. Later, we walked onstage to a crowd of 10 people. Such a cruel play on numbers. But by the time we hit NYC for a show at the Bottom Line it was a magnificent power trio.

Last night we marveled at how music brings people together and the friendships travel across decades. It's a small town where some of the best people you ever will meet all know each other and speak a secret language.
It starts with music, just a gig, and leads to a life.

I'll be back in Houston on Friday June 12 for a show at the Duck.
You should be there too.
Just saying.

Tickets at: https://www.mcgonigels.com/shows/darden-smith-6pm/

If you're in Houston tomorrow afternoon, you should be at the Koelsch Gallery. I'll be talking a bit about how songs, drawings, photography and printmaking all fit together in my sometimes quite scattered brain. Come check it out just to see if I make sense.

Also, the show closes on the 30th, so it's your last chance to see it.

Koelsch Gallery
1020 Peden, Houston, TX
4:00-6:00pm



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