G.E.Smith SNL Bandleader, Hall & Oates Guitarist, Toured w/ Bob Dylan & Roger Waters!

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho.

One of the most in demand blues / rock guitarists in the world is a mysterious character who goes by the name of G.E. Smith. Millions of TV viewers know his face-and the shock of unruly blond ponytail that was always falling across it-from his tenure stint of fronting the Saturday Night Live Band.

Smith was hired to play lead guitar for Hall and Oates, he stayed for six years (1979-1985) constantly touring and recording with them, racking up hit after hit.

Smith toured for almost four years with the legendary Bob Dylan.

Smith was also honored to be the musical director for special events such as the 1988 Emmy Awards, the 1993 Rhythm and Blues Foundation Awards and the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert at Madison Square Garden. The latter event was another of those “fantasy situations” that G.E. keeps getting involved in. “The rehearsals for that Dylan concert you wouldn’t believe. I was rehearsing with George Harrison in the morning, Eric Clapton in the afternoon, and Lou Reed at night. One afternoon, rehearsing the finale, I had Harrison, Tom Petty, Clapton, Neil Young, Dylan and Roger McGuinn all lined up.

GE also joined Roger Waters 2010 WALL LIVE toured the world three times and toured with him for seven years. In 2015, GE returned to SNL where he received an EMMY award as bandleader, for the 40th SNL anniversary special.

In 2015, GE and wife, Taylor Barton, started an exciting project called PORTRAITS, which hosts a rotating roster of acclaimed musicians and artists from all realms for a deeper look at what drives them creatively.

PLEASE WELCOME GUITARIST/SONGWRITER/BANDLEADER… G.E. SMITH TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS…

PURCHASE

THE MOST RECENT RELEASE

BY

G.E. SMITH

With LEROY BELL

entitled

STONY HILL

available at amazon.com

"Simply put… this is a great album orchestrated & performed by a prolific musical alliance!"

FIVE STARS!

...Ray Shasho music journalist

FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

G.E. SMITH

VISIT

www.gesmithmusic.com

Official website

www.facebook.com/gesmithmusic

Facebook

www.instagram.com/gesmithmusic/?hl=en

Instagram

https://twitter.com/gesmithmusic?lang=en

Twitter

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1051686/

IMDb

www.taylorbarton.com

Taylor Barton-Smith official website

www.leroybell.com

Leroy Bell official

TOUR DATES 2023

Sept 7, 2023

GE Smith and The American Blues Suffolk Theater, Riverhead, NY

Sept 15, 2023

Masters of the Telecaster Jim Weider and GE Smith Infinity Music Hall, Hartford, CT

Discography

with Hall & Oates (also as arranger)

X-Static (1979)

Voices (1980)

Private Eyes (1981)

H2O (1982)

Greatest Hits Live (1982), released in 2001

Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (Compilation) (1983)

Big Bam Boom (1984)

Sweet Soul Music (Live) (1984)

Live at the Apollo (1985)

Ecstasy on the Edge (2001)

with Dan Hartman

Instant Replay (1978)

Relight My Fire (1979)

with Tom Waits

Downtown Train (1985)

with Mick Jagger

She's The Boss (1985)

Dancing in the Street w/David Bowie (1985)

Primitive Cool (1987)

The Very Best of Mick Jagger (2007)

with Carly Simon

Tired of Being Blonde (1985), also producer

with Ric Ocasek

This Side of Paradise (1986)

with Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1993), also musical director

By the Waterfront Docks (1989) (2007)

The House of Gold (Greece, 1989) (2009)

Crossroads w/Eric Clapton (1988, 1999) (2012)

Carnival to Rio (1990) (2012)

Mercy for Poughkeepsie (1988-1989) (2014)

East Troy 1988 (2015)

with Tracy Chapman

Crossroads (1989)

Greatest Hits (2015)

with Jimmy Buffett

Fruitcakes (1994)

with Buddy Guy

Live! The Real Deal (with the Saturday Night Live Band, 1996), received Grammy nomination

Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy (1999)

Can't Quit the Blues (2006)

The Definite Buddy Guy (2009)

with Moonalice

Compliments from Moonalice (2007)

Moonalice (2008)

The Jewish Mother, Virginia Beach, VA (2008)

with Roger Waters

Roger Waters: The Wall (Live Album) (2010-2013), released 2015

with David Bowie

Loving the Alien (1983-1988) (2018)

Solo Albums

In the World (1981)

Get a Little (with the Saturday Night Live Band, 1993)

Incense, Herbs and Oils (1998)

Stony Hill (2020) w/Leroy Bell

As producer/composer

Wayne's World Theme (1992)

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