Ryan J. Smith
  • Desperate Town
  • Directions
  • Stop The World
  • Desperate Town
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:15) [7.44 MB]
  • Directions
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:30) [8.03 MB]
  • Stop The World
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:49) [11.02 MB]
Biography
He was born in a small town in eastern Ohio with music coming from all sides of the family. The family music styles varied from gospel, bluegrass, country and Smith's personal favorite, rock and roll. As a teenager he played in several bands in West Virginia and Ohio. By the time he was in high school, one of his songs was receiving airplay in Wheeling, WV.

Now a resident of Nashville, Ryan J. Smith performs all the vocals, guitars, bass guitars, mandolins on his debut album, One Score and One Decade.
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  • Sounds Like:
    Steve Earle, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Marshall Tucker Band, Drive By Truckers
  • Influences:
    Drive By Truckers, The Band, Steve Earle, Cheap Trick, Tom Petty, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Great White, Enuff Znuff, Neil Young, The Who, Brian Wilson, Bonepony, Tony Joe White, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash
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    06/22/07
  • Profile Last Updated:
    08/14/23 16:28:29

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