Time of my Life, interviews with Chris Smith
Welcome to this podcast about colourful lives! In each episode, I'll interview someone about their life and how they've made it so colourful. We'll also play music from the era they grew up with ,lived through and enjoyed to help capture the feel of their life. Thank you for listening! Everything has beauty but not everyone see's it.
Time of my Life, interviews with Chris Smith
Jim Smith, Sixty-five years of music, several bands and one extraordinary journey.
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Sixty-five years of music, with several bands. One extraordinary journey.
Jim Smith has lived music from the inside — from the working men's clubs and pub stages of Sheffield to glittering cabaret nights and the era of the mega-arena. He's seen live entertainment transform beyond recognition, and he's adapted every step of the way.
A founding member of Sheffield beat band The Vantennas, Jim went on to tour the length and breadth of the UK seven days a week with 1960's heartthrob Jimmy Crawford, before taking his talent to Southern Africa with the Smith Brothers.
Master of lead and bass guitar, mandolin, and harmonica — and a Stratocaster player of rare quality — Jim first found his rhythm not on six strings but on a snare drum. That sense rhythm never left him.
"Still playing. Still finding his outlet." echoes the podcast title's spirit — Time of Your Life"
Sixty-five years on, he's still playing. Still finding his outlet. This is his story.