John Smith "The Living Kind" RESERVE SHELF With The Beautiful Letdown

With The Beautiful Letdown

Win Butler & Régine Chassagne

this album is the definitive version

they had been touring for nearly two solid years and were thus in a sombre mood

John Smith "The Living Kind" RESERVE SHELF With The Beautiful LetdownJohn Smith has built a reputation as one of the UKs finest guitarists and songwriters. Steeped in the lineage of British folk and American guitar music, taking his cue from Richard Thompson, John Martyn and Ry Cooder, John has evolved a transatlantic blend of guitar techniques. Sometimes using a slide, sometimes with guitar on his lap, sometimes detuning mid song or pulling subtle expressions out of an array of effect pedals, Smiths obsession with the