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Description:
Celtic Folk Music. The combination of various influences and experience is what fuels the eclecticism that infuses the work of Gerard Smith. This variety, along with a propensity to experiment with combinations of styles, is the key to his music. Continued exploration of the wealth of Celtic folk music, and synthesis of these songs with performance styles, is the future of his career.
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History:
Gerard was born in Detroit and grew up in the Irish enclave of Emmett in the thumb of Michigan. A very talented singer and multi-instrumentalist, he has played in musical groups around Detroit over the past fifteen years in many genres, including hardcore, jazz and rock and roll. After playing mandolin and acoustic guitar in the role of Jesus in the play Cotton Patch Gospel at the Detroit Repertory Theatre, Gerard began to explore acoustic music. always a fan of Irish folk music, Gerard slowly built his repertoire of these ballads and tunes. His first official Irish music performance was on St. Patrick's Day 1992. He has since been playing extensively around Michigan and southwestern Ontario as a solo act, and with different groups, such as The Jar, Corktown and The Bowzies, and has recorded the album The Wind That Shakes the Barley with Terry Murphy and Colin Paige. Gerard sings in all of these projects, as well as plays guitar, bouzouki, bodhran, tin whistle, mandolin and concertina.
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Influences:
The Beatles, The Clancy Brothers, Planxty, Christy Moore, Blue Oyster Cult, Cabaret Voltaire
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Gerard
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singer and multi-instrumentalist
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