Kenny Smith - AcuTab Transcriptions, Vol. I

ACUTAB
Transcribed from the playing of Kenny Smith
Tablature book

Former Lonesome River Band guitarist - and two-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year - Kenny Smith is the subject of this book of guitar transcriptions. All of Kenny's solos are here from LRB's One Step Forward and Finding The Way plus his superb solo release, Studebaker .
Kenny's award-winning style encompasses bluegrass, old time and contest style playing and the book has many examples of each. You'll find tasteful crosspicking on an old time ballad followed by blistering versions of contest standards like Bill Cheatham and grassy solos from LRB.
Both standard notation and beamed tab are included along with left hand fingerings and pick direction for tricky passages. 33 solos from 25 songs plus a Bonus Rhythm Section that details some of Kenny's accompaniment style. 74 pages.



Songs from One Step Forward
(Sugar Hill 3848)

When You Go Walking
Say I Do
Sorry County Blues
Crossroads
Southern Comfort
Georgia Mail



Songs from Finding The Way
(Sugar Hill 3884)

Love's Come Over Me
Baby Come Home
Another By My Side
Don't Worry 'Bout Daddy
Sweet Sally Brown
Devil Chased Me Around the Stump

Songs from Studebaker
(Sugar Hill 3869)

Studebaker
Me And My Farmall
Bill Cheatham
Lay This Broken Heart to Rest
Snow Shoes
Lay Me To Rest
Preachin' By The Roadside
Red-Eyed Benny Hen
Amanda's Reel
New Sunday School
St. Anne's Reel
One Horse Wagon

About Kenny Smith
Kenny Smith started playing the guitar at the age of four in Nine Mile, Indiana. Kenny comes from a musical family with deep roots in the line of Tennessee fiddlers. His Grandfather and Father both were fiddlers and his brother, Sonny was a Winfield banjo champion. Kenny placed three times at the Winfield Flatpicking Championship. He also won the Merle Watson Guitar championship. Numerous awards include being voted three time winner of the Society Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America Guitar player of the year and the Bluegrass Now Fans Choice Guitar Player of the year. Last but not least, Kenny won the prestigious IBMA guitar player of the year for two years. Kenny has played in two prominent Bluegrass bands: Claire Lynch and the Front Porch String Band and the Award winning Lonesome River Band. His stint with LRB lasted from 1995-2001. Kenny’s solo CD project, Studebaker gained him recognition as not only a guitarist but a singer/songwriter as well.