George Edward "G. E. " Smith (b. January 27, 1952 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the lead guitarist in the band Hall and Oates and the musical director of Saturday Night Live. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Smith was lead guitarist of Bob Dylan's touring band from June 7, 1988 to October 19, 1990. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Smith also served as musical director of the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert at Madison Square Garden on October 16, 1992. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
A session player who has performed and recorded with an exceptionally wide spectrum of influential artists, Smith's own albums include In The World (1981), Get A Little (with the Saturday Night Live Band, 1993) and Incense, Herbs and Oils (1998). Smith currently is the lead guitarist for the band MoonAlice. He was married to Gilda Radner (1980–1982) and has been married to Taylor Barton since 1990. Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an Emmy Award -winning American Comedienne and Actress
He appeared on Broadway in the Jersey Boys show on Saturday, July 22, 2006. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Jersey Boys is a documentary -style musical based on the lives of one of the most successful 1960s Rock 'n roll groups the Four Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Biography
On January 27, 1952 G. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. E. Smith was born in rural Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He is a Lebanese American. Lebanese Americans are American citizens of Lebanese descent This includes both those who are native to the United States as well as Lebanese immigrants His Arabic last name, Haddad, means blacksmith. blacksmith is a person who creates objects from Iron or Steel by Forging the Metal; i
In 1959, at the age of 7, he was given a C. F. Martin guitar. The CF Martin & Company is a US Guitar manufacturer established in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin.
On his 11th birthday G. E. 's mother bought him his first electric guitar, a Fender Telecaster, a model that dated to 1952, his birth year. The Fender Telecaster, also known as the Tele (pronounced Telly is typically a dual-pickup solid-body Electric guitar made by Fender. By then he was already supporting himself as a musician, playing in numerous situations — such as Poconos resorts, high school dances — often with musicians more than twice his age. The Pocono Mountains region is a mountainous region of about 2400 square miles (6200 km² located in northeastern Pennsylvania.
As a teenager, Smith left the Poconos for the New Haven, Connecticut area, where he played for the legendary Scratch Band.
In late 1977 G. E. got his first break, in the form of Dan Hartman, fresh off his hit "Instant Replay". He hired the guitarist to front his band for a "lip-synch tour" of Europe and the US. Upon his return to the East coast, Smith moved to Manhattan and became the guitarist for Gilda Radner's 1979 Broadway show Gilda Live. Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an Emmy Award -winning American Comedienne and Actress Gilda Live is an American film released in 1980 starring Gilda Radner. Radner and Smith became friends; shortly afterward they got married.
During this same period of Smith's increasing fortunes, he was hired to play lead guitar for Hall & Oates. Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. He stayed for six years (1979–85) constantly touring and recording with them, with songs like "Private Eyes", "Maneater", "Kiss On My List" and others. "It was insanely fun," he recalls. "We were so big that one year, we decided we would perform during summer — all year 'round! We toured the northern hemisphere in the summer and the southern hemisphere during New York's winter. "
Another event was the Live Aid and Farm Aid benefit concerts in mid 1985. Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia Farm Aid started as a Benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign Illinois, held to raise money for Family farmers in the During the Philadelphia portion of Live Aid day (there was also a Live Aid show in London) the Hall & Oates band ended up being the house band. G. E. ended up being the de facto music director for a lot of the show, as his band backed Mick Jagger, Tina Turner and others. Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American
When Hall & Oates decided to take a long break from the music scene, Smith was chosen to be musical director for Saturday Night Live. G. E. knew Howard Shore, the show's original musical director, and producer Lorne Michaels, from his relationship with Gilda Radner. Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award -winning Canadian Composer Lorne Michaels (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian -American Emmy -winning television producer,
Leading the SNL band for 10 years (1985–1995) G. E. won an Emmy Award. "I definitely grew a lot from playing with those world-class musicians, especially the horn section. I really had to learn to play in time and in tune. It was a great education. " Smith was joined by bassist Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Smith's colleague in the Hall & Oates band. Tom Wolk has been the longtime bassist with Hall & Oates (since 1981's Private Eyes album and has also worked on the Saturday Night Live Band
The SNL roster of guest musicians: Eddie Van Halen, Keith Richards, Rickie Lee Jones, Al Green, Bryan Ferry, David Gilmour, Lonnie Mack, Dave Edmunds, Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy, and others. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26 1955 is a Dutch Guitarist, Keyboardist, Songwriter and producer Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is a two-time Grammy Award -winning Vocalist, Musician, Songwriter, and producer Albert Greene (born April 13 1946 better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and Soul music singer who received great acclaim in Bryan Ferry (born 26 September 1945 in Washington, Sunderland) is an English Singer, Musician, Songwriter and occasional David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers Lonnie Mack (born Lonnie McIntosh, 18 July 1941 Dearborn County, Indiana) is a rock and Blues Guitarist. Dave Edmunds (born 15 April, 1944 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh Singer, Guitarist and Record producer John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III (born on 23 February, 1944 in Beaumont Texas, USA is an American Blues guitarist George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American Blues and rock Guitarist The Buddy Guy visit eventually resulted in the 1996 Grammy-nominated Buddy Guy — Live CD, with G. E. and the SNL band.
SNL also provided Smith with a songwriting opportunity when Mike Myers asked him to help write a tune. "Mike had this bit, called Wayne's World, and he needed a theme song. Wayne's World was one of the most popular recurring sketches to come from the NBC Television series Saturday Night Live. Aerosmith was the musical guest that week, so Mike and I sat down and wrote a song that Aerosmith could sing and play along with. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" " Wayne's World became a hit film, the soundtrack (and song) a platinum-selling smash hit. Wayne's World was one of the most popular recurring sketches to come from the NBC Television series Saturday Night Live.
In the midst of his SNL tenure Smith toured for almost two and a half years with Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major
During his SNL years Smith was the musical director for special events such as the 1988 Emmy Awards, the 1993 Rhythm and Blues Foundation Awards and the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert at Madison Square Garden. Smith also has written with his friend and fellow musician Jimmy Buffett. James William "Jimmy" Buffett (born December 25 1946) is a Singer, Songwriter, Author, Businessman, and recently "Six String Music" appears on Buffett's album Fruitcakes.
Smith acted as musical director at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert in Cleveland. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state
Following his departure from Saturday Night Live in 1995, Smith and his wife, created a record label- Green Mirror Music.
Smith released his CD Incense Herbs, and Oils in 1998. Between live dates, he has been the musical director and band leader honoring Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D. Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. C. He also led bands for The Muddy Waters Tribute, and the 1998 and 1999 Mark Twain Awards honoring Richard Pryor and Jonathan Winters which aired on PBS, and Comedy Central. This article addresses the children's book prize For the comedy award see Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III ( December 1, 1940 &ndash December 10, 2005) was an American Comedian, Actor Jonathan Harshman Winters III (born November 11 1925 is an American comedian and actor
Another highlight of Smith's history was hosting an interactive show on the electric guitar over the internet, on NPR, and a live presentation at for Smithsonian Institute.
1999–2000 brought Smith back to SNL, appearing in the 25th Anniversary show and other guest appearances. He was featured on VH1 in the history of SNL, and hosted the New Year's Eve bash inaugurating the new Rose Center for Earth and Space (formerly the Hayden Planetarium). VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television The Rose Center for Earth and Space is a notable part of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. |-| |-| |-| |}The Hayden Planetarium is a public Planetarium located on Central Park West, New York City, next to and organizationally part of the
Smith has played with a broad spectrum of artists, from Red Buttons to Allen Ginsberg, from Desmond Child to Bob Dylan. Red Buttons ( February 5, 1919 &ndash July 13, 2006) was an American comedian and Actor. Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. Desmond Child (born October 28, 1953 in Miami Florida) is an American musician Songwriter, and producer Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major
"I've had an incredible ride in the world of rock 'n' roll and American music," says Smith, looking back over his career.
Smith was played by J. D. Nicholsen in the 2002 TV movie Gilda Radner: It's Always Something.
In the early to mid 2000s, Smith played inside Cleveland Browns Stadium at Browns home games, along with a band. Cleveland Browns Stadium is a football Stadium located at North Coast Harbor in Cleveland Ohio ( They would play during timeouts from the games. As of the 2006 season, Smith no longer played at Cleveland Browns games. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Smith is a frequent instructor at the Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio.
The song "N. I. M. B. Y. ", by The Vandals is centered around Smith. The Vandals are an American Punk rock band formed in 1980 in Huntington Beach California and currently recording for Kung Fu Records.
In January 2007, Fender issued the GE Smith signature Telecaster in honor of Smith's reputation as a modern master of the Telecaster.
During Christmas 2002, Smith and his wife went to China to adopt a daughter, Josie Barton Smith.
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