Grant Maloy Smith (from the album Mississippi: American Stories

Grant Maloy Smith (from the album Mississippi: American Stories

Grant Maloy Smith (from the album Mississippi: American Stories available on The Cabin Record Co, Tiger Turn, and Suburban Cowboy ) (by Danny McCloskey)

For the third release in his American series of song, Grant Maloy Smith takes a trip down the Mississippi River. Simply titled, Mississippi: American Stories, Grant backs his songs with a Country Folk that serves the tales well. Choral harmonies back “River of Ages”, slowing to a hush with the quiet notes weaving around “The River Runs for Everyone”, and adding a sea shanty backing for “Headstrong Waters” as it floats down the river towards New Orleans. Grant Maloy Smith is a natural storyteller, his emotions clearly heard in the excitement he brings to each tale. Hefty guitar notes course through the Rock’n’Soul rhythms in “All I Gotta Do” as Mississippi: American Stories lazily drifts on the soft current of melody into “Memphis”, featuring Janis Ian, while a marching beat trudges into “Vicksburg Town”.
 
To compliment his music, Grant Maloy Smith offers a companion coffee table book for Mississippi: American Stories. He describes the backstories behind the songs, putting them into context with history and describing parts of the writing/recording process, including photographs and artwork for all of songs. Tenderly admitting “You Don’t Love Me Anymore”, Grant Maloy Smith stiches a dark edge into “When the Devil Comes” with a rumble of rhythms and sonics as “Paddle Wheels” turn on a bright groove, flowing steadily like the river it sings of while “Caernarvon Levee” talks of rising floodwaters. A flurry of guitar notes sparkle throughout the somber story of war in “Fade to Grey” as a dreamy soundscape floats freely across “Mother, Mother” while Grant Maloy Smith comes to the “End of the Line” on a lonesome melody.  (by Danny McCloskey)
 
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