On August 16th 1962, Jeffery Allen Smith was born and spent most of his life in and around Joplin, Missouri. Started playing around with a guitar at 12 with older Brother Greg Smith who was an inspiration and guide. Cutting his young teeth and chops with the J.O. Macy Band. First successful driving band, The Smith Brothers Band, starting with some Shadow Lake gigs in the early 1980's. Branching out around the area, they were in top form and out in front of up to 600+ people some nights. Along with Terry (T-Ray) Smith , Larry Smith, Bruce Bowerman, Mike Baldwin, and Carl Doner. Bookings with Waylon Jennings, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Grass Roots and other successful recording artists firmly planted The Smith Brothers in the 4 state area as a driving force amongst the rock n roll seekers. Meeting his hero's along the way such as Joey Mollland of Badfinger fame. Always the student aching to learn as much as they could teach. His song writing ability has always been fueled by the impact and influence of people like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Badfinger, Bad Company and The Raspberries. Jeff always considered himself a nice rhythm guitar player. Yet, there are to many people who can testify that Jeff can rip a lick along with the best of them Jeff Along with others in the area like Willie Gideon's band the Impalas along with other local musicians supported and always called each other to make sure there was plenty of live music for every occasion. Starting a band with brother Shawn Smith, Sources. (That Shawn over the years metamorphosed into today's always popular Big Smitty Band.) Later reforming The Smith Brothers Band, along with brothers T-Ray, Larry and Shawn Smith enjoyed a yearlong tour that took them from Hot Springs to Canada. Later along with friends Brett Sennett (bass}, Kent Long (guitarist) along with Matt Blakenship (drummer) . started the areas popular Jailhouse who were invited to open for the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special and other touring bands passing thru the area. Where ever Jeff seems to go these days people magnetically gather around to, laugh & reminisce about the days of their youth and the life long memories that stuck them all together for life. All songs on this video, written performed and recorded by Jeffery Allen Smith. (With a little help from my friends.) Slide show and music put together, edited, directed, produced and uploaded by JaminJim Lane and Jeff Smith on December 24th 2013. ---- DISCLAIMER! ---- All music and pictures in this video is the property of the band and any music publishers they are/were with, I take no credit for any of the material in this video, nor do I intend to make any profit or gain from it. Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. **ALL SONGS USED IN THESE VIDEOS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTFUL OWNERS.**