G.E. SMITH: Come To Where I'm From Podcast Episode #65

[@williamknell864]

Wow. That was great. Earlier today, or yesterday, I watched another interview with G.E., and he told the Dylan audition story. I absolutely got the impression that he and T-Bone had flown to THE STATE of Montana, and play "Pretty Polly-o." not a studio uptown. Great stories!

[@easyriderm13]

GE is a straight up legend. When you interview him. You show respect, and you listen.

[@ellavaderknows]

G.E. is the real deal and I could have listened to you guys talk forever. This is probably the best interview that I have seen of an icon musician. Probably helped that you were toasted, but I'm so glad that this interview exists.

[@chavoxo50]

Long live GE Smith, one of the cats.

[@mikelynch7271]

Great post ! He most definitely is one of the Cats Fo sure !

[@tinfoilhatter]

@@mikelynch7271 he's ah-ite~

[@vwharman]

He is the definition of a cat. Such a dude.

[@Jason-rt4lv]

Best ep yet. G.E. Smith is a national fucking treasure.

[@phorton968]

GE is such a pleasure to listen to. A musician all about "life" and Happiness! He's a magnet for my attention.

[@reimereason]

Does G.E. Smith have his own podcast? If he doesn't, he should. He's one of my favourite storytellers. I love his interviews and how he's bumped shoulders with just about every one of my musical idols. And another stellar instalment of your podcast, Joseph Arthur. Looking forward to hearing more.

[@ChrisInNashville]

Agreed 100%!!! I could listen to G.E. all day, every day! And that's just the talking - nevermind his amazing playing!

[@warborn_inc.]

G.E. Smith is one of the true working man's musicians. The guy has played with so many people in so many styles and settings. Absolute Pro.

[@sandrahaight7278]

This was pure joy. Thank you

[@coppertune9124]

This man is a national treasure.

[@paulfogarty9842]

George Edward Smith, one of my favourite guitarist. What an amazing life! Being in the right place at the right time! Very under rated!

[@nickbruni8041]

G.E...., THE definition of Cool ! ✌🏼

[@baronsecuna]

Great musician ...great stories ..wonderfully humble

[@stampscapes]

Incredible interview. Subscribed.

[@josepharthurofficial]

thanks for tuning in, please help spread the word!

[@tinfoilhatter]

@@josepharthurofficial i'm listenin'! we'll see!

[@GIBKEL]

G.E Smith-the definition of a sideman. Scrappy ‘can play ANYTHING ’ and a gentleman all rolled up in one. Makes everyone sound better. More G.E, please!

[@tinfoilhatter]

yeah but y'know who was great, was frickin' dan fogelberg, man!

[@ChrisInNashville]

2 Guitarists are responsible for me switching from Drums to Guitar. One is Joe Walsh. The other, because I was (and still am) a Daryl Hall John Oates freak - is G.E. Smith. G.E. is not only a phenomenal player, but any time you get a chance to hear him tell stories or talk gear - you have no choice but to give him your full attention because he's so interesting! And he's an encyclopedia when it comes to knowledge on gear!

[@mikearchibald744]

Thats weird because I never really noticed Hall and Oates as a guitar band, I kind of always hated them. LOVE spells love or some kind of crap like that. But I'm imagining this guy running for president. "Inflation is up Mr. President..."chill out, we just legalize more of it and it'll all be good". I think he's a little too humble on his playing, his emmy interview he's like "I'm not that good". Dude, you've been in love with and played guitar since you were four, not only are you good, you goddam well BETTER be good:) What he really helped me do is expand my listening to folk tunes like pretty peggio. After that interview I think a lot of people went looking for that. And it made me look around here, because it turns out my province has a HUGE history of folk music that I didn't even know about thanks to 'AM radio'. OK, some of it is pretty bad, but the good thing is there's the music, then' there's the song. I've got a three string cigar box box guitar, I think thats the most I'll ever master. Ha ha, sorry, the most I'll ever 'play tolerably', ok ok, strum along and sing to. I kind of always hated the electric guitar, it seemed like a lazy players way of 'relaxing' with reverb and limited chords, but when you hear people who are GOOD at it, thats another thing. And when he said he liked the Replacements, well, come on. If you don't like the replacements MUSIC you have to like the Replacements. We have a canadian band called Rheostatics who have a song where they sing "Someone said we sounded like the Replacments, but we'll never be the Beatles or Birds, someone said we should have stayed in the basement, instead of littering our noise on this earth".

[@Jedizen07]

I heard this first as a podcast. But I had to come here to see the visual element. GE Smith is one of my heroes. Great show!

[@jaimehill4021]

G E Smith is one of the greats , I shook his hand once , may not be a big deal ...but it was to me

[@toddglenn9452]

Rainy Seattle night. Great interview, Joseph. Hope to see you in Seattle some day soon.

[@duncanfrere2656]

GE is a world-class raconteur and a great hang. Sideman to the world's greatest musicians and songwriters.

[@markb2255]

watched this whole show twice. thanks for this content

[@waynepatton689]

GE is one of my top five people to just hang out with for a day.

[@imannonymous7707]

This is such a cool interview bro .. i dig GE Smith. Hes just so cool , nothing fake about him. He lives and breathes musicality

[@Carmela-el7fi]

❤these podcasts love listening to this guitar player, great stories, could listen to him forever ❤

[@abelincoln5698]

didn't know who BillMonroe was? Oy😸 Interviewer looks like Peter Green. Thanks for posting GE is a good player and an even better dude. I enjoyed this

[@ElmanAuthement]

It was like talking to Tommy Chong

[@abelincoln5698]

@@ElmanAuthement Except Tommy only pretends to be burned out. He's really a sharp guy. This dude seems like he's had a recent head injury

[@tinfoilhatter]

@@abelincoln5698 dang, jackie *chan*, i *know* you ain't talkin' about smith, man!

[@gregbubloski4038]

Bill Monroe was the real deal Abe Lincoln. A legend and inventor of an entire genre of music. You ever listen to Chris Thile on Mandolin? Amazing!!

[@Gertiepatroler]

Joseph, I love your show so much. The cigar thing put my enjoyment of this interview into the stratosphere; Great unexpected turn man. 🤗

[@jmanson3310]

Man G.E. Smith is just so cool. 'All around the world, Yeah! all around the world'.

[@SuperElmoDelmo]

Great episode guys! Now, you need to bring Ben Harper and Dhani Harrison on your show!

[@jfarinacci0329]

Really good interview. Thank you.

[@michael7v6]

Great episode. Thanks for having GE on. Also I love your stuff. I’m a thrash metal guitarist by trade however, I’m happy to find new stuff.

[@MattEllisOfficial]

Great Episode! Congrats JA!

[@tz7813]

GE should have his own podcast.

[@roseelliott2728]

G.E. Operates on a higher frequency than us mere mortals. Great conversation 💜

[@sira.scottascot8865]

Hey, Man... This is great. All these folks need to understand what a conversation is. You can tune in to any slug with a stack of cards to read.

[@jimmystrickland1830]

I clicked "Like" just after the 432 intro... lol! love this stuff! G.E is a legend and Joseph you are awesomely inspiring!

[@chopklop]

I wanted to hear the rest of the guitar being lost story! Great interview though, nice job to all involved.

[@chadsmalley]

Yeah me too! This is going to drive me crazy now

[@AVOLdesign]

@@chadsmalley Same here. Somebody should get in touch with GE to get him to post the rest of the story here.

[@edgewatergearvault9881]

Holy shit ended on such a cliffhanger

[@tinfoilhatter]

who could steal a guitar? that shit's gotta carry some serious karma, jack! like, no, thank you, man!

[@ni9aszeven347]

Wonderful conversation! I could listen to GE all day. --- I was a little bummed that GE got side-tracked when he was about to discuss 'song writing process' at 25:00 , during the Bowie section. I REALLY wanted to hear what he had to say about that.

[@kellyomalley1873]

Great interview, thanks for posting this.

[@michaelarthur4764]

Great episode!

[@geraldhugley3618]

John Fahey was a huge Bill Monroe fan.

[@davidholden4543]

We used to play a parody bluegrass song set to the melody of “your mama dont dance and your daddy hates rock and roll” as “Your mama dont clog and your daddy hates Bill Monroe.” Fan favorite!

[@levistubbs8949]

could listen to G.E all day, brilliant stuff !

[@Stereostupid]

G.E. is amazing!one of the best great, story teller,fantastic stories 👏 an interesting cool guy!

[@nicholasvitaris]

What a great interview. G.E. is an absolute pleasure to listen to with some great stories. You need to get Bobby Whitlock on your show. The man has some amazing stories! A great story teller, much like G.E. 🤘

[@synkro1]

great interview, at first I wasn't vibing with the host but by the time you played your song with GE I was a fan and loved that rendition, great voice, great song, never heard of you or the song before but gonna check out some more of your music now! also I could listen to GE talk all day, crazy he didn't take a basquiat !!

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

A has to be a little lower than A 440 if you want to tune with nature, they call it Prague A as it gives the perfect sound ❄

[@chiiitmeng]

G. E. Smith is the coolest guitarist, up there with Keith Richards.

[@tinfoilhatter]

yeah? keith who?

[@imannonymous7707]

Yea tru dat , and who doesnt know who keith richards is , lol.

[@davidholden4543]

Everything is subjective, but IMHO, ive seen high school kids play guitar better than Keith Richards. Among pickers, i dont hear him name dropped up there with the greats.

[@smkxodnwbwkdns8369]

@@davidholden4543 there’s two kind of guitarists. gawky socially awkward white guys that treat music as an athletic competition, and musicians that understand music is an ART. The later includes every successful band/artist that have made a cultural impact. I’m a guitarist myself and I have no respect for people that are obsessed with playing fast and precise. Those are afterall only two qualities that can be good or bad depending on the context, as slow and sloppy can be equal. Keith Richards is better than those high school kids for many reasons, first of all he has written so many amazing songs and riffs that have reached millions of people, something none of those kids will ever do. Secondly, keith has a couple of styles he developed that he is a master of. He plays chuck berry better than chuck berry. He also has an incredible robert johnson fingerstyle mode of playing that is better than anything woodyman, grossnan, or recent “finger picker” I ever heard. It is infectious, danceble, funky, and sinister sounding. Hes yet to record it but ive heard him play and its amazing. Not to mention his staples like open g tuning on a fender. Music is self expression and the creation of the beautiful, anything else is secondary.

[@kushmannyc1495]

great show GE is a God!!!!!!

[@Jerrylumdegaard]

Love GE - the playing, the life , the stories. Glad to see his wife Taylor too! She seems awesome !!!

[@kushmannyc1495]

G E smith is the shit he's a legend great show man

[@TheNightscene]

Hey Joseph, I've noticed that on the slate that says "listen, stream, download," download is misspelled on this episodes and all previous ones where that slate is used. Just thought I'd let you know

[@josepharthurofficial]

thanks! will fix moving forward!

[@thebrotherzt9962]

Great interview!

[@tz7813]

This was Jan 2020. He was dropped by everyone from his label to his manager for speaking out against lockdowns and the ‘medication’. There were literally only a handful of people who spoke out and they all were cancelled. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Four years later, and excess deaths are spiralling. Some will learn a very tough lesson for selling out. God bless him.

[@budgieburger595]

Plants Do Move ....... Walking Trees . ... Just To Confuse ....... Thamks Bud .

[@TheFrederic888]

“It was so expensive you got a guy with it !”. So hilarious GE saying that with a serious face 😂

[@wolfsoto]

Great episode.. very inspiring

[@bribribewry5496]

was watching this and was thinking “I wonder if GE was ever into Chris Whitley”. a few minutes later, GE brought up Chris Whitley. crazy. 👍

[@ChrisLeaton.]

Fantastic. Thank you.

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

I am a rock I am an island and a rock feels no pain and an island never dies ... Simon and Garfunkel 🌄Old days going by, the song is called Grey Times as ; Temps grris... ☔🌬🌞🌈❄☃

[@angelrisingfast4109]

I finally found you guys I hope you’re all groovy big love to everyone peace. Good stuff freedom is now

[@iamjdmaxwell]

So cool. Anyone know what Martin guitar GE has here?

[@billiemook]

Love the Nationals rendition of Peggy-O

[@JerryM-p2v]

You never finished the rest of the 1905 Gibson story that went to get restored? Did he ever get it back?

[@iannicholls7476]

Hey Joe, stop interrupting! Just let GE do the talking. It’ll be fine.

[@johnnygeejr500]

joe is very silly and a dork........., GE is tops

[@sappo504]

Oh wow - I disagree. I loved his disruptions. Thought it seemed super natural. GE still got his stories out.

[@rasdaniel1977]

exactly

[@markatr6]

yes, i have to agree, he's doesnt seem mature or worldwise enough to talk with legends, he may learn & get there, i dunno...im having a hard time getting THRU this, the interviewer is like a teenager in the background when your trying to hear something..

[@rikhughes6452]

Loved it but what happend to the missing guitar story

[@nicholasvitaris]

I just realized you play with Jeff in RNDM hahaha- my bad. Saw you guys at the Paradise in Boston back in 2012. Fuck yeah.

[@ruiplas]

I guess most families have a very trustful, knowledgable, can figure out everything, cool uncle, right ? G.E Smith has that vibe

[@glumpy6079]

Cool guy. No ego. Interesting.

[@smkxodnwbwkdns8369]

I’m sure he has an ego. He just has humility. In an age of bad social skills and narcissism…

[@dappergreens4555]

What’s the song title of Joes song he sang with GE?

[@josepharthurofficial]

In The Sun thanks for listening

[@dappergreens4555]

Joseph Arthur.....just found it and listened. I’m always late to the party of discovering talent songwriters. It’s a nice thing. 20 years late to discover you, and it’s like a good treat. Excellent song my man. Really really good. LOVE the podcast too. Shannon Hoon is in my top two favorite from men. Him and Axl. That podcast with Christopher and Rogers was gold. Looking forward to “All I Can Say”. Thanks for great content.

[@KevinJStoll]

Look how loyal RUSH fans are......

[@elig2714]

fucking awesome!! here from your mark normand interview

[@johannbogason1662]

I listened to Jesse Pestos interview and when G.E. was asked two questions in the end I was dismayed. One was: Do you have any advice for young musical wannabees? His answer was like: Do something else! The other was: Do you have any regrets? His answer was: I regret everything. As much as I like the man, I found that very sad.

[@jmkenny]

Fuck yeah! This is going to be great! Hope he talks about the blow days of SNL and hanging with T Bone and the cast!

[@landowalker5479]

Hey Joe, when u gettin Ye on?

[@pnwautos]

He was great with Roger Waters the Wall tour

[@mvmmotovlogmusic2815]

things are insane and things are funny. wtf. let G.E speak.

[@brynteelingtheriverthieves3266]

Arts sick, it won’t get better

[@donatolepore3520]

Listen to the whole GR is a great story teller and guitarist...btw why would you need Patrion?

[@drewfreaks2982]

How does a musician never hear of 'Bill Monroe' and Elvis covering 'Blue Moon over Kentucky'..? Maybe its a generational thing.Joseph Arthur's good rapport with GE Smith

[@davidholden4543]

In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines!

[@liamgallagherrr]

Ah this flew by GE is a ledge

[@wworden3868]

Everything cool happened in Milwaukee.

[@pool2587]

2degrees of separation, Mario, Barrio,Oreo, Horatio Diaspora, Hamamoto

[@pool2587]

Hello hello

[@tommccarron324]

The interviewer won't shut up

[@sira.scottascot8865]

The long fade out. That's where I, as a bassist, puts The Lick. Right before it fades to nothing. The Lick. 😁😄

[@pool2587]

Almost self sufficient

[@pool2587]

John Hannah,rip

[@jackspicerisland]

Oh my gosh LOU is one of my favorite records and you are soulful as hell but please please please just take a breath, relax, and let your guest speak. Zero reason for 90% of your interruptions here. Just let the silence work its magic

[@ImOnlyFakingIt]

59:23 yeah sure..... ; )

[@Luke43168]

thanks nice, but the interviewer interjects awkwardly more than a bit too much, good stuff though

[@vdub1959]

Lukebelltoned interviewer dude sounds high AF...

[@11dallis]

How about Fear on SNL ?

[@Cincinnatus1869]

you didn't know who Bill Monroe is? 😐

[@logoseven3365]

All I know is I want to learn Pretty Peggy O’

[@skaz777]

nothing at all against the Foo Fighters, that’s obviously a great band, but bigger than Nirvana? No way! They are only bigger in a fake commercial way and none of that is real. What’s actual? Nirvana is.

[@sappo504]

Only 51 minutes into this and it's like a freight train of an interview that ain't slowin' down. I've had the wrong idea about G.E. Smith for years. I'm treasuring all these stories, and he's a humble dude. Had to stop by for this comment, cuz they just mentioned this guy John 5. Never heard of him. Just checked him out and get it. I'm sure there a million better vids of him playing, but this is the first one I watched when I pushed pause on this interview: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5bHeHlpa76Wfas

[@sappo504]

Ok, yeah, was going to watch this in pieces but nope. Watched it all. So good.

[@dustindavis9050]

It’s called Central America… lol

[@20cencool]

Dude you stepped on GE too much. You cut him off from telling stuff. I’m listening to what he has to say not you

[@markatr6]

i agree, pipe down and stop trying to be a 'close buddy' with the guy, there IS an art, a SKILL to interviewing, more than just being a fellow musician.

[@Ivearted]

Bill Monroe!!!!???????? Study up!!!!

[@33coop]

I could listen to GE talk forever as well....if some idiot would let him talk.

[@AB1Vampire]

GE could sneeze and it'd sound good but the Love-fest interaction came off weird