TFT TV Presents Chris Smither

Join us for songs, stories and backstage interviews with Chris Smither, filmed and recorded Live at Tales from the Tavern, April 6, 2016.
Funds raised from donations will be split between Chris Smither and the nonprofit Artist Advocacy Foundation, which helps artists in need with grants. You can help by donating at www.artistadvocacyfoundation.org

[@nefertuyo]

Since I discovered him, about 10 years ago ---> Chris Smither every single day. Thank you so much, Chris, from Galicia-Spain.

[@TedCooper-cj2vd]

Such a unique talent. I've been a fan for more years than I care to remember!

[@brianbarrett5987]

I am so sorry I didn't learn about Chris until earlier this year. He instantly became one of my favorite writers, guitarist and singer. So talented. Great vid. Thanks.

[@robertcronin6603]

Me as well - I'm 52 and only just found Chris a few years ago - I was surprised I'd gone for so long without hearing of him...such great stuff....refreshingly real and introspective songs.

[@RManatee]

They were all great, but I thought Father's day was really beautiful. Sincere, solemn and so sweet.

[@gregorysullivan7175]

This guy is so spot on. Humble and talent is just the real cool.Thanks.

[@TalesfromtheTavern]

No doubt about it

[@nicktighe3093]

he is great from the first time i saw him in a small coffee house in lancaster pa opening for steve gillette in the 60s

[@TalesfromtheTavern]

he is, indeed, great!

[@bassetman3]

I'm from York PA. Where was the coffee house? I played in Lancaster in the 80s and 90s.

[@nicktighe3093]

@@bassetman3 i tried to respond but. i was at a small fest in hellam the weeekend that my dear friends jim croce and maury muelheisen died. at was the first block of east king or queen st in the late 60s

[@nicktighe3093]

@@bassetman3 send me a link to some of your music

[@ivorsmith3999]

Many thanks for this. I've seen Chris live 3 times, each time too short...

[@JasonPMcElroy]

"All the while pushing your buttons . . . which they are very good at because they installed them!" I love his observations as much as his music. I consider myself lucky (fate?) for having met him and learned of his music at a guitar camp 25 years ago. Didn't know how I hadn't heard of him before. I am thankful.

[@TalesfromtheTavern]

yes, that observation about pushing your buttons is classic

[@lonehamster1100]

Thanks so much TFT. Thanks so much Chris, there's so much love of life in what you do. And Thanks Again!

[@TalesfromtheTavern]

Thank YOU for receiving and connecting

[@mtnman6557]

Aside from the great music, really enjoyed his stories. Thanks for sharing this concert.

[@terryadams3489]

I saw him at a little place in St. Louis. Not sure the year..(1999-2005)? Been a fan ever since. Thank you for giving us this .

[@TalesfromtheTavern]

Thank you for receiving it

[@treywest268]

One of yhe greatest!!! Thank you so much for allowing this to be shared!

[@olegdubravin7045]

From the heart,soulful,sinsere.

[@TalesfromtheTavern]

yes, for sure

[@maureenribeiro2391]

Humans are Sooooooooooooooooo adaptable!

[@arthurshepherd8757]

Hell is a state of mind you find yourself in while doing eternity locked up with evil and no outside help whatsoever. You give up hope after a million years or so of that. Finally you realize that you're home for the eternal realization that all you had to do was treat your neighbor as you would have a neighbor treat your self. But you never did. It's a very bitter pill that you'll never get out of your mouths. And you come to know what it means to lose your soul.

[@TXmuseic]

Treasure. Thank you❣️

[@arthurshepherd8757]

Erin’s Kiss - for Shawn Colvin and Angel of Ireland Van Morrison with love and eternal fidelity to Blessed Eternal Ireland Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2010 by blackshepherd Erin’s Kiss - For the God of Harvard Square and all the AA meetings the very great 1st Angel of Christ, America, Ireland and Scotland and the World Chris Smither. Peace Love Bliss Nirvana Forever for you my beloved friend and hero. I remember all the table tennis matches into the 30s which I maintain I won more of by a slight margin. Slugfests is what they were Chris. Then there's all the AA meetings where you mesmerized everyone with your stories. I had some too though didn't I? Those meetings in Harvard Square were by far the best anywhere. I was going to 3 meetings a day around that time. Anyway, Chris, You and all your blessed friends and beautiful family have won an all expense paid trip to eternity to enjoy peace love bliss and nirvana until your immortal ears fall off. How we worship you Chris. You are 'one' singular magnificent cosmic soul. Quantum kisses we float to you from the bottom of the mysterious Colvin bog in some corner of Scotland near Paul's farm. Are you coming over? Shawn Callie Arthur I kissed Erin last night you know the Goddess of Ireland blessings she did bestow I know it’s hard to believe I kissed her full on the lips three times and I did receive a fourth for good luck for infinite rhymes courage and pluck she led me to the place with whispers through the ether for to endow me with a garland of grace being destined to love her and to know well her face all I did was to inter the trash left around her shrine in America she could not alone be mine she made it clear but she would make my words shine many soldiers and poets have her ear Lyre the angel was to her left his foot was extended for those of faith and hope not bereft and so he lifted me above the dead on her right was a soldier keeping watch the angel let me kneel on his knee while I reached across all rein was set free with the sign of the cross and a kiss from her lips during the second kiss she granted eternal cosmic trips to know my twin soul and infinite bliss she said I’d be an Irish rover sacred love came with a third kiss then I kissed her all over she promised me a ring the fourth was for good fortunes endless words protection and tunes to shatter the proudest swords she asked me to wait while she got undressed Erin adjusted my fate granting me in the sight of the blessed soon with a date my soul was caressed she said she’d meet me in the flesh soon she makes love to patriots soldiers and poets always under a full moon I’d be marked and my lover would know it she would appear as an angel known as Shawn (Colvin) whose duty would be to tell where to wait for the new dawn this angel would sing me into a trance and when I awoke she would ask me to dance safe in heaven no more to roam my immortal beloved with silver tears she would welcome me home end With love for Chapin and Shawn. Peace Special thanks and eternal love to Paul McCartney for loving us all so well. Peace Special thanks to Sting for a lifetime of love and inspiration to the world. Peace Special thanks to Bob Dylan for representing Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ so well. Peace Special thanks to the very great exalted 1st Angel of Bob Dylan Tom Petty for great courage under fire. Peace Special thanks to Chapin and James for loving Shawn and the world so beautifully. Peace Special thanks to God and Goddess of Americana Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams for loving and serving Shawn so long so well and so beautifully. Kisses Special thanks to God and Goddess of Love Bud and Julie Miller for their deep beauty grace and Divine wisdom. Kisses Extra special Love and kisses for the very great vital Goddess Suzanne Vega for her deep beauty grace wisdom and for loving Shawn so well at the critical time. We worship you forever. Kisses Very special Love and affection for the very great and deeply beautiful wise and good Goddess of NYC Lucy Kaplansky for loving Shawn and the world so beautifully and deeply (I want the Triumph T shirt or deal's off) Kisses Very special thanks to the immortal Goddess King of Orion My Everything Shawn Colvin for asking "why" so beautifully. Peace Very special thanks to the great 1st Angel of Christ Jackson Browne for deep wisdom grace and beauty and for loving Shawn and the world so well for so long. Peace Very special thanks to Goddess of Canada Sarah MacLachlan for her deep beautiful love and Divine grace. Kisses Very special thanks to the great Jacqueline Suzann for inspiring us all with her genius and deep beauty. Peace Very special thanks to 1st Angel of Christ Lorna Byrne for sharing her Divine wisdom and grace with us and the world. Kisses Very special thanks to Goddess Jonatha Brooke for Divine inspiration and for sharing Our Journey Kisses Very special thanks to Goddess of Ireland Caledonia Shepherd Colvin for her beauty grace and Divine wisdom. Kisses Very special thanks to Goddess of Everything Joni Mitchell for inspiring us all to dream and love. Kisses Very special thanks to exalted 1st Angel of Christ David Crosby for watching over us all. Peace Extra special love to Field Commander Leonard Cohen for Divine inspiration grace and wisdom. Still in Command. Peace Most special thanks to Our Lord Savior Brother Friend and Great Redeemer Jesus Christ Almighty for Everything Peace Very special thanks to the great Angel of Austin Texas the very beautiful Mario Erwin for blessing Our eternal Love. Peace Extra special love gratitude and affection for the Divine 'One' of Texas the very Great 1st Angel of Christ Willie Nelson for inspiring loving and protecting us all so well so beautifully and deeply for so so long. We worship You Willie. Kisses Very special Love and eternal affection and grace for my dear friend and 1st Angel of Christ and Bob Dylan Tim Gillen for being my companion and guide. We all worship You Tim. Peace Very special Love and affection for the great Goddess of Maine 'Cosmic Annie And The Intergalactic Rainmakers' for blessing Maine and all of us with her deep beauty grace wisdom and badass vocals and for all of the 'Rainmakers' and their blessed families and friends. Peace Love Bliss Nirvana Forever for all of you you badass Angels of Christ and Blessed Eternal Maine. You do us all proud. Tim and Arthur and Shawn. Quantum kisses be blow to you All from all quadrants of the Divine Multiverse. Peace Special thanks to the great and very beautiful and very sexy Virginia Suddath Phd 1st Angel of Christ and 'Our' very dear friend and Director of Chinese Affairs/Relations. With deep gratitude and love Virginia my dear. Kisses. Arthur/Callie/Shawn. Peace Eternal Love and Gratitude to the Great Great Great 1st Angel of Christ and #1 American Hero The Very beautiful graceful and dignified Martin Luther King Jr, all His eternally blessed family friends and Great American Family of Black America. 'Our' dearest friend ally and comrade in the Eternal Art of Spiritual Warfare. Quantum kisses we 'All' blow to You through the great Eternal Soul of Blessed America. Peace from the 'Ebony House' (formerly the 'White House') now occupied by the very Great 1st Angel of Christ the Greatest President of All time. The eternal and infinitely blessed Barack Obama All family friends and comrades in Spiritual Warfare. Kisses Shawn/Callie/Arthur and a grateful nation. Peace For all black children to take effect immediately: 1 pair of new sneakers of their choice, 3 new outfits, free education and one white tutor (as available) and free sailing lessons in every American body of water. To white America: whenever you see a black kid at any level of need give him/her $100, ask them what they need and provide it and you will be reimbursed 10 fold by 'Our' Lord and Savior the Great the 'One' and the 'Only' Jesus Christ Almighty Forever in Peace Love Bliss Nirvana Amen Very special thanks to the glorious 'Doobie Brothers' all 1st Angels of Christ with full package for service to humanity. We worship you all and your blessed families and friends. Peace Love Bliss Nirvana Forever for all of You. Peace

[@arthurshepherd8757]

When you play table tennis with Chris Smither you learn to never think 'winner' till the ball hits the floor cause Chris is a multi-dimensional octopus with magical powers and boy if he don't scrape 'em off the floor. So, you been fore-warned. I was not so that's the advantage of sending sucker canaries like me down the well first to test the atmosphere. Right Chris?

[@arthurshepherd8757]

Thought I Had A Soul But It Was Just A Singin’ Fish…Who Knew? A Fish Called Shawn Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2010 by blackshepherd I went down to the fishin’ hole fell asleep with my fishin’ pole sent my line deep I dreamt I saw a fish swim off with my soul singin’ hallelujah I said “fish tell me where you goin” she said I can’t tell if you ain’t be knowin’ this is a fishin’ hole not a wishin’ well" I said: “fish I ain’t never heard no fish singin’ hallelujah” fish kept swimmin’ like a swimmin’ bird singin’ what’s it to ya…” well I said "ya got my soul” fish said “well you got a fishin’ pole” try singin’ hallelujah it worked for me” so I sang hallelujah till I heard a fish sing a wish inside o’ me end And that’s how I got to heaven with Shawny Shawn Colvin