Music Box: Summer Is Winding Down but the Music Doesn't Stop

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We have yet another great week on tap for music. As the summer winds down, we are more apt to think once again about attending indoor concerts, which are plentiful in this area. Plus, this is also the season for new releases in anticipation of the holidays, which makes it a great time to be a music lover.

The always popular, prolific and cerebral Chris Smither plays Rams Head On Stage tonight (7 p.m.). Smither is an incredible folk blues guitarist in the tradition of Mississippi John Hurt and Lightning Hopkins. His signature blue guitar and amplified toe tapping are as familiar to fans as his song "Love You Like a Man," which has been recorded by Bonnie Raitt and Diana Krall (re-titled "Love Me Like a Man").

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Music Box: Summer Is Winding Down but the Music Doesn't Stop

From the cover of the legendary Broadside Magazine in 1967 to raves in British music mag NME (New Musical Express) in 1979, and, more recently, Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs list (#42 for "Diplomacy"), Smither finds credit where credit is clearly due. His 13th CD, "Time Stands Still," arrives later...

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