Search - Jack Smith And The Rockabilly Planet :: Cruel Red

Jack Smith is the real thing.

Bill Buckles | Tumwater, WA USA | 12/11/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Jack Smith is the real thing. He is a national treasure, though few know it. He writes nothing, sings nothing that doesn't come straight from his heart. These songs are Jack's songs. They have touched my heart. They tell a story, a story transcended by the instruments. It goes beyond the twanging guitars, slappin' bass, and drums that I love, and believe me, this band rocks! The songs tell a story. Jack's story. Songs of lost love, love that might have been, love that never was, and love so deep it will never ever die. Stories of hope, of dreams, and the passion for those things that live in his heart. These are Jack's stories. Some of them are my stories too. He delivers them with an honesty and true emotion in his voice that you know is real. You believe every word he says. You cry with him. You hope for him. If you come to know these songs, these stories, then you know Jack. I've felt many of these things. Some I still feel. Some I hope I never feel. In many ways his passion is mine. A passion for the true things in life that we are all lost without. Jack sings of pain and dispair, of hopes and dreams, and of unbridled joy. Jack just says it all. Buy this CD!"