Greg Smith (Canadian musician)

Greg Smith is a Canadian musician and painter based in Toronto, Ontario. He is best known as the bassist of indie rock band The Weakerthans, which he joined in August 2004, replacing founding bassist John P. Sutton. As a member of The Weakerthans, he contributed to their latest studio album, Reunion Tour, and is featured on their live release Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre, to which he also contributed the album cover. Since 2018, Greg has been the bassist for the indie rock band The Lowest of the Low.^[1]

Greg Smith
Origin	Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Folk rock, indie rock, folk punk
Occupation(s)	Musician, painter
Instrument(s)	bass guitar, guitar, mandolin vocals
Years active	1990s–present
Labels	Epitaph, ANTI-, Zunior
Website	www.gregsmithsounds.com

Music

Smith has released three solo albums as Greg Smith Sounds: Hot as a Lemon (2003), The Northern Elation (2009),^[2] and Songs About Love (2022).^[3]

Aside from his work with The Weakerthans and as Greg Smith Sounds, Smith plays electric guitar in the bands The Bad Dreamers,^[4][5] The Tres Bien Ensemble (which he also contributes vocals for)^[6] and The Keep On Keepin Ons.^[7] He has also played bass for:

• The Michael Parks^[8]
• Martin Tielli (formerly of The Rheostatics)^[9]
• Instant Klazzix (with Martin Tielli)^[10]
• The Two-Minute Miracles^[11]
• Wil^[12]
• The Righteouser Brothers^[13]
• The Co-operators^[14]
• Oxford County Circus^[15][16]
• Orbital Action^[14]
• John K Samson Winter Wheat (album)^[17] and touring band.
• Jim Bryson (with other members of The Weakerthans)^[18]
• Christine Fellows (with John K. Samson and Jason Tait)^[19]
• Greg Graffin (with Stephen Carroll and Jason Tait)^[20]
• The FemBots (with Jason Tait)^[21]
• Lowest Of The Low^[22]

Art

Smith's paintings were featured as cover art on The Weakerthans' Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre and Ford Pier's Organ Farming.^[23]

Other work

Smith appeared in the independent film Goldirocks (2003)^[13] which also featured songs from his projects The Keep On Keepin' Ons and The Co-operators.

See also

• John K. Samson
• Jason Tait
• Stephen Carroll

References

1. "The Band – Lowest of the Low".
2. "Greg Smith Interview at exclaim.ca"
3. "Songs About Love Release Page"
4. "Greg Smith's Website with Update about The Bad Dreamers"
5. "Blog Post about The Bad Dreamers with link to Flickr Gallery"
6. "The Tres Bien Ensemble Homepage"
7. "The Keep On Keepin' Ons MySpace Profile"
8. "The Michael Parks bandcamp.com page"
9. "Martin Tielli- Operation Infinite Joy technical notes"
10. "Instant Klazzix last.fm Page"
11. "The Two-Minute Miracles Biography at CBC Music" 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
12. "Wil- By December Album Credits"
13. . Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
14. "The Co-operators Biography"
15. . Archived from the original on 2005-01-23. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
16. ""Eye Weekly Article from 2 Dec. 1999 mentioning Oxford County Circus"". Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
17. "Winter Wheat, by John K. Samson".
18. . Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
19. "Blog about Christine Fellows mentioning Greg Smith's involvement"
20. "Greg Graffin- Cold as the Clay Album Notes" 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
21. . Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
22. "The Band – Lowest of the Low". Retrieved 2019-07-09.
23. "Ford Pier- Organ Farming Album Notes"

External links

• Official Painting website
• Official Music website
• Twitter