
It’s now 2013, and Great Comfort Records is proud to release Who Was And Is And Is To Come, Lenny Smith’s first album in twelve years. A crowning achievement in a career spanning almost six decades and encompassing hundreds of songs, the record is about people and their Maker, about dirt and sky and the horizon where they embrace. The music has warts and wrinkles and is undeniably human. It’s earthy, with the aroma of dusty crushed leaves and moving air. Twenty-six songs were recorded in the initial sessions, and thirteen of these make up Who Was... (the remaining material will be released in a follow-up album later this year). The writing of these songs range from the 1970's till now, and the ensemble, comprised of all five Smith children, dear friends, and a gaggle of grandkids, represents an impressive marshaling of forces (two drummers, two bassists, a pianist, two organists, three guitarists, a violinist, a ukuleleist, and a heap of vocalists). At the helm of it all is seventy year-old Lenny Smith singing and playing his heart out.
Who Was And Is And Is To Come is a gospel album of simple but certain declarations about the primacy of Maker over everything else. Stories are divided into chapters, and implicit in the term ‘gospel’ (literally “good story”) is the sure hope that those bruised, bent, and broken chapters will be followed by chapters about mending, building, and creating; the assurance that what is good and lovely will carry the day, that all things sad will become untrue. The invitation is open. Press play and hear this extraordinary music by veteran songwriter, Lenny Smith. Who Was And Is And Is To Come is sure hope in song. It’s good story that’s been a long time comin’, and that horizon where dirt and sky embrace now seems a little closer.
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