A little Green room fun with the fabulous #BettySmith @bettesmithmusic and #rockstar @vurnt22 aka #VernonReid inside the beauty @citywinerynyc 🌇 Wonderful to perform with such talented musicians 🙏🏽 #rockandroll #jeffbecktribute #CityWinery #newyorkcity #Detroitblues #rocksinger #Detroitrock #bluessinger #songwriter #musiciansofinstagram #womenwhorock #womeninblues 💙 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnku9EpO7hT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Behind the scenes at the Making-of-Dance Monkey 🐒 (Please download, buy, stream)My new Soul cover of “Dance Monkey" w/ Kirk Fletcher OUT NOW! on Cleopatra Records. Visit: http://cleorecs.com/home/playlist/bette-smith-kirk-fletcher-dance-monkey/ #bettesmithmusic #kirkfletchermusic #cleopatrarecords#spotify Special thanks to Mr. Brian Perera https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UNfb5BoPm/?igshid=1n8zfjuamankc
Will Griffith & Craig Pratt of The Great Dying... on tour in New York City my hometown ... Congratulations on @bloodynosesandroses - your debut Album’s 1 year Anniversary !!!🎊🎉🎈👍🍾@thegreatdying#mississippi#safetravels#southerncharm#southerngents#southernrock#soul#country#punkrock #bettesmithmusic#soproudofyou (at Rockwood Music Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Mlj_OlsjG/?igshid=md3ddf0mhqbx
So proud to perform Eddie Hinton’s “Everybody Needs ❤️ Love” —Muscle Shoals guitar player and songwriter, but DBT does it!) #drivebytruckers #bettesmithmusic #bettesmith #everybodyneedslove #love (at Festival Bluescazorla) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jZX0WHj9P/?igshid=16y4dm5v4s30e
“There is perhaps no bigger struggle in an artist’s heart than the battle to find both self-expression and parental love. R&B singer Bette Smith found her gift at age five, in church, but her choir director father taught her that making money for performing music was the devil’s work. An indie label, Big Legal Mess, in Oxford, Mississippi, records artists like Robert Finley, the service veteran and former carpenter who finally received recognition for his music in his later years. Seems like a label that would understand Bette Smith, who first chose a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Arts Therapy. At last, her vibrant recording debut is here to bring healing and happiness to fans of singers like Sharon Jones, Betty Wright and Naomi Shelton. Producer Jimbo Mathus, a roots music connoisseur ...”— Annie Dinerman, excerpt from Elmore Magazine article #pain#anxiety#feelings#elmoremagazine #nopainnogain#bettesmith#bettesmithmusic#ladysingstheblues💙 (at Barcelona, Catalonia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByXT__Qn3ob/?igshid=1l6nlqf2dq7jr
Looking forward to seeing y’all again tomorrow night where I’ve been invited for Andrew Cotto ‘s book signing affair at Brooklyn’s amazing nightclub “littlefield” where we’ll go on a journey into my new song “Human“ 7 pm: 635 Sackett Street, Gowanas, Brooklyn, NY#littlefield #bettesmithmusic #cucinatipica #human (at littlefield) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIg6YqHYxI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17gct8wllncan
“In case you were wondering, this is what ineffable bliss feels like’” —from photo of Bette with fan “Denise” who came onstage to dance with us in Switzerland 🇨🇭 (Photo Credit: Mr. Alexandre Harbaugh)#bliss#curtisjsocial #montreuxjazzfestival#bedstuygirlpublishing#bettesmithmusic#forgetyourtroublescomeongethappy (at Montreux Jazz Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl_9qf2HS28/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rp78smphbmgz
Dedicated to the over 100,000 Souls fallen from the Corona Virus (Covid19) Check out your Spotify today! I’m so honored to be collaborating on a “Memories” project with the great guitarist Jesse Johnson courtesy of #cleopatrarecords 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 “Jay Jesse Johnson is an American blues-rock guitarist with more than 40 years in the music industry. As of 2019, Johnson has recorded on 24 albums. Jesse Woods Johnson (born June 1, 1960) is an American musician best known as the guitarist in the original lineup of the Time (more recently known as the Original 7ven).”—Wikipedia.com #prince#jessejohnsonrevue##thetime #bettesmith #bettesmithmusic#memories#maroon5#gratefulami#rip #RIP🙏🙏🙏 (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAxENpnDFNx/?igshid=lfyacrqtrxfd
Performing in Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸 It feels like a homecoming. There’s an instant feeling of family reunion. They talk to me like they met their little sister. It’s the same love ❤️ in New York, Nashville, or Spain.”— (Photography: Joe Herrero) #gratefulami #salaelsol #salaelsolmadrid #Bettesmith #magicalmoments #bettesmithmusic#joeherrerophoto #gigphotography (at Madrid, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAKUYLeDsE6/?igshid=hkhvb1xdnbjs
“Knowing how to be Solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” —Bell Hooks ##thecovid19blues#bettesmith #wereallinthistogether#andthistooshallpass2020#bettesmithmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/B-hb6FVBSe-/?igshid=5yuhn8tqd0ye
Note of appreciation to Patterson Hood, Matt Patton and the Drive-By Truckers band: Thank you for all the time and effort you gave to me. Dear mentors, you are always so helpful and I want you to know that I appreciate you so much. Thanks! —Bette (Patterson Hood performing vocal tracks for our 2nd Album, TBS)(Also notes of thanks to Bronson Tew👀) ( And Danny Lerner🤛🏻)!#drivebytruckersaremyheros #bettesmithmusic#dialbacksound #mississippi #ihaveadream #grateful#bronsonmestizo#mattpattonhateshashtags #alabama#bettesmith (at 40 Watt Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/B99MT-sBXv3/?igshid=1vxo2xbirdazm
Note of appreciation to Patterson Hood, Matt Patton and the Drive-By Truckers band: Thank you for all the time and effort you gave to me. Dear mentors, you are always so helpful and I want you to know that I appreciate you so much. Thanks! —Bette (Patterson Hood performing vocal tracks for our 2nd Album, TBS)(Also notes of thanks to Bronson Tew👀) ( And Danny Lerner🤛🏻)!#drivebytruckersaremyheros #bettesmithmusic#dialbacksound #mississippi #ihaveadream #grateful#bronsonmestizo#mattpattonhateshashtags #alabama#bettesmith (at 40 Watt Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/B99MT-sBXv3/?igshid=lrfwazu02nrz