DATE:  15/04/06

NAME:  Mandy Smith

INSTRUMENT(s): Guitar/Vocals

CURRENT
RELEASE: 'Texas Star' (available soon)

WEBSITE: www.mandysmithgroup.com

1. Biggest Influence(s)?
WILCO, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, All the Hank Williams, Rickie Lee Jones, Roseanne Cash, Emmylou Harris and
Gram Parsons, Sheryl Crow, Linda Ronstadt, Lauryn Hill, Les Nubiens, Aimee Mann, Bob Marley, Tony Bennett, Eagles, Joe Walsh, The Allman Brothers, Rosemary Clooney, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Cary Hudson, Blue Mountain.

2. Favourite records/tracks old or new?
Yankee Foxtrot Hotel, Wilco;
Blue Mountain;
Lauryn Hill, Miseducation of...;
Les Nubians, French Divas World and
Mulatu Astatge, Ethiopian Jazz

3. What would you be if not a musician?
Dead.

4. Career high point so far?
CD Release at Hard Rock Cafe and Champs Americana's Superbowl VIP Party.

5. Perfect night off?   
More Documentaries and Sleep.

6. Most recent CD in your CD player?  
Blue Mountain, Alt Country Americana Twang by Cary Hudson; with John Stirrat's sister as well as John playing bass.

7. Favourite book/film?
Broken Flowers, Bill Murray and Documentary on Louis Kahn, Architect.

8. Whiskey - Jack or Jim?
Dr. Pepper