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#FJFest: John Smith — “Far Too Good”

John Smith was out on the road in Australia when he was forced to cut short his tour and head home to Brighton. After filling some of the downtime with a few online performances he decided to release a new album: Live in Chester, recorded at the final performance of his 2019 UK tour in Chester, England on Sunday, the 3rd of November — “The 117th gig of 2019.  The 1,620th of my life,” he says. On that gig he played his main touring acoustic, a Brazilian rosewood and spruce Fylde Alexander (which you’ve probably seen him playing in our office, if you haven’t caught him on the road) and a 1962 Kay Stratone that he’s taking care of for Joe Henry. For this exclusive performance from his music room, however, John is playing his “big old Falstaff, Indian [rosewood] and spruce.”

Live in Chester will be available for purchase via John’s website, and on streaming platforms. Look for a feature on John in the Fretboard Journal soon.

#FJFest is the Fretboard Journal‘s way of staying connected during these difficult times: Expect to see never-before-seen shop tours from guitarmakers, unique music performances and a ton of beautiful instruments on a daily basis throughout March 2020 and beyond.

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