ARTIST: Sunshone Still
TITLE: Dead Letters
LABEL: Catfish Records
GENRE: Folk-Rock
TIME: 53:32 min
SIZE:  64,8 MB
RIP DATE: Aug-10-2005
RELEASE DATE: Aug-03-2005
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. Land Of Tar And Cotton                     05:49
02. Fireflies                                  04:52
03. Smoke Rings                                03:05
04. Damn Your California                       04:04
05. Julie Christie                             03:28
06. Barstool                                   05:07
07. Saturdays In The Sky                       05:13
08. Dear Emily                                 04:55
09. I Found Jesus                              05:00
10. All Roads                                  03:54
11. Roan Mountain                              03:38
12. Old Ruralist Prayer                        04:27

Release Notes:

Nashville-born, Carolina-raised, former Austinite,
and Columbia resident, Sunshone Still is Chris Smith
-- whether solo or with his band. For three years,
Smith wrote, recorded, and produced his first
full-length album. This debut, titled Dead Letters,
is a dark art-country album featuring Smith's grainy
baritone voice and several fine Austin and Carolina
musicians.

Smith's musical influences have included Richard
Buckner, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Jay Farrar, and
Gillian Welch/DavidRawlings. Dead Letters, as a
result, was released in July 2005 using the Nick
Drake-influenced pseudonym, Sunshone Still*, and
ranges from the smart story songs of "I Found Jesus"
to the alt-country sounds of "Roan Mountain" and
evokes a mix of wit, misfortunes, and musings in the
storytelling.

In 2005, Smith received an honorable mention at the
Telluride Bluegrass Festival's Troubador
Competition. He has also been selected to appear on
Shut Eye Records' compilation disc, The United State
of Americana, Vol 3. Previous artists appearing on
Shut Eye compilations include Jay Farrar and Rich
Robinson (BlackCrowes).


*"And I was green, greener than the hill
Where flowers grew and the sun shone still
Now I'm darker than the deepest sea
Just hand me down, give me a place to be"
-from Nick Drake's Place to Be