Tom Smith's second album, (after the now collectible vinyl, "Still Lifes" in 1978) delivers what it promises; Musical Pictures. Snapshots of life through the Kodachrome of music. A defining album for Smith and for fingerstyle guitar. Definitely not your sleepy acoustic guitar player, Smith has shared the stage with Tuck & Patti, John Hammond, Jr., John Fahey, Michael Hedges, Jesse Winchester, Todd Phillips, Livingston Taylor, Melanie, David Pomeroy, Reckless Johnny Wales, Odetta, Jack Ford, and Dave Van Ronk (who Dylan says was his greatest influence). Smith is most usually compared with John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges and Kaki King (or vice versa). His style has been called “Experimental Acoustic” or like Hedges used to call his music, “New Edge.” Most specifically, Tom, Michael Hedges and more closely, Tuck Andress were contemporaries in Palo Alto at the same time and all three learned from each other in their developmental periods. Look through all of Smith's musical pictures at http://www.TomSmithGuitar.com/listen.com Other suggested CDs, "Juliet's Window," "Little Dog," and "On Any Given Night," (the title track included in Germany's "Akustik Gitarre" magazine's complation CD which included John Lennon and Eric Clapton).