Michael B. Smith has been a writer and musician for over 20 years, currently fronting a band called Michael B's Travelin' Medicine Show based in his home port in Upstate South Carolina. He writes freelance for publications including Relix, Goldmine, Ya'll, and many other newspapers and magazines. In 1997, Smith's first book, "Carolina Dreams: The Musical Legacy of Upstate South Carolina" was published by Marshall Tucker Entertainment, Inc., the same company that will publish his biography of The Marshall Tucker Band's lead singer, Doug Gray late summer, 1998. Smith majored in theatrical arts while in college, and has performed in countless theatre productions, done comedy improv and is a huge fan of Sam Shepard and the comedy of Second City. Smith has one CD out, "Happy to Be Here," on the Dreaming Buffalo label, and lives in Greenville, S.C. with his wife, two kids and two Jack Russell terriers, Taz and Tessa. Desert Island Picks 1. Layla & Other Love Songs - Derek & The Dominoes 2. Where We All Belong - The Marshall Tucker Band 3. Dreams - The Allman Brothers Band (Box set) 4. The Kick Inside - Kate Bush 5. Still Alive & Well - Johnny Winter 6. Just Us - The Marshall Tucker Band 7. Come On, Come On - Mary Chapin Carpenter 8. The White Album - The Beatles 9. Fire On the Mountain - The Charlie Daniels Band 10. Greatest Hits Vol. 3 - Bob Dylan 11. They Only Come Out at Night - The Edgar Winter Group 12. Reckoning - The Grateful Dead 13. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen 14. Sleepless Nights - Karla Bonoff 15. Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain 16. Prime Prine - John Prine 17. Dixie Chicken - Little Feat 18. Happy to Be Here - Michael B. Smith (Well?) 19. Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band 20. Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf 21. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 22. Life & Times - Jim Croce 23. Discreet Music - Brian Eno 24. Sound & Vision - David Bowie 25. Runnin Like the Wind - The Marshall Tucker Band, All Music Guide