Performers with this name may have a wider option than is possible to determine in regards to choosing a graphic artist that is also named Russ Smith to design cover art for them, a move that could be done in order to garner credit for themselves or simply to annoy discographers. Several alt-country releases including the 1998 Songs of Forbidden Love by an Asleep at the Wheel spinoff have been graced by the whimsical drawings of at least one such Russ Smith. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide