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09-17-2007, 07:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Montreal, Rive-Sud | | | Todd Smallie
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Anybody familiar with him? I'm listening to Derek Trucks' Songlines and i'm really loving his grooves. |
09-17-2007, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Bedford, Ma | | | yeah he's great! check out the LIVE AT GEORGIA THEATRE great live stuff |
09-17-2007, 08:31 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | Great player and a cool guy! The man has a killer vibe... one of my current favorites |
09-17-2007, 09:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indiana | | | really unsung bass great. I love his playing with DTB. |
09-18-2007, 02:29 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | Big fan! On the DTB DVD Todd does a nice solo with a nod to Willie Weeks solo on Donny Hathaway's Everything's Everything. Check out Yonrico Scott's solo CD for a jazzier side of Smallie, so tasty!
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09-19-2007, 12:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Northern California | | | Good player, very nice tone. Doesn't he sing most of the lead vocals as well with DTB?
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09-19-2007, 09:13 AM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jnprather  Good player, very nice tone. Doesn't he sing most of the lead vocals as well with DTB? | Mike Mattison has lead... everyone but Derek sings though |
10-13-2008, 10:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Boston, MA | | | Todd Smallie is very cool. I saw him with DTB and the soul stew band this summer. He and Yonrico are a great rhythm section, and Derek is a fantastic musician. Smallie's lines seem to perfectly fill the space he needs too. |
10-13-2008, 12:40 PM
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Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | | He's actually a good friend of mine, we hung out last Thursday at the 5 Spot. He, Derek and Yonricho (DTB's drummer) were their watching Derek's younger brother's gig (Duane Trucks, he's a drummer).
Hopefully when he gets back into town, we'll hook up to jam and maybe get a lesson from him. |
08-21-2009, 08:47 PM
|  | (No Longer) Tradin' My Hours for a Handfulla Dimes | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Boston | | | Todd's Gear?
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Originally Posted by j-raj He's actually a good friend of mine, we hung out last Thursday at the 5 Spot. He, Derek and Yonricho (DTB's drummer) were their watching Derek's younger brother's gig (Duane Trucks, he's a drummer).
Hopefully when he gets back into town, we'll hook up to jam and maybe get a lesson from him. | I was curious about his gear. (I am a big fan of his, too!) I saw material on line that says he uses a Modulus 6 string. I sure don't see that in his on-stage gear. He has a teal(?) colored bass that looks fender-y and a cream colored with a big body that if I'm not way off base (so to speak) looks like a Sadowsky NYC? 
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08-21-2009, 08:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oklahoma City, OK | | | Saw him hear in OKC and he appeared to have an older, mid-60's J Bass through an Ampeg rig. Great player who rocked the pocket all night and was especially refreshing after hearing a local guy I know crap all over the music with his 6 string during the opening act. Todd started to groove and I felt MUCH better immediately. |
08-22-2009, 12:28 AM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | i saw him play with DTB at House of Blues Cleveland. Great player with tons of groove and blues chops. really held it down and moved well with derek. |
11-11-2011, 02:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dallas | | listening to the self-titled album right now, great stuff 
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11-11-2011, 04:11 PM
| | | | Great player who was apparently taught by Oteil and Victor. Love that he smiles all through a DTB show. Small hands, but really works the 6 string with seeming ease! |
11-11-2011, 04:24 PM
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Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by AlvarHanso Great player who was apparently taught by Oteil and Victor. Love that he smiles all through a DTB show. Small hands, but really works the 6 string with seeming ease! | Really? I though he was an AIM grad and studied under Russ Rodgers or Gary Wilkins. I know that Oteil and Todd are great friends and have probably shared a bunch, but I never knew that he was taught how to play bass from Vic and Oteil. |
11-11-2011, 04:58 PM
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11-11-2011, 06:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: COLORADO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by j-raj He's actually a good friend of mine, we hung out last Thursday at the 5 Spot. He, Derek and Yonricho (DTB's drummer) were their watching Derek's younger brother's gig (Duane Trucks, he's a drummer).
Hopefully when he gets back into town, we'll hook up to jam and maybe get a lesson from him. | Duane Trucks....... Really?
Man. those people don't think too far out of the box.
That said, Anyday by the DTB is one of my favorite tunes.
Todd rocks it! |
11-11-2011, 06:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Carolina | | | I met him a couple of times in WV when they played Cheat River Fest. My band opened up for them, so Todd and I hung out for a little while before they went on. Great bass player and all around good guy. Wish I would have kept in touch.
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11-12-2011, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by j-raj Really? I though he was an AIM grad and studied under Russ Rodgers or Gary Wilkins. I know that Oteil and Todd are great friends and have probably shared a bunch, but I never knew that he was taught how to play bass from Vic and Oteil. | I heard that about 12 years ago from a friend of his at a DTB show that he hung around Oteil when he was young and that he was his first bass teacher, probably in an informal way. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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