Smokey Hormel
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Smokey Hormel | |
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| Birth name | Gregory Hormel[1] or Smokey Hormel[2] |
| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Americana-, Brazilian-, Caribbean-, and African-styled surf music |
| Occupation(s) | Session guitarist |
| Website | Official site |
Smokey Hormel (born circa 1959)
Early life
Hormel was born and raised in
Career
In the mid-1980s, Hormel played lead guitar with the Radio Ranch Straight Shooters and later joined the roots-rock band The Blasters, with whom he toured the US and Europe from 1988 to 1992. At the same time, he formed The Blue Shadows with Lester Butler, performing weekly in West Hollywood's King King club. Throughout the early 1990s, he toured and recorded with John Doe, the pair appearing in the movie Georgia.
In 1996, Hormel joined
In 2000, Hormel moved to New York City, where he and
In the early 2000s, Hormel was a primary player on Johnny Cash's final albums, produced by Rick Rubin, which included the Grammy Award-winning cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt".
From 2004 to 2010, Hormel was a composer and guitarist for the Nickelodeon TV cartoon series The Backyardigans. His other film score work includes Be Kind Rewind, The Cowboy and The Frenchman, The Straight Story, Star Maps, Chuck & Buck, Trees Lounge, Lonesome Jim, Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Night Moves, Certain Women and I'm Not There.
In 2010, Hormel recorded and toured with Norah Jones. They appeared together in the feature film Ted.
In 2012, he rejoined Beck for a tour and the recording of the 2014 Grammy Award-winning Album of the Year, Morning Phase.
Today Hormel plays clubs around New York City with Smokey's Secret Family. Smokey's Round-up plays dances every Wednesday night at Sunny's Bar in Brooklyn.
He has also recorded or performed with
.References
- ^ a b "The Career of Smokey Hormel". Austin Daily Herald.
- ^ a b c d Alex Cohen (2017). How Smokey Hormel Became The Quintessential Session Musician. NPR.org, accessed 20 July 2021
- ^ Cohen (2017) quotes Hormel as saying he was "4 or 5 [years old]" when "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles was "a big hit on the radio"; the song was released in America in December 1963.
External links
- Smokey Hormel discography at Discogs
- Smokey Hormel at AllMusic
- Smokey Hormel at IMDb
- Browne, David (2006-07-30). "Smokey Hormel: This Guitar for Hire, Eccentrics Preferred". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- "Guitarist to the Stars Smokey Hormel Gets Big Tones From Vintage Gibson Hollowbodies and Amps". Gibson. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
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