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Up Coming Shows!!!

Tony — 2007-10-15T12:05:15-08:00

Hello Everbody.... I am having some changes take place as far as the Web Site goes. So Here are some dates coming up , but for a more up to date schedule please go to www.myspace.com/tonysmiley
THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU AT A SHOW SOON!!!!
TONY

10/18/2007 09:00 PM
15th St. Pub
109 W. 15th st.
Vancouver, Washington
Cost:free

10/19/2007 09:00 PM
Buffalo Gap!!
6835 SW Macadam
Portland, Oregon
Cost:free

10/20/2007 07:00 PM
Hood River Valley High School
Bowe Theater
1220 Indian Creek Rd.
Hood River, Oregon 97031
Cost:$10 public $7w/ student ID
This is a Fund Raiser for the HRVHS music progam!! Which is where I got my start....It is a wonderful program with an amazing teacher "Mark Steighner"!! I hope you all can make it out to support the arts and the Future!!
10/25/2007 09:00 PM
15th St. Pub
109 W. 15th st.
Vancouver, Washington
Cost:free

10/31/2007 09:00 PM
Rock Bottom Brewery
206 SW Morrison St.
PORTLAND,
Cost:tba

11/01/2007 09:00 PM
15th st. Pub
109 W 15th st.
Vancouver, Washington
Cost:free

11/08/2007 09:00 PM
15th St. Pub
109 W. 15th st.
Vacouver, Washington
Cost:free

11/18/2007 08:00 PM
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside
Portland, Oregon 97214
Cost:$6
I will be sharing the night with Silverhawk and Dry County Crooks!!!! This is a celebration of the groups on the MASTAN record label!!!!

11/23/2007 09:00 PM
Buffalo Gap
6835 S.W. Macadam Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97219
Cost:free

11/24/2007 9:30 pm
River City Saloon
205 Cascade st.
Hood River Or. 97219
Cost: $7

12/01/2007 09:00 PM
Luckey’s
933 Olive St.
Eugene, Oregon
Cost:tba

12/21/2007 09:00 PM
Buffalo Gap
6835 S.W. Macadam Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97219

NEW SINGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony — 2005-12-01T12:51:11-08:00

Check out my new tune. I hope you enjoy!

FINGERPRINTS AND SNOWFLAKES

Bio

Tony — 2005-08-23T14:07:37-08:00

Mr. Smiley is a one-man band that mixes up folk, human beat boxing, 80’s new wave rhythms, and a dash of Mongolian throat singing all in one huge mountain of a performance. Although the whole show stands on the wobbly legs of his digital loop petal the sound is heartwarming and hand-made. His sound is so thick and engulfing that even the hippest of hipsters drinks it up and booty shakes with wild abandonment. Mr. Smiley’s songs are one part road trip, one part thrift shop record collection, and fifty zillion parts dreamy endless summer soundscape.

In the studio and live, Tony builds his songs one loop at a time. Unlike most loop pedal artists, Tony doesn’t use any pre-recorded loops. First, he lays down a guitar track, beat boxes a drum track, adds bass and then sings, passionate, abstract, emotionally charged lyrics that audiences connect with. With all his loops firing like a well-oiled machine he is free to unleash a barrage of wah pedal funk, crunchy distortion or flurries of fretboard riffs.

Asked who he thought he sounded like, he replied, “Pinback, Helio Sequence and Outkast.” Then he thought for a second and added, “and Tears for Fears.” Someone else at the table said, “Soundgarden, the Talking Heads and the Grateful Dead.” You’ll have to hear him and make up your own mind.

Tony Smiley is an Oregon native and has been playing music for over 20 years. He grew up in Hood River listening to The Police, Motley Crue and Chuck Mangione.

Moving to Portland a few years back, he started developing his own style with the loop station, drawing on the influences of Jeff Buckley, Radio Head, Modest Mouse and the bands mentioned above along with countless other influences.

Tony has played in such Portland venues as Doug Fir, The Fez Ballroom, Berbatis, Alberta St. Public House and Portland Brewfest. In Seattle he’s played the Showbox, Central Tavern,Tommy’s , The Pink Door and many more. Tony recently toured with “Jerry Joseph and The Jack Mormons” in Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.
You can pick up a Tony Smiley CD @:
*Any Tony Smiley show!!
*CDBABY.COM

UP COMING SHOWS

Tony — 2005-08-12T10:34:59-08:00

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Tony — 2005-01-11T23:35:18-08:00

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Demo 2005

Tony — 2005-01-04T16:36:18-08:00

Here are some songs for you! Enjoy.

Heat [192 kbps - 6.6 MB] [320 kbps - 11 MB]

Two Simple Friends [192 kbps - 6.2 MB] [320 kbps - 10.3 MB]

Hey You [192 kbps - 5.3 MB] [320 kbps - 8.8 MB]

Feel free to share.

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Tony — 2004-12-14T17:39:54-08:00

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Tony — 2004-12-06T22:45:05-08:00

Two Songs

Tony — 2004-12-05T19:20:32-08:00

from my first demo:

Dependences [192 kbps - 7.8 MB] [320 kbps - 13 MB]

Bone Doggin' [192 kbps - 5.5 MB] or [320 kbps - 9.2 MB]

Tony — 2004-12-05T15:28:26-08:00