Debbie Smith (musician)

Debbie Smith
Origin	Great Britain
Occupations	Musician; DJ
Instruments	guitar; bass guitar
Associated acts	Curve, Echobelly, Nightnurse, Snowpony, Bows, The Nuns, and SPC ECO

Debbie Smith is a British guitar and bass player who has been in several bands from the 1990s to the present, including Curve,^[1] Echobelly,^[2] Nightnurse,^[3] Snowpony,^[4] Bows,^[5] The Nuns (an all women cover band of The Monks which also includes two members of Mambo Taxi),^[6] and SPC ECO (with Dean Garcia of Curve).^[7]

Smith was interviewed for the book Never Mind the Bollocks: Women Rewrite Rock by Amy Raphael (published in the U.S. as Grrrls: Viva Rock Divas).^[8][9] She was also interviewed and quoted for the book Frock Rock: Women Performing Popular Music, a sociological study of women musicians in British popular music; at the time of the interview, she was in Echobelly, and the book notes that Skin and Yolande Charles both said that Smith was the only current black British female guitarist either one of them could think of.^[10] Frock Rock says that "women like Skin, Natacha Atlas, Yolande Charles, [reggae bassist] Mary Genis, and Debbie Smith are now acting as crucial role models for future generations of black women."^[10] In 1997, Debbie Smith was the subject of the third episode of a TV series with the blanket title "A Woman Called Smith" (first broadcast on BBC2, 9 April 1997).^[11]

Smith is a black lesbian.^[2][12] As of 2008, she is a DJ and working in London music shop Intoxica! Records.^[13][14]

References

1. ^ Colone, Arlene (April 1998). "Ahead of the Curve". NY Rocker. http://www.nyrock.com/features/curve.htm. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Fasolino, Greg. "Echobelly". Trouser Press. http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php/entry.php?a=echobelly. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
3. ^ Bresnark, Robin (1999-02-06). "Psycho Babble Charlotte Hatherley". Melody Maker. http://www.angelfire.com/me4/everstarlett/1999one.html. 
4. ^ Judd, Daniel (2001-09-05). "Snowpony". GaydarNation. http://www.gaydarnation.co.uk/UserPortal/Article/Detail.aspx?ID=4460&sid=54. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
5. ^ Bows: Cassidy at Discogs
6. ^ O'Keeffe, Niall (2008-06-17). "When it comes to singing The Monks’ praises The Nuns can’t shake the habit". The Stool Pigeon (17). http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/17/comes-singing-monks%E2%80%99.html. 
7. ^ "SPC ECO Myspace page". http://www.myspace.com/spceco. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
8. ^ Raphael, Amy (1996). Grrrls : Viva Rock Divas. New York: St. Martin's. ISBN 0312141092. 
9. ^ Meyer, Jim (1995-11-15). "Hail, Hail Britannia". City Pages. http://www.citypages.com/1995-11-15/music/hail-hail-britannia/. 
10. ^ ^{a b} Bayton, Mavis (1998). Frock Rock: Women Performing Popular Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 019816615. 
11. ^ "A Woman Called Smith: Debbie". BFI Film & TV Database. The British Film Institute. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/566870. Retrieved 22 July 2009. 
12. ^ CC (2006-10-10). "Top Ten: Black Gay Movers and Shakers". GaydarNation. http://www.rainbownetwork.com/UserPortal/Article/Detail.aspx?ID=17340&sid=94. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
13. ^ Gausi, Tamara (2008-03-18). "Independent London record shops". Time Out London. http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/4441.html. 
14. ^ Winneker, Craig (2008-09-12). "Vinyl Revolution: In a Digital Age, The LP Record Makes a Comeback". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB122113970488023395.html. 

External links

• Debbie Smith discography at Discogs

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