Chris Smither "Link Of Chain"

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  • Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
  • Chris Smither performing "Link Of Chain" at Music City Roots Live From The Factory on 9.18.2014

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  • @williamcarter2201
    @williamcarter2201 9 місяців тому +9

    How does this guy remain off the list of the greatest folk guitar players of all time? Have seen him 6 times...New Orleans...Toronto...Kitchener Ontario...Guelph Ontario, 3 times. He's always been great! Thanks, Chris.

  • @troytaylor9228
    @troytaylor9228 6 років тому +21

    Chris Smither is a national treasure!

  • @ryanmccracken7247
    @ryanmccracken7247 9 років тому +50

    Chris Smither is absolutely incredible. Such smooth, technical guitar work. Golden but gravely voice. Outstanding lyrics.

  • @dreamwell2020
    @dreamwell2020 8 років тому +30

    It's generally encouraging, no matter what it is your're looking at, to watch someone at work who knows what they're doing.

  • @ZenMastaKai
    @ZenMastaKai 6 років тому +15

    Chris Smithers is an absolutely weird, animated, lovable Genius. One of the best Artists to take the stage. To put yourself in front of the world and do it without fear and live your dream and be that amazing......Mission accomplished. I think that's a goddamn successful life. Checkl!

  • @nickspitzley8539
    @nickspitzley8539 4 роки тому +16

    I was today years old when I found out about this person. His voice and delivery are amazing. This guy has no idea how rock n roll he is! Wow!

    • @hikrose
      @hikrose 2 роки тому +2

      Today for me. Great find.

  • @noracurran2762
    @noracurran2762 2 роки тому +6

    Theres nobody like him Hes just a unique human being His music is just so hard to. Find

  • @uinseann10
    @uinseann10 2 роки тому +4

    In a league all of his own. A mighty mighty talent.

  • @RedClayFH
    @RedClayFH 6 років тому +5

    Saw Chris in Cork, Ireland so many times in the 90s and 00s and almost every time he started the gig with this song. Incredible performer and I have a ticket to see him in Jan 2019. Whoo hoo!!

    • @jameswhitaker1821
      @jameswhitaker1821 6 років тому +2

      Lucky duck!! tese33333@gmail.com

    • @roythompsonmusic2458
      @roythompsonmusic2458 6 років тому +2

      Yup. Going to Leap Castle tonight to see him.

    • @michaeloleary2248
      @michaeloleary2248 3 роки тому +1

      Saw him at the Rory Gallagher Bar in Midleton. Spoke to him. Got his autograph on a CD. A treasured possession. My hero. Great man.

  • @colerainfan1143
    @colerainfan1143 5 років тому +14

    Chris is an incredibly strong player.

  • @jimfox6885
    @jimfox6885 6 років тому +42

    Can't understand why he isn't a household name like Simon or Dylan; he's about perfect.

    • @willmercury
      @willmercury 3 роки тому +3

      @@jamespeterson2690 You are an idiot and an anti-Semite. Your comment is gone.

    • @wardy940
      @wardy940 3 роки тому +2

      Bob Dylan was a great songwriter, but not too great at playing the songs, imo. He can't play like Chris smither, that's for sure.

    • @maxhammer4067
      @maxhammer4067 2 роки тому

      @@wardy940
      @Chris Ward Chris covers dylan, many times, dylan is the goat 🐐 I see him 3 times every when he tours by me. Smither keeps his head down and out of the limelight by choice

  • @noracurran2762
    @noracurran2762 2 роки тому +2

    Just look at those beutiful hands They were made for music OUT of this world

  • @Labdunum
    @Labdunum 10 місяців тому +2

    Unfortunately, I just discovered Chris this past week. I am now Locked into his style.

  • @hikrose
    @hikrose 2 роки тому +3

    I love this. Awesome.

  • @rafhenlow
    @rafhenlow 9 років тому +7

    just how great is this guy. I have chanced upon him on spotify. How have I never heard him before?!

  • @larryholloway6899
    @larryholloway6899 5 місяців тому +1

    Wowser, what great pickin!

  • @HerwigKrumfuß
    @HerwigKrumfuß 11 днів тому

    ❤Thank YOU Sir, my light is burning for YOU❤❤❤🎉❤

  • @noracurran2762
    @noracurran2762 2 роки тому +1

    I can't stop.listening to this

  • @jackadoddle
    @jackadoddle 7 років тому +7

    Learned this from his DVD on Homespun tapes. Step by step instruction, brilliant

  • @pammorton7448
    @pammorton7448 5 років тому +2

    had the privilege of seeing him a couple of weeks ago in Leusden, the Netherlands. He's so good!!!

  • @wilscott6763
    @wilscott6763 3 роки тому +1

    FANTASTIC !
    My FAVORITE!!!

  • @grahamspaull80
    @grahamspaull80 7 років тому +4

    AH so damn good! That picking and subtle stomp... perfect stuff, all my style.

  • @wferrell9787
    @wferrell9787 7 років тому +4

    I love Chris doing this song!

  • @noracurran2762
    @noracurran2762 2 роки тому +1

    I just love this song I hope he does mote like this

  • @RichardFeynmanRules
    @RichardFeynmanRules 9 років тому +22

    The man is a national treasure! Seen him half a dozen times in person...one of the great ones, and he comes across as a *really* nice guy. Now, lyrics:
    ~
    CHRIS SMITHER LINK OF CHAIN LYRICS
    Can't you see? I can't explain
    I'm a little like a link of chain
    Just a ring around another
    Runnin' in and out again
    Fly me on a kite line
    Smilin' like a gold mine
    I don't need to do right
    Go to the end
    That'll do to hold me tonight
    Mornin' rain, make it soon
    Just a little in the afternoon
    To hold me like a mother
    Hang me on the evenin' moon
    Set me on a low one
    Show me how to go one
    More whenever I finally decide
    Go to the end
    And take it along for the ride
    Well I ain't got long
    I leave 'fore day
    And I never had a lot to say
    Tell me like a brother
    Do we throw it all away
    Sittin' on the side line
    Foolin' with a fine mind
    Never need to know the desire
    Go to the end
    Play it right down to the wire
    Go to the end
    Play it right down to the wire
    Can't you see? I can't explain
    I'm a little like a link of chain
    Just a ring around another
    Runnin' in and out again
    Runnin' in and out again
    Runnin' in and out again

    • @louiseunsoeld4959
      @louiseunsoeld4959 7 років тому

      Thanks for the lyrics! That makes it even better!

  • @nissi.k
    @nissi.k 5 років тому +3

    Amazing artist!🌟

  • @larryholloway6899
    @larryholloway6899 3 місяці тому

    OMG, that is awesome!

  • @cyndjop
    @cyndjop 6 років тому +3

    Saw you in St Augustine. I wanted this Song* CD. You autographed a new CD. Still pissed. But thankful for this video❤

  • @nissi.k
    @nissi.k 5 років тому +8

    Can't you see
    I can't explain
    I'm a little like a link of chain
    Just a ring around another
    Running in and out again
    Fly me on a kite line
    Smilin' like a gold mine
    I don't need to be right
    Go to the end
    And that'll do to hold me tonight
    Morning rain
    Make it soon
    With just a little in the afternoon
    To hold me like a mother
    Hang me on the evening moon
    Send me on a low one
    Show me how to go one more
    And never finally decide
    Go to the end
    Take it along for the ride
    Ain't got long
    I leave for a day
    Never had a lot to say
    Tell me like a brother
    'Til we throw it all away
    Sittin' on the sideline
    Foolin' with a fine line
    Never need to know the design
    Go to the end
    Play it right down to the wire
    Can't you see
    I can't explain
    Link of chain by Chris Smither
    I'm a little like a link of chain
    Just a ring around another
    Running in and out again
    Running in and out again
    Running in and out again

  • @michaelferry2733
    @michaelferry2733 7 років тому +1

    Love you so much Chris! May God bless your magnificent, Angelic soul forever! Too late! Been done as you well know. Peace

  • @wilscott6763
    @wilscott6763 3 роки тому

    I now know( link of chain ) !
    Playing it every gig !!!
    What an EXCELLENT tune !!!

  • @valdane8371
    @valdane8371 2 роки тому

    Seen him many times…just a mesmerizing performer. Not that he needs one, but I’d like to see him with a band once.

  • @MikeDiCiero
    @MikeDiCiero 2 роки тому

    this is golden

  • @TheGoodkarm
    @TheGoodkarm 8 років тому +7

    This feels like home... nice twinkle in the eye. ~~~> "But can't you see... I can't explain." :) 123K

  • @gabemcmillan
    @gabemcmillan 8 років тому +5

    Real music

  • @GreenManalishiUSA
    @GreenManalishiUSA 5 років тому +3

    I'm younger than Chris, but my ankles, knees, and hips ache after trying to stomp my feet like that for just one song. He makes it look so easy. He must be in great shape, and I need to get up and move around more, ha ha.

  • @lorenzoparedes2306
    @lorenzoparedes2306 6 років тому +10

    Ah, yes, at IRS form fling time, list them Florsheim shoes as percussion instrument expenditures. Great song.

  • @kennycamaro2361
    @kennycamaro2361 5 років тому +1

    Very smooth.

  • @claudiarueda7919
    @claudiarueda7919 7 років тому +1

    Es un Crack maestro!!

  • @andrewmaldarelli2265
    @andrewmaldarelli2265 5 років тому +1

    Love him. And...with a brace on his left hand. Sheesh!

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому

    ThanQ.

  • @Macondo43
    @Macondo43 7 років тому +1

    Magistral.

  • @andychilds9167
    @andychilds9167 2 роки тому

    so truly cool

  • @kathleenthompson9324
    @kathleenthompson9324 7 років тому

    chris smither is the best! got tickets for a wedding present in 1995, admiration lives, marriage not so much. (:

  • @maureenfox5826
    @maureenfox5826 2 роки тому

    Awesome!

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому

    Love you.

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому +2

    I love Jesus

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому

    & yes, I love u Moore

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому

    Love you

  • @maggielewis2214
    @maggielewis2214 Рік тому

    Oh Chris you are magic honey darlin.....

  • @larryholland7192
    @larryholland7192 8 місяців тому

    Awesome X 10

  • @johnnyrotten5196
    @johnnyrotten5196 3 роки тому

    Genius ...

  • @nicolecappeau3974
    @nicolecappeau3974 4 роки тому +2

    thanks to Rick Preston who let me know his talented guitarist friends

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому

    My SonShine!. I mean ITT!. He is beautiful.

  • @ghy30
    @ghy30 5 років тому

    太好听了吧!

  • @calum66
    @calum66 9 років тому +13

    One little thing I would like to know - How the hell does he do that?

  • @donaldking8271
    @donaldking8271 5 місяців тому

    I feel better now.

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому

    This kid keeps my HART A Beating

  • @peaceprayers
    @peaceprayers Рік тому

    His guitar playing in fabulous. His lyrics are great At times his guitar volume overpowers the lyrics, and it's hard to hear him sing

  • @colin25250
    @colin25250 2 роки тому

    Only issue I have is how the camera switches around too much: this is common by music directors and it spoils it for me. Great song, great singing tho

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому

    2 think, I traveled Ottawa my Wray 2 sea this man. What I didn't ?. Yep he singed my longsleeV.. No T-shirt HA I RR.

  • @biancaa6558
    @biancaa6558 7 років тому +3

    Does anyone know what tuning this is in?

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому

    PS 577, did eye say I love u

  • @1silvervespa
    @1silvervespa 3 роки тому

    Stomping Tom was another that kept time with his feet .... He wore holes in pieces of plywood .
    Their paths had to cross in the 70's .....

  • @gerardhaubert8210
    @gerardhaubert8210 9 років тому +1

    Great stuff! Do you mic your stomp board?

    • @stevelarson6767
      @stevelarson6767 7 років тому

      I'm not Chris but, yes, does. And stomps with Dave Clark Five ankle boots.

  • @oneman1812
    @oneman1812 2 роки тому

    3/4 ct

  • @brianamato1078
    @brianamato1078 5 років тому

    Open D ?

  • @jerometotes5311
    @jerometotes5311 9 місяців тому

    Miked feet

  • @ParhelionMedia
    @ParhelionMedia 9 років тому

    Great song and playing. Sucks he was using a rather awful sounding piezo pickup on such a nice guitar.

    • @robertmoffatt6146
      @robertmoffatt6146 7 років тому +4

      It all sounded good. Quit bitching and just enjoy the music!