Access Jack’s & the guest’s bios, including this episode’s audio & YouTube links by visiting or clicking 👉 https://jackinaroundpodcast.com/ep21-dardensmith. Access the most up-to-date news including links to the show’s catalog by visiting or clicking 👉 https://www.JackinAroundSHOW.com. 🟢 JACKIN’ AROUND with JACK INGRAM The Jackin’ Around Show (https://www.JackinAroundSHOW.com), hosted by 2x Academy of Country Music award winner and 2022 Grammy nominee for Best Country Album, Jack Ingram (https://www.JackIngramLIVE.com), is available in audio (Apple, Spotify, etc.) and video (YouTube). Join Jack in an open dialogue with your favorite music, sports, and entertainment personalities, including Steve Earle, Chris Knight, Steve Wariner, the Bellamy Brothers, Pat Green, Hayes Carll, Tuff Hedeman, Roger Clemens, and Cat Osterman. Jack’s career spans over four decades and includes 18 records, 6 top #20 singles, including a #1 hit on the Country Billboard charts. Jack has taken home awards, including CMT Music Video of the year, ACM New Male Artist, ACM Song of the Year, and two Grammy nominations, including the 2022 Best Country Album, ”The Marfa Tapes” (Jack Ingram I Jon Randall I Miranda Lambert). Additionally, Jack hosts the nationally syndicated ”Texas Music Scene” show, a half-hour weekly program in over 70 US markets, and has won 22 Telly awards and 2 People’s Choice awards. JACKIN’ AROUND SHOW ✪ Facebook 👉 https://www.Facebook.com/JackinAroundSHOW ✪ Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/jackinaroundSHOW ✪ TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@jackinaroundshow ✪ Twitter 👉 https://Twitter.com/JackinAroundSHW ✪ Apple Podcast 👉 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jackin-around-podcast/id1549013291 ✪ Spotify 👉  https://open.spotify.com/show/2SRAdb3XPRXCdhajW91FIZ ✪ YouTube 👉  http://www.youtube.com/JackinAroundPODCAST?Sub_Confrimation=1 JACK INGRAM ✪ INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.Instagram.com/JackIngram ✪ FACEBOOK 👉 https://www.facebook.com/JackIngram ✪ TWITTER 👉 https://www.twitter.com/JackIngram 🟢 DARDEN SMITH ✪ WEBSITE 👉 https://DardenSmith.com Smith has released 15 critically lauded studio albums, landed singles on both the country and pop charts (including the Top 10 hit “Loving Arms”), penned a symphony, scored works for theater and dance, published a widely celebrated book on creativity, exhibited works of visual art, and co-founded the non-profit SONGWRITERING WITH SOLDIERS program, which pairs veterans with musicians in order to tap into the transformational possibilities of collaborative songwriting.  During the pandemic, the Austin-based artist also helped launch Frontline Songs, which connected musicians and healthcare workers to support them in telling their stories and healing their trauma.) The Daily News hailed Smith as “one of the most respected American musicians working today,” while the Austin Chronicle dubbed him a “master song craftsman,” and AllMusic called him “a singer-songwriter blessed with an uncommon degree of intelligence, depth, and compassion.” Western Skies is a love song to the mythology of West Texas. Not the cowboy and Indian version, but the one that exists only in my mind.  This is a multi-media endeavor that includes an album, an art book of Polaroids taken on my travels through West Texas and essays written along the way as well as song lyrics, and finally, a series of spoken word essays set to music and video intended to evoke the spirit of the West.  “Western Skies is a near perfect multi-media balancing act performed by poet, essayist, photographer, singer and songwriter, Darden Smith.” – Rodney Crowell 🟢 CONTACT INFORMATION Matt Peveto, Executive Producer (713) 859-3929 I Matt@MattPeveto.com Connect with me on Linkedin 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattpeveto