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Boston drummer and Sedona resident Curly Smith cherishes shows in his home state. He calls the crowds “wonderful.” He loves Comerica Theatre, where Boston will perform on Thursday, June 8. Smith also embraces his friends and family who will attend the concert. He’s especially thrilled about one family member who will attend: his 14-year-old son, Zachary. “He didn’t quite understand what I do,” says Smith, a Montana native who previously lived in Phoenix and Scottsdale. “But now that he’s playing guitar and piano, he’s very anxious to see how it all works. It’s nice for me. I didn’t expect him to go into music. I didn’t push it at all. He just picked up the guitar and decided he was going to learn a song. In a matter of weeks, the guy was playing. It’s pretty miraculous, actually. It took me a lot longer.” Smith, who adds that his son excels academically as well, began pursuing music at age 11, a little younger than Zachary. He started touring and making records at 18. “I don’t know if he’s going to do that,” he says about his son. “Hopefully, he goes
to college first. That will be his decision. “I had an opportunity to go to the University of Texas or go into music. I had an audition in L.A. for Jo Jo Gunne. I decided to take that and it worked out. I ended up staying out there for 22 years.” After Jo Jo Gunne, Smith worked with a variety of artists in Los Angeles, London and Miami, including Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Branford Marsalis, The Monkees, Joe Walsh, Warren Zevon, Brian Auger, Sam Kinison, Billy Idol, Willie Nelson, Ron Wood, Dickie Betts, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Ian Hunter. Smith also played side by side with The Who’s Keith Moon. He laid down tracks for many No. 1 hits like “Missing You” with John Waite, “Heaven Is a Place on Earth,” “I Get Weak” and “Circle in the Sand” with Belinda Carlisle and “Heartbeat” with Don Johnson. “Session work is interesting, but it can be that: work,” he says. “It could be a Motown single, a country single, or every now and then you get to record with someone you really love. I was playing with or even listening to people like Jeff Beck. With Keith Moon, that was pretty wonderful. I feel fortunate to have
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