Great, thanks for the info.  :-)  I'll definitely check out that interview.

On a side note, I just checked the Kansas Music Hall of Fame site again, and
both versions now mention the inductees for 2010.


--- In embos@yahoogroups.com, Michael Carmody <scoobyranchero@...> wrote:
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> Hey:
>
> Regarding the Smart Bros...that album is infreakingCREDIBLE. Buy it
immediately! Bonus: It comes on CD or DOUBLE VINYL!
>
> The Smart Bros. were a group that played from the '60s into the
early/mid-'70s. They were pretty much the biggest local soul/R&B/rock act in
Wichita and had a sizable regional fan base. One of them was drafted and sent to
Vietnam, and about that time the band (and their home base, Smart's Palace)
fizzled out. The building still stands over in the old McAdams neighborhood, and
the Smarts are all still alive and kicking in Wichita.
>
> Here is Jedd Beaudoin's recent radio interview (on KMUW) with the Smart
Brothers, including snippets of music from their album. Definitely check this
out: http://www.kmuw.org/index.php/news/the_smart_brothers/
>
> Enjoy!
> Carmody
>
>
> --- On Tue, 11/10/09, embos@yahoogroups.com <embos@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>
>
> On a semi-related note (at least as far as Kansas and/or Wichita musicians
from years past), I just read an interesting and positive review on the
Pitchfork music site of a recently released compilation of 1960s and '70s
"eccentric soul" music by the Smart Brothers from Wichita, and other acts
associated with their venue Smart's Palace (http://pitchfork. com/reviews/
albums/13630- eccentric- soul-smarts- palace/).  Are there any Kansans on this
listserv who are familiar with this aspect of Wichita's musical past?  Just
curious.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jamie
>