71 seems to be a popular number this 2017 year for departed musicians…
Now, another powerful musician, drummer… Bartholomew Eugene Smith-Frost, aka: Frosty has moved on to the next musical dimension on April 12, 2017.
Ever since the day my face was melting after hearing Lee Michaels and Frosty play a small venue in Southern California in the late 60s, my appreciation for Frosty had never faded.
Be sure to treat yourself to some of the earlier work of Frosty and Lee (videos)… and of course, many of Frosty’s Austin bands.
Jam On!
-Ron
(credit given Peter Blackstock via Austin 360 .com)
Born March 20, 1946, in Bellingham, Wash., Smith was raised in the Bay Area and also worked extensively in Los Angeles before relocating to Austin. He played on many of Austin’s biggest rock, country and blues records of the 1980s and ’90s, for artists including Alejandro Escovedo, Junior Brown, Roky Erickson, Butch Hancock, Marcia Ball, Tex Thomas, Doug Sahm & the Texas Mavericks, Toni Price, Guy Forsyth and Omar & the Howlers, among dozens of others…
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Barry ‘Frosty’ Smith, renowned Austin drummer, dies after long illness
Dude
Sorry to hear about “Frostys” passing. Just found out about it. RIP Frosty!
Raul
I saw Frosty at Kaiser Stadium in 73 opening up for Led Zeppelin and I couldn’t believe how good he was, and that was comparing him to John Bohnam. The only thing that John had over Frosty was that he had three gongs, but my preference on that day went to Frosty and I had no idea he played for Jefferson Airplane who I seen at WinterLand and to top it off I also met Billy Graham, all before I was 15 years old. RIP I’ll never forget that day.