Country Singer John Smyths

1 (solo) performer

Indoor and outdoor

Singer (male)

2 hours

No special place needed, just give me th

DE, EN, NL

For Country Festivals, parties, weddings or sad farewells, I'm your man. On the road for many years, over 11 million streams and lots of songs in my repertoire.

Johan Smits aka John Smyths.
I was born in March 1961 in the old town of Nijmegen and was introduced to the world of music by my parents and older brother. Although it wasn't the kind of music I liked, it was music. My mother was more interested in classical music and my older brother liked "German Schlager" like Heino, Rex Gildo, Freddy Beck and so on. I, the poor guy, wanted to listen to hard rock (Kiss, AC/DC, Van Halen, Iron Maiden), which my mother didn't like very much. When my wild years were over, I got more and more into country music and listened to Conway Twitty, Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, Kenny Rogers, Tammy Wynette and so on. I even started to really like Enrico Morricone and his music from the "Spaghetti Westerns" with Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Lee van Cleef and ... and ... As a child I always sang. Washing dishes, I sang, going to the bathroom, I was singing, always singing. My first time on stage was at the school´s end in 1972. ? ? ?.
I didn´t do much with singing anymore, because a lack of support (I guess we´re all looking for some kind of conformation) until my wife recognized the singing talent in me and there it was, the support I had been looking for all my life. Obviously, it was country that I started singing again. The feelings for this kind of music won't disappear or die if you grew up with it.
Due to my work, we had to move to Germany, where we live in the beautiful Hunsrück region. I decided to go to the studio regularly to record covers of some well-known country songs, even recorded two of my own songs and was on stage several times. I was in Bonn, Brussels (at "The Egg"), Hillesheim, Morbach, Lubbock Town (Lommersum) and more. After one of my performances, at the 1st Country Night Linnich Ederen, I received positive reviews from Keep it Country Magazine, among others. You can find me on Facebook with my own page "JohnSmythsMusic". I recently created my own website called ##### Even before I started singing country, I´d heard of George Strait, Alan Jackson and Chris Stapleton. And I'm a big fan of Hal Ketchum, who died far too early.
About my own songs:
- one is called "Holes in my Brain" and was released in 2021 in collaboration with some well-known musicians such as Karl Schulz, Jürgen Schulz (owner of the studio) and Wolfgang Thiel.
- the other one is called "Cowboys never Cry" and was released recently (2023) in collaboration with Steve Lee Jefferson and Jürgen Lippmann.
Since 2024 I´m working a lot with Fred Weidler and we were on the road a lot together. In 2024, I was also on stage at the Country Fair in Erfurt, where I also did a radio interview with Radio Goldstar. In November there was a radio interview in Luxembourg, on Radio RGL, which was broadcasted on television in the beginning of 2025.
And who knows what 2025 will bring me, because I have already been booked for a few nice gigs like the Country Festival in Viechtach (Bavaria, Germany) and will be (again) at the Country Messe Erfurt. I´ll also be on stage at the Red Carpet Show in Wageningen in the Netherlands on Friday 19-09-2025 and perform mostly in Germany (Gerolstein, Rümmelsheim, Wolfshagen ........)
Furthermore, 2025 will be a year full of surprises, I´ll get back to that...............
So, I would be happy to perform in your neighbourhood, just contact me and I´m happy to come. I will be in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and more.

Sincerely yours

John Smyths

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