John’s 9th solo CD co-produced with Tom Prasada-Rao, features a gorgeous blend of the quietly powerful and heartfelt songs including the country styles on Virgil's Sweet Six String and Rattle My Bones and choral backing on songs such as My Name is America and Where's The World Going to. There are moving love songs to his wife of decades and to his

John’s 9th solo CD co-produced with Tom Prasada-Rao, features a gorgeous blend of the quietly powerful and heartfelt songs including the country styles on Virgil's Sweet Six String and Rattle My Bones and choral backing on songs such as My Name is America and Where's The World Going to. There are moving love songs to his wife of decades and to his small home town on the banks of the Mississippi in Wisconsin, and quietly contemplative reflections on life in Out Across the Openness and Before I Go. The title track, Backroads, is a quintessential Johnsmith song, that ranks among his finest. The album features guitar, dobro, banjo, fiddle, upright bass, French horn with harmony vocals by John’s daughter, Elisi Smith-Waller, and long time partner, Dan Sebranek.