James Smith

The crowd who thinks country & western is simply a pile of garbage may have found their anti-hero in this artist, not to be confused with an assortment of performers with the same name who could hardly be absorbed into even the most massive landfill. James Smith leads his own country band known as the Scrapyard Dogs in a repertoire that seems to consist largely of songs about the importance of recycling. Smith comes by his perspective honestly, having been in the scrapyard business most of his life. "Scrapman," the title track on Smith's 2001 CD release, provides a clear windo...