4.10.2006

What's G.E. Smith up to?



Former Saturday Night Live bandleader George Edward Smith is currently fronting the band "The G.E. Smith Band", which plays at Cleveland Browns home games. He also helped roast Jeff Foxworthy on Comedy Central. Each summer, he hosts a guitar workshop at the Fur Peace Ranch.

Alright, to be fair I don't make it sound like he's doing much right now. But that Fur Pass Ranch belongs to Jorma Kaukonen, guitarist for Jefferson Airplane. And G.E. is busy as hell. He says, "I haven't slept since the sixties." He was the musical director for Dylan's 30th Anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden and has been cited as encouraging Dylan's musical exploration in the late 1980's (also he's got a great story about commuting to Brazil from New York to play with Dylan and SNL and Dylan). He was the lead guitarist for Hall and Oates and was married to the late Gilda Radner for two years.

And he wrote the "Wayne's World, Wayne's World, Party Time, Excellent" song. What more could we ask?!