Ruby Jane Smith Explained

Ruby Jane Smith
Birth Name:Ruby Jane Smith
Birth Date:1994 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Dallas, Texas, U.S.[1]
Origin:Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.
Instrument:Fiddle, vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica
Genre:Bluegrass, Americana music
Years Active:2005  - Present
Label:Indie
Associated Acts:Willie Nelson, Big and Rich, Drake Bell, Asleep at the Wheel
Background:solo_singer

Ruby Jane Smith (born November 17, 1994) is an American fiddle player, singer, and songwriter in the traditional bluegrass and Americana music genres.[2] The youngest fiddler invited to play the Grand Ole Opry, Smith has toured and recorded with Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson, Drake Bell,[3] and Willie Nelson, and has performed on Austin City Limits.[4]

Smith was born in Dallas, Texas, to parents who are originally from Columbus, Mississippi and while still a toddler moved there, with her mother, from whom she inherited a love for bluegrass music.[5] Grand Ole Opry notable Jim Brock began instructing the seven-year-old Smith after seeing her perform onstage with Rhonda Vincent (Smith impressed Vincent and Brock with a rendering of "Boil Them Cabbage Down"[6]) and at age 10 she became the youngest invited fiddler to play at the Opry.[7] She also performed in 2003 at the CMA Music Festival.[8] After winning the 2005 Mississippi State Fiddle Championship[7] and garnering several other contest titles, in 2008 Smith and her family moved to Austin, Texas.[9]

Since moving to Austin, she has been mentored by Ray Benson,[10] and she has toured with other artists (including Willie Nelson[11]) She has performed in a Ray Benson play A Ride with Bob, and played on Willie Nelson’s Grammy-nominated Willie and the Wheel. She has recorded four CDs; her debut album Road to Columbus was released in 2006, and the follow-up 6-song EP Creekside was released in 2007. She realized a live CD "Live at Roadhouse Rags" in 2009 and her most recent EP Feels Like Home was released in 2010. She won the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin award in 2007, named for Daniel Pearl and given by the foundation named for him, which promotes "Harmony for Humanity."[10] [12]

She was also an official performer at the 2010 and 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruby Jane . Ruby Jane Smith . 2010-01-10 . 2010-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100813193053/http://www.therubyjaneshow.com/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Bluegrass Fiddler Ruby Jane Smith to Perform with Big and Rich . Cybergrass: Bluegrass Music News Network . 2007-07-20 . 2010-01-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215233/http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3579 . 2011-07-08.
  3. Web site: Who Am I?. Ruby Jane Music. November 26, 2014. April 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160404144036/http://www.rubyjane.org/who-am-i.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Corcoran . Michael . Five alive! Old is new again with these Austin musicians: Belleville Outfit, Ruby Jane, the Dedringers, Dustin Welch and the Fireants putting a fresh spin on tradition . . 2008-08-18 . 2010-01-10.
  5. News: Lagorio . Christine . Little Girl, Big Musical Talent: Meet Ruby Jane Smith, An 11-Year-Old Country Music Prodigy . . 2006-04-13 . 2010-01-10.
  6. News: Sisson . Carmen K. . Backstory: Fiddler on the youth . . 2006-11-13 . 2010-01-10.
  7. News: Swoope . Jan . Fine fiddling: Home for the holidays, Ruby Jane Smith talks about an amazing couple of years . . 2009-12-16 . 2010-01-10.
  8. News: Mizal . Michelle . They've Got the Beat . . 2003-08-28 .
  9. News: Modern Sounds in Old-School Music . . T.08 . 2008-08-21 .
  10. "These days Ruby Jane Smith is often seen fiddling with mentor Ray Benson, but the 13-year-old can also lay claim as the youngest fiddler invited onto the Grand Ole Opry stage. No surprise that her doggedly traditional style won her the Mississippi State Fiddle Champion title in 2005 and made her the 2007 Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin recipient." News: Moser . Margaret . Smells Like Teen Spirit: U18 going on 21: Teen acts of tomorrow and tonight . . 2008-12-24 . 2010-01-10.
  11. Web site: Wilkie . Christina . CBS's Bob Schieffer sings at D.C. bar. Capitol Hill Publishing Corp . 2010-09-13 . 2010-10-17.
  12. Country Bluegrass Winners Carry on the Journalist's Legacy of "Harmony for Humanity" . PR Newswire . 2007-09-04 . 2010-01-10.

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