Hollywood, CA::Maybe it is just that he was named band leader for the Saturday Night Live band during it's glory days of the late 80's to mid 90's, but I have a serious problem with GE Smith.
Did you ever find yourself watching SNL, alone with a bowl of Werther's Originals, thinking "why the hell do they have to show this guy before every single commercial break air humping anything from a guitar to a glockinspeil?"
Don't get me wrong, I realize that it takes a lot to put together a live musical production. Just google any performance put on by Master P or Donny Osmond, it's not easy people.
It all boils down to this...during his day on SNL, I am pretty sure I never said "I hate that guy," more than I did when GE Smith came on the TV...well except for Gilbert Gottfried or Bobcat Goldwaith.
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As a youngster, I also had a measure of distaste for that dopey-eyed lead player of the Saturday Night Live Band. "Why is he grinning like that?" I often asked myself, "and why does that other whack-job play his bass up by his nipples all the time?". They must hang out with Chevy Chase during commercial breaks, then come out rocking on a ball of Peruvian marching powder and counting the time until they get to go guzzle whiskey and bang twenty-one year-olds. That's what sweet guitar players do, right?
The fact of the matter is that these guys have more talent in their shriveled-up, old pizzles than most of people do in their extended family and for that I will gladly give them their propers. G.E. Smith is a pretty tasteful guitar player and if you have any questions about the musical prowess of any of the other members of the SNLBand just watch some of their live performances with Paul Simon, or Edie Brickell, now that's flavor. Who are you really hating on my friend?
Anywho, I have since dispelled with such superficial aversions. I no longer dislike people because they look creepy (though I do still get uncomfortable from time to time). Hell, I can be a pretty creepy looking dude myself. I do know now that I would never vote for George Bush (if I was old enough back then) just because Michael Dukakis had funny eyebrows, because my friend Ryan Komb also has funny eyebrows and I think he is cinammon and peaches.
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