On Friday evening, August 17th 2007, Byther Smith brought his faultless deep sense of blues to the National Rhythm Social Club, which opened its doors wide to see Byther and his band, perform a real priceless show of the most passionate warm Chicago blues ever heard, on a perfect communication with the audience For those of you who are not familiar with Smith, only mention singer and guitar player Byther Smith was born in Monticello, Mississippi on April 17th 1933 His parents passed away when he was only a year old Among different jobs he did before becoming a professional musician, only mention he was a boxer, which was quite usual among those generations of blues musicians Champion Jack Dupree or Willie Dixon were good examples too Although he was regularly playing at Windy City blues clubs for more than thirty five years, he did not get a well known name among blues fans until the beginning of the nineties, thanks to records like I’m A Mad Man, Mississippi Kid or Smitty’s Blues During the eighties he published some good recordings like Hold That Train or Housefire, where he showed his quality and skills Anyway, if we go back to the seventies, Smith recorded some singles for small independent labels like Carl Jones Records, BeBe, La Salle or Ena Records among others The DVD gathers some recording shows of a seventy four years man, completely devoted to his music, giving the best of himself on twelve pleasant varied songs, from shuffles to slows, funk or West Side sound, plus some classic blues like Rock Me Baby or Don’t Start Me Talking He was backed by Anthony Palmer on guitar too, Daryl Couts on keyboards, Greg Mc Daniel on bass and James Carter on drums, who do a perfect work and get a colorful, intense well teamed playing and make their leader shine at a very high level Enjoy of this new Delmark label dvd and the really nice Byther Smith performing, with the original real West Side blues style and Byther’s honest efficient enthusiastic show, together with his skillful playing