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About My Life In A Jar: The Book Of SMO
Product Description Born in Southern California and raised in Middle Tennessee, John Lee Smith followed his childhood dream of becoming a star. While he never set out to become the Boss of the Sticks, he created a style of music for people like himself, earning the title King of the Kuntry. Nicknamed Smo by his childhood buddies, he grew up to become a pioneer in the country rap genre. A captivating tale of coming-of-age, Smo shares his heartaches and successes from signing with a major record label to having his own hit reality tv show. He even includes stories from his loyal fanbase he calls his “Kinfoke”. My Life in a Jar: The Book of Smo is a story of one man’s dream turned reality and why he's still the Boss of the Sticks. Review “When the National Enquirer called Smo a ‘Country Singer,’ I almost had a f#$king stroke! What did Neil Armstrong say, ‘That was one small step for Big Smo, one HUGE step for the Country Rap genre...’ ” (HAYSTAK, legendary Southern Rapper) “Smo’s definitely one of the pioneers. I think what I admired most about Smo was the business sense that he had, and sense to get the reality TV show and get the big deal with Warners. I just remember thinking “That will do a lot for this genre and put this genre on the map where it needs to be.” (Clay Sharpe of The LACs) “I would absolutely say he’s been a pioneer. When you think about the “pillars” that are in this genre, you’ve got The LACs, Colt Ford, and the Moonshine Bandits, and Big Smo.” (BIRD of the Moonshine Bandits, 2018) “I think he's one of the first people who gave alot of these country boys a voice and made them feel like it was cool to be from the sticks.” (Demun Jones) About the Author Award-winning music biographer Jake Brown has written 50 published books since 2001, featuring many authorized collaborations with some of rock's biggest artists, including 2013 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Heart (with Ann and Nancy Wilson), living guitar legend Joe Satriani, country music legends Merle Haggard and Freddy Powers, heavy metal pioneers Motorhead (with Lemmy Kilmister), late hip hop icon Tupac Shakur (with the estate), Willie Dixon (via the estate), Rick Rubin, and the superstar country music anthology Nashville Songwriter, all-star Rock Drummers anthology Beyond the Beats, all-star rap producers Hip Hop Hits anthology, and the all-star rock producers anthology Behind the Boards, among others. Brown's "Spree of '83" memoir with Freddy Powers is currently being adapted into a screenplay and will be seen on the silver screen in 2021. Brown has additionally appeared as biographer-of-record on B.E.T.'s 6-part "Death Row Chronicles" in 2018, as well as on Fuse Network and Bloomberg channel specials among others.
