Shane Smith & the Saints
A Red Dirt country band based out of Austin, Texas, Shane Smith & the Saints specialize in a freewheeling, open-hearted roots music that has its heart in the country but is unafraid of diving into rock. The group unveiled their Americana on their 2013 debut Coast, then spent the next decade working steadily, regularly releasing new albums including 2024's Norther.
A native of the east Texas county of Kaufman, Smith attended Tyler Junior College before heading to Austin to attend St. Edwards University. Once in Austin, he started to write original material and gig regularly, eventually gathering his backing band -- guitarist Tim Allen, bassist Chase Satterwhite, drummer Bryan McGrath, and fiddler Bennett Brown -- for the founding lineup. In 2009, the group released the independent album I'll See for Miles, which was produced by Bob Gentry. Four years later, they released Coast, which featured cameos from Aaron Watson and Ryan Engleman. After two years of touring in the south and Midwest, the group released their self-produced sophomore album, Geronimo, in 2015. Four years would pass before the release of their third effort, which was slowly unveiled in pieces until it became the full-length Hail Mary. Issued in 2019, the album was split into four chapters (The Beginning, The Fall, The Path, and The End) and produced by Mark Needham (Imagine Dragons, the Killers).
After releasing Live from the Desert in 2021, Smith & the Saints spent the next two years churning out singles: "Hummingbird" and "Fire in the Ocean" arrived in 2022, with 2023 bringing a cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Pancho and Lefty," "The Greys Between," and "Adeline." Save the cover, all these songs were featured on 2024's Norther.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Coast
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records on 19 Mar 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hail Mary
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records on 28 Jun 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live from the Desert
Country - Released by Shane Smith & The Saints on 17 Nov 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Geronimo
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records on 11 Sep 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Live at Red Rocks (Live)
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records on 1 May 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fire in the Ocean
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records, LLC on 21 Oct 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mountain Girl
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records on 30 Nov 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hummingbird
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records, LLC on 18 Mar 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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All the Way
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records, LLC on 17 Jan 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Pancho and Lefty
Shane Smith & the Saints, Hayes Carll
Country - Released by Lower Colorado Record Authority on 17 Aug 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Greys Between
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records, LLC on 29 Sep 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Hurricane
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records on 30 Nov 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
It's Been a While
Country - Released by Geronimo West Records, LLC on 7 Feb 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo