Percussive Maintenance aka Gary Smith

Gary is a multi-faceted musician with a love for many styles of music and the ability to seamlessly switch as needed.  Raised around music, his first job was giving lessons at "The Melody Workshop" his parent's music store in Hollis, NH.  After developing a love for jazz at Nashua High School, he became a regular at the Nashua Country Club and was both the top rated guitarist and bassist in the state.  He has shared the stage with many talents from Count Basie Trumpeter Clark Terry to 90's rap group Onyx.  

After a too long musical hiatus due to familiar requirements, he joined Fox and the Flamingos, a female led funk-pop quintet, and Jam Tomorrow, a drum-less folk trio back in 2021.  For 2024 he's currently a part of 5 groups (the aforementioned plus Cosmic Blossom Collective, RGB Trio, and Cinnamon Jazz Trio) also doing solo guitar shows, as well as producing and writing songs with other artists.  Two of those bands were invited to take place in the very popular Wormtown and Strange Creek music festival.  

He draws inspiration from everyone from Jaco to Polyphia, from Stevie Wonder to Aesop Rock, and you can tell that his genre defying music comes from a unique place.  You'll either see him on an 8 string guitar or 6 string bass if you see him live, however there are bits of piano, mandolin, double bass and more sprinkled on the mostly self-produced album.