Gideon Smith

NEWS: Oct. 11-   The brand new Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned album is out now on Small Stone Records. Entitled '30 Weight', the cd features eleven new songs. You can pick up your copy now at the label site (see link in the albums section). One new song has been posted in the audio section called "Black Fire". The cd will be officially released October 10th! Check sites like Amazon, All That's Heavy and more for distro. The cd is also now available for download on iTunes! 

NEWS: Oct. 3rd- We have some new shirts and stickers coming down the line. Get in touch via the contact link if you are interested in GS swag. Artwork from the infamous artist Mark Riddick will appear on a new shirt design in grey and red colors.  We love his artwork and will also have another piece available in the future. For now you can check out the GS&DD Riddick shirts in the store section. Riddick has created band logos and cover art for countless underground metal bands and his work has even been featured on the tv series "Law & Order" and "Adult Swim".

 NEWS:Nov.9th - The great artist Jeff Gaither recently designed a new piece for GS& TDD! We are really excited for this new artwork. Gaither is known for his iconic artwork for bands like Guns N' Roses, The Murder Junkies, The Misfits, Biohazard, Insane Clown Posse, The Accused and many others. Gaither also designed artwork for the Guitar Hero 3 video game and worked several years for Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.   

NEWS: November 30th - Thank you to CILU 102.7 FM (Canada) and Jason 'Witchfinder General' Wellwood for the radio airplay! Today Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned's '30 Weight' album is number 2 in the top 50!

NEWS: December 8th - Big thanks to Bill and The Soda Shop for including the new album '30 Weight' in the top releases of 2011! The cd placed #3 in the top twenty. 

NEWS: December 9th - Many thanks to CILU 102.7FM, The Soda Shop, Grip Of Delusion Radio, Ripple Effect Radio and WMBR.881 FM Boston, and others for the airplay!

NEWS: December 28th- French webzine Temple Of Perdition has published a new interview with Gideon, see the interviews section now. Thanks to Stephane.

NEWS: December 30th- Thank you to The Ripple Effect for including '30 Weight' in their list of top releases of 2011! Thanks aswell to Jason Wellwood for including the new album in his top list of albums of the year on Witchfinder radio.

NEWS: January 5th - Thanks to Kat Shevill for the new interview on her blog 'A Blog In The Northern Sky' (UK). You can read it now in the interviews section. This is the full interview of which excerpts were featured in the 'Kat's Band of the Day' article in Terrorizer a few months ago.

NEWS: January 11th - A&E hit series Dog The Bounty Hunter featured the new Gideon Smith song 'Ride With Me' on the episode 'A Tender Trap'!  Thanks to A&E and Dog for supporting Gideon's music.

NEWS: Feb.12th-  Thanks to 106.5 The End and Divakar for the radio show airplay on tonight's show '90 Minutes'.

NEWS: Feb 25th - Thanks to Jan Kooper from Rock Dimensions for featuring Gideon Smith & the Dixie Damned songs on his radio show ! www.dimension7.podomatic.com   Jan Kooper's 'Rock Dimensions' Episode 42.

NEWS: March 1st - Thank you to 313.inc blog for including '30 weight' on it's top albums of 2011 list! Thanks Scott.

NEWS: March 5th - From Witchfiner Radio and DJ Jason CILU..."Tonight! 10pm-1am tune in to Blowing Up The Lakehead on CILU 102.7fm in Thunder Bay, or worldwide on the web at http://www.luradio.ca/ for an interview with the legendary Gideon Smith, and the entire Gideon Smith and the Dixie Damned album: 30 Weight!" - Thank you CILU

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NEWS: March 19th - Thanks to Chuck Eddy and Rhapsody.com for including '30 Weight' in his top 15 Metal Albums

article. You can read the review now in the reviews section or follow this link.

www.rhapsody.com/blog/2012/03/metal?lsrc=blg_for_ru_metal

 

NEWS: April 9th-  We have some very cool news: London based company Seventh Circle Artworks is gearing up to release a Gideon Smith silver ring. Seventh Circle Artworks are a hand crafted custom jewellery company specialising in rock n roll jewellery. Recent clients include Saint Vitus, Jane Doe Latex, Nina Kate and Simone Simons of symphonic metal band Epica, The Obsessed, Solstice, Candlemass, My Ruin and others. www.seventhcircleartworks.com The rings are an iron cross design with a "GS" in the center. They look killer. Many thanks to main man Alex Palmer and company. We'll keep you updated on the news. For now you can see a photo on the store page.

 

NEWS: May 11th-  Thanks to Noch and CROC underground metal for playing Gideon's song "Draggin' The River" on this Saturday's May 12th installment of the show. You can tune in at 7 PM EST on www.frankoradio.com (X-Rock Station) or www.radioquebec.biz. The installment will be uploaded on Podomatic on Sunday.

 

NEWS: MAY 18th- Gideon will be a guest on tonight's episode of the "Midnight Black Mass" Radio show with host the Rev.  ‎"Your friendly neighborhood Reverend crawls out of the crypt this late Friday/Early Saturday at 12:00 am EST for the eagerly awaited return of the Midnight Black Mass. Please welcome the "Wizard of Rock N Roll" himself, Gideon Smith of Gideon Smith & the Dixie Damned in his long awaited return to the show. We'll be catching up with G man, and waxing on a variety of topics with one of the most popular guests in the history of the program.  This week's Muji Movie Minute will return to the horror genre to look at 2011's grindhouse love letter "Chillerama". We'll head back to Gotham City for TV Casualty and much more! www.blogtalkradio.com/psp courtesy of www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com
If you aren't a nocturnal creature we'll try not to hold it against you, the archive will be available immediately for download after the show!"