Cameron Smith is a singer-songwriter from Fort Worth, Texas.
Blending folk, country, and Americana with indie grit and a high-lonesome sound, his music draws inspiration from legends like Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Blaze Foley, and John Prine, as well as indie icons like Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Co., Songs:Ohia), David Berman (Purple Mountains, Silver Jews), Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse), and Will Oldham (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Palace Brothers)—exploring the space between shadow and light, fate and free will, longing and belonging.
His debut studio album with the Slings, Gold & Rust, is a concept record in the Western narrative tradition of Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger, Terry Allen’s Juarez, and Lee Hazlewood’s Trouble Is a Lonesome Town—an epic of love, ambition, betrayal, and redemption, filled with grit, shine, heartache, and joy.
The story begins May 16 with the first single, “The Way Life Ought to Be,” featuring Presley Haile.