Shane Smith and The Saints got started in 2011 when Shane Smith moved to the music mecca of Austin, Texas. There he met fiddle player Bennett Brown. The two began to play gigs around Austin and soon connected with the rest of the fellas. The band released their debut album “Coast” in 2013. The band then spent nearly a decade on the road developing their fanbase. All that hard work has paid off! Now, their playing headlining gigs in places like Red Rocks Amphitheater (there are some cool pics of that gig on their website), they played The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and where most folks got to see them for the first time, on Season 5 of the hit TV show Yellowstone where they played “Fire in the Ocean”!

I had the privilege to visit with Shane Smith before their Friday Born & Raised performance. We talked about their show at the Ozarks Amphitheatre with Whiskey Myers, how music platforms has contributed to the growth of the genera, and their latest album “Norther“.