On Friday 7 November we look forward to welcoming back top English guitarist Richard Smith. Part of the Transatlantic Trio and based in the US for many years, Smith was born in Beckenham. He picked up the guitar when he was five years old, after watching his father playing an Atkins and Travis version of “Down South Blues” and begged his father, a longtime Atkins admirer, to introduce him to the fingerpicking style. Smith soon became a child prodigy on the guitar. As a kid he could play the entire discographies of Django Reinhardt and Chet Atkins. At the age of 11 he shared the stage with his idol, when Atkins invited Smith to play with him at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.

Tickets are still available – for more info and booking details check out our Future events page.