# Debi Smith

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{{short description|American folk singer-songwriter}}
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'''Debi Smith''' is an American [folk](/source/folk_music) singer-songwriter. She has been a member of [Four Bitchin' Babes](/source/Four_Bitchin'_Babes) since 1994, with whom she continues to tour.<ref name="Harris">Harris, Craig "[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/debi-smith-mn0000192733/biography Debi Smith Biography]", [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic). Retrieved November 16, 2013</ref>

==Career==
Smith began her career as a soloist after graduating from [The College of Wooster](/source/College_of_Wooster) in Ohio (she also briefly attended [The College of William & Mary](/source/The_College_of_William_%26_Mary) for some of her coursework) and busking in San Francisco.<ref name="return_atimes">{{Cite web |title=The Four Bitchin' Babes return to The Birchmere – Alexandria Times |author=Denise Dunbar |work=Alexandria Times |date=June 2, 2022 |access-date=June 6, 2022 |url= https://alextimes.com/2022/06/the-four-bitchin-babes-return-to-the-birchmere/ }}</ref>

She worked with National Endowment for the Arts and then performed with the all-female [Celtic](/source/Celtic_music) group ''[The Hags](/source/The_Hags)'', and began playing the [bodhrán](/source/bodhr%C3%A1n) during that time.<ref name="debi_fctimes">{{Cite web |title=Debi Smith presents songs from "Then and Now" at The Birchmere |last=Times |first=Keith Loria |work=Fairfax County Times |date=October 15, 2021 |access-date=June 6, 2022 |url= https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/arts_entertainment/debi-smith-presents-songs-from-then-and-now-at-the-birchmere/article_17518496-2d1b-11ec-b934-7bc4d4ed5fb5.html }}</ref> In 1980, she began performing with her sister, Megan Smith, as ''The Smith Sisters''.<ref name="Harris" /> They released five albums together on [Flying Fish Records](/source/Flying_Fish_Records), which featured accompaniment from musicians such as [Doc](/source/Doc_Watson) and [Merle Watson](/source/Merle_Watson), [Sam Bush](/source/Sam_Bush), and [Mark O'Connor](/source/Mark_O'Connor).

Smith's first solo CD, ''In My Dreams'', was co-produced by [John Jennings](/source/John_Jennings_(musician)),<ref name="Harris" /> and she has released six more solo albums since, some on the [Shanachie](/source/Shanachie_Records) label.  She continues to tour as a soloist and as a member of ''The [Four Bitchin' Babes](/source/Four_Bitchin'_Babes),'' along with occasional appearances with The Smith Sisters.  Smith, whose music has been Grammy-nominated, has also been a multiple recipient of Wammie awards (Washington Area Music Awards).

Debi has appeared on [Garrison Keillor](/source/Garrison_Keillor)'s [Prairie Home Companion](/source/A_Prairie_Home_Companion), [All Things Considered](/source/All_Things_Considered), [Mountain Stage](/source/Mountain_Stage), Radio Smithsonian, CBS Sunday Morning, CMT, and [Ken Burn's](/source/Ken_Burns) PBS series, "[The National Parks](/source/The_National_Parks%3A_America's_Best_Idea)" and "[The Roosevelts](/source/The_Roosevelts_(miniseries))."  She has performed at such U.S. venues as The Kennedy Center, Wolftrap, EPCOT Center, Philadelphia's Keswick, and L.A.'s Wadsworth Theaters, and has toured as far away as Russia.

She and her mother co-edited the book "Look Up at The Hawks," based on Debi's grandmother's 1930s–40s dust bowl diary.  Debi was also included in Random House books' "Life's a Stitch."

==Personal life==
Debi continues to live in Falls Church, outside of the Washington, D.C., with her husband, Michael Jaworek, VP/Promoter of [The Birchmere](/source/The_Birchmere) nightclub.<ref name="return_atimes" /><ref name="debi_fctimes" />

==Discography==
* ''Bluebird'' (The Smith Sisters) (1984)
* ''Mockingbird'' (The Smith Sisters) (1986)
* ''Roadrunner'' (The Smith Sisters) (1989)
* ''I See the Moon'' (The Smith Sisters) (1991)
* ''A Canary's Song'' (The Smith Sisters) (1993)
* ''In My Dreams'' (1994)
* ''More Than Once'' (1998)
* ''Red Bird'' (2001)
* ''Cupid'' (2005)
* ''The Soprano'' (2007)
* ''Hits and Holidays'' (2013)
* "If I Were an Angel" (2014)
* "Deep Tracks" (2018)
* "Then and Now" (2021)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://debismith.com/ Official web site]

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