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Chas Smith (AKA Charles Vincent Smith) (1957 - 2007) was an author, musician, radio personality, and a Cleveland State University music professor. ==Biography== Smith taught and explored the cultural aspects of American Roots music for over twenty years. He held both a Bachelor’s and a Masters degree in music from Cleveland State University, where he offered “The Roots of Rock and Soul”, a class on American rock music and its roots,〔(''Prof Plays Musical Interests'' by Meghan McVicker )〕 and he taught basic music composition to little kids through a program with the Cleveland Opera as a music mentor in grade schools.〔(''Chas Smith Lives Music of Rock, Soul'' by Adam Mawson )〕 Smith sang and played keyboards, bass guitar, and theremin for over 30 years in many different genres. He was in The Clocks (AKA Radio Alarm Clocks), a popular Cleveland punk band in the late 1970s and early '80s,〔(''Chas Smith Lives Music of Rock, Soul'' by Adam Mawson )〕 then he was keyboardist for the latter-day version of The Pagans.〔(''Bon Voyage Chas Smith'' in SubGenius.com )〕 In 1993 he formed the band Einstein's Secret Orchestra (later called Einstein's Secret Outlaws), voted Best Electronic/Instrumental Band at the Cleveland Free Times Music Awards in 2001,〔(''Prof Plays Musical Interests'' by Meghan McVicker )〕 and produced two CDs of ESO's music, with others produced by the SubGenius Foundation. He also toured with Cobra Verde as keyboardist from 1997 through the early 2000s,〔(''Cobra Verde Biography in Musician Guide'' )〕 and played with the country-blues Americana band The Fullbrights. He and the band ESO often appeared on stage with Rev. Ivan Stang of the Church of the SubGenius, and perform on several of their CDs and DVDs. He spent over 20 years creating soundscapes on his weekly ''SwampRadio ESO'' radio show at WCSB in Cleveland.〔(''Bon Voyage Chas Smith'' in SubGenius.com )〕 He performed live on-the-air comedy with Brain Rot Theater on Swamp Radio, and with Rev. Ivan Stang and the cast of The Hour of Slack, the Church of the SubGenius syndicated radio show.〔(''Bon Voyage Chas Smith'' in SubGenius.com )〕 He was a board member of A.C.E. and appeared at both the Starwood Festival() and the WinterStar Symposium, offering both performances and classes on music history and electronic trance music, and hosted a dance event within the Starwood Festival called the "Rumble in the Jungle".〔(''Rumble of the Dead'' )〕 Smith died on October 16, 2007, after suffering a stroke complicated with pneumonia, and fighting a recurrent battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma due to complications from the HIV virus, eventually leading to auto immune deficiency syndrome. 〔(''Bon Voyage Chas Smith'' in SubGenius.com )〕〔(''Beloved CSU Professor Passes Away'' by Ebony Cash )〕 On Friday November 23, 2007 a tribute event called Chasfest: The Rumble in the Urban Jungle was held at the Beachland Ballroom in his honor. All proceeds went to his family to help defray medical bills. Feature performers included Cobra Verde, 14th Floor, Stardust Outlaws, The Fullbrights, Caelyn, the surviving members of Einstein's Secret Orchestra (including members from past incarnations of the group and Ron Slabe), a set by combined members of the bands The Pagans, The Clocks, and Venus Envy, a drum circle that included several members of the Association for Consciousness Exploration (who also contributed to the audio and provided video projection created by Rev. Ivan Stang of the Church of the SubGenius for the event), and a special guest appearance by Egyptian composer Halim El-Dabh.〔(''Listing in Cool Cleveland'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chas Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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