Paul Smith & Andy Jehly

Paul Smith & Andy Jehly bring harmony, humor, and laid-back style to favorite songs from the past, ranging from folk and blues to Motown and psychedelic rock. Paul & Andy come from very different musical backgrounds. Paul’s most significant musical influences are 1960’s psychedelic and folk rock, including the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, Jorma Kaukonen, the Beatles, Larry Campbell, the Byrds, and Buffalo Springfield. Andy’s are old traditional folk, R&B, blues, and country, including Pete Seeger, Doc Watson, Hank Williams, Lil’ Green, The Carter Family, Aretha Franklin, and Otis Redding, with a little sprinkling of 80’s and 90’s pop thrown in for good measure. What they share is a passion for music with history, great harmonies, and evocative lyrics. Together, they specialize in bringing a fresh set of songs from a variety of genres each time they perform to engage audiences and get them singing along. Both multi-instrumentalists, they incorporate guitar, dobro, bass, keyboards, and the one-of-a-kind gourdelele into their music. Paul & Andy have been performing regularly together since 2016 at a number of local venues (including Anodyne, Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, The Coffee House, Sherman Perk Coffee Shop, The Coffee House at Chestnut & Pine, Riverwest Filling Station, Stage Right Pub, and Smith Bros. Coffee Shop) as well as farmer’s markets and small music festivals.