Smith, Broderick

English-born singer/songwriter Broderick Smith (17 Februrary 1948) has been a permanent fixture on the Melbourne blues scene since the late 1960s. Blessed with a masterful blues voice, Smith has retained an interest in roots music right throughout his career. The singer has cited his earliest influences as ranging from blues masters Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Charlie Musselwhite and bands such as the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Band and Grateful Dead on to singer/songwriters Randy…