Autographs of Darden Smith

Darden Smith (born March 11, 1962, in Brenham, Texas) is an Austin-based singer-songwriter known for his lyrics and for weaving folk and Americana influences with rock, pop, and the musical roots of his home state. His debut album, "Native Soil," was released in 1986. His sixteenth album, Western Skies, was released March 25, 2022. Smith has published two books, The Habit of Noticing: Using Creativity to Make a Life (and a Living) (2018) and Western Skies (2022), a companion book for the album of the same name. Over the past two decades, Smith has developed two non-profit programs, The Be An Artist Program (2003) and SongwritingWith: Soldiers (2011). Both use collaborative songwriting to work with groups ranging from children in the classroom to military members returning home from combat. Smith established SongwritingWith:Soldiers as a separate non-profit organization in 2012.
Smith's early interest in music was sparked by singing in the local church choir, the "seat-rattling sound" of the church's pipe organ, and accompanying his parents to country-western dances. By the third grade, he had a guitar and a teacher who taught him how to play every song on Neil Young's Harvest and After the Gold Rush. Smith began writing his own songs at age ten. In 1976, after his family moved to Humble, Texas, in the Houston suburbs, Smith spent his teen years listening to Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, and Bob Dylan. His musical influences expanded when he moved to Austin to attend The University of Texas and was exposed to blues and reggae, as well as musicians coming out of the United Kingdom such as Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, and The Pretenders. Smith quickly got involved with Austin's burgeoning music scene, playing in small Austin venues like the Alamo Lounge, Taco Flats, and Waterloo Ice House. By the time Smith graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies (1985), he was a regular on the local and Texas music scenes. He has one son and one daughter.
After releasing Native Soil in 1986, Darden Smith was signed by Dick James Music to a publishing deal. In 1987, Epic Records signed Smith at the inaugural South by Southwest Festival and released Darden Smith (1988), which produced two country chart hit singles, “Little Maggie” and “Day After Tomorrow.” Later that year, Nigel Grainge, the head of Ensign Records, introduced Smith to the British songwriter Boo Hewerdine. Four days later, they had eight songs and a record deal with Ensign/Chrysalis that resulted in Evidence (1989). After Smith's label deal with Epic was transferred to the pop division of Columbia Records, he released Trouble No More (1990), best known for “Midnight Train” and “Frankie & Sue," and Little Victories (1993) which included the Top 10 pop hit single, "Loving Arms".
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Traded items with a signature of Darden Smith

The most expensive item with a signature of Darden Smith (THE HABIT OF KNOWING BY DARDEN SMITH 2018 FIRST ED HARDBACK signed) was sold in April 2025 for £154.56 while the cheapest item (Darden Smith Field of Crows Americana Dualtone Music Group - Signed by Artist) found a new owner for £7.79 in June 2025. The month with the most items sold (4) was July 2025 with an average selling price of £51.04 for an autographed item of Darden Smith. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2026 with £81.54 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £7.79 was June 2025. In average, an autographed item from Darden Smith is worth £54.88.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Darden Smith - Love Calling CD 2013 Bonus Tracks Compass Records Folk Signed	£17.55
	DARDEN SMITH - Marathon SIGNED CD 2010 - CD NM	£17.74
	DARDEN SMITH - Ojo SIGNED CD 2006	£17.74
	Darden Smith - Sunflower 2002 CD SIGNED Autograph	£24.44
	Darden Smith - Sunflower 2002 CD SIGNED Autograph	£23.64
	Darden Smith Native Soil CD Signed Autographed	£31.54
	DARDEN SMITH Rare 4 LIVE TRX AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PROMO CD single Autograph 1993	£78.62
	DARDEN SMITH Rare 4 LIVE TRX AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PROMO CD single Autograph 1993	£78.22
	DARDEN SMITH Rare 4 LIVE TRX AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PROMO CD single Autograph 1993	£79.89
	DARDEN SMITH Rare 4 LIVE TRX AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PROMO CD single Autograph 1993	£80.17
	DARDEN SMITH Rare 4 LIVE TRX AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PROMO CD single Autograph 1993	£81.54
	DARDEN SMITH Rare 4 LIVE TRX AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PROMO CD single Autograph 1993	£80.23
	DARDEN SMITH Rare 4 LIVE TRX AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PROMO CD single Autograph 1993	£79.74
	DARDEN SMITH Rare 4 LIVE TRX AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PROMO CD single Autograph 1993	£80.66
	DARDEN SMITH signed magazine page Country Singer Songwriter AUTOGRAPH	£9.91