VALERIE SMITH (AND LIBERTY PIKE)

• From Holt, Missouri. Lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Began performing at age 11 at the Gas Station Garage in her hometown.
• While in high school, she performed on shows with Vince Gill, John McEuen and Vern Gosdin.
• Studied at the University of Missouri’s Conservatory of Music. Graduated in 1989.
• Was an elementary school teacher before moving to Nashville in 1992.
• Performs regularly at the Bell Buckle Cafe and Music Parlor (in Bell Buckle, Tennessee).
• 1997, first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry as a guest of Charlie Louvin.
• 1997, recorded first album Patchwork Heart (Bell Buckle), produced by Alan O’Bryant.
• 1998, formed her band Liberty Pike.
• 2000, released Turtle Wings album (Bell Buckle).
• 2001, Valerie’s mandolin player Eddie Lee Miller died in an auto accident on the way to the IBMA trade show in Louisville.
• 2002, released No Summer Storm album (Bell Buckle).
• 2005, Valerie and her band performed on the sound track to “Bell Witch: the Movie.”
• 2006, released Wash Away Your Troubles album (Bell Buckle).
• 2006, underwent surgery to remove cysts from her vocal chords. After several months of rehabilitation, she returned to performing with her band.
• 2008, recorded an album of duets with Becky Buller who was a member of her band at the time, Here’s a Little Song (Bell Buckle).
• 2008, released That’s What Love Can Do album (Bell Buckle).
• 2014, released The Human Condition album (Bell Buckle).
• 2016, released “Small Town Heroes” album (Bell Buckle).
• 2021, released “Renaissance” album (Bill Buckle).