Gregory Hormel

Guitarist Smokey Hormel's long career of touring and recording includes work with Tom Waits, Beck, Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Neil Diamond, Norah Jones and Adele, among others. Los Angeles native Smokey Hormel began his musical education as a teenager by studying jazz guitar with the great Bob Wills guitarist Jimmy Wyble. He also soaked up the decadent atmosphere of '70s superstar rock at his uncle's famed L.A. recording studio the Village Recorders. Since the mid 1990s Smokey has been a key player on numerous Rick Rubin produced recordings, most notably Johnny Cash's haunting version of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt and the 2011 smash hit Adele album 21.