Virtuoso slack key guitarist Leon Toomata, better known by his stage name L T Smooth, has overcome many obstacles on his journey to the concert stage. “I was born and raised in Aotearoa, New Zealand. My story is long, but here is a short version. I have spent too many years of my life doing drugs and alcohol, and running from the law and the people that loved me the most. It’s been eighteen years sober now, and I would never change a thing. The music has been the change in my life. The lyrics I write and the music that I compose is about my journey through the struggles that I have conquered. My music is my tools I use to help, encourage, heal, and to mend what we go through in life. This is my story of FREEDOM on MY JOURNEY to make a CHANGE in life.”
$12 general admission; $8 seniors, UH faculty/staff/students; $5 UHM music majors