The life of a touring musician can be tough. And the road - much tougher. Singer/songwriter Jeremy Messersmith has been learning the rules of the road for a while now and has boiled it all down to three simple rules with overarching themes that we should all appreciate: 1) Use every restroom you see 2) Eat food when it’s in front of you and 3) Use hotels for everything.

Ok, well while these aren’t necessarily universal truths, they do say something about a young artist who has spent a large chunk of the past few years on the road, touring nationwide, and supporting acts as diverse as Sondre Lerche to The Meat Puppets. In the mean time, Messersmith has managed to spiff up his website to include demos of songs like Elliott Smith’s “Everything Means Nothing to Me,” homemade music videos of some of his tunes and reading lists.
Messersmith’s website also allows you to name your own price for his three albums in an attempt to spread the word.

Recently, Messersmith has been branching out and his songs have appeared on NPR, MTV’s “The Real World” and Delta’s inflight radio.

With a beautifully delicate voice like that of an Elliott Smith or a Josh Ritter and quiet, but complex acoustic guitar work, Messersmith’s tunes have earned a prized comparison to singer/songwriters like Simon and Garfunkel.

Jeremy Messersmith is touring the South this summer and will be performing at Eighth and Rail on Thursday, July 8. Check out myspace.com/jeremymessersmith for more information and tunes.