FIFTY TWO YEARS! THE NAKEDS ROCK SLIVER SPRING, MD TO HELP THE KIDS! TWO AWESOME SHOW THIS WEEKEND! REMEMBERING DENNIS! THE TWENTY YEAR GANSETT COMEBACK! DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU, STREAMING!

Rocking into the new year!

ANOTHER REMINDER TO PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER. THE NEWSLETTER PROVIDES A WEEKLY UPDATE OF BAND NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. IT ALSO SHARES PERSONAL INSIGHT OF THE BAND, STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM OUR PAST. GO TO THENAKEDS.COM TO SUBSCRIBE! remembering The Nakeds. Fifty two Years!YOU’RE MISSING SOME GREAT STUFF. SUBSCRIBE

Our fist Motif Award!

In 2008 Motif Magazine nominated Steve Smith and the Nakeds for the Motif Magazine Awards readers poll for the best R&B Act. On Monday 23, 2025 Motif honored Steve Smith and the Nakeds once again with the Motif Magazine best of readers poll presented The Nakeds with their very prestigious Motif Magazine Award for the 2025 Favorite R&B Act. Motif is the only magazine left that celebrates the arts and music in Rhode Island. We ask all of our fans to support Motif Magazine in anyway they can. Theirs is an effort of love to kept the arts and music alive by encouraging and honoring both the old and new artist and musicians. The Nakeds and I are forever grateful.

This year's award brings our total of being honored ten time by the readers of Motif Magazine. Thank You everyone!

2008 Best Blues/R&B Act

2017 Favorite R&B Act

2018 Favorite R&B Act

2019 Favorite R&B Act

2021 Favorite R&B Act

2022 Favorite Live Act

2022 Favorite R&B Act

2023 Favorite R&B Act

2023 Favorite Americana Vocalist

2025 Favorite R&B Act

The Fillmore, Silver Springs, MD!

AN INCREDIBLY HUGE FUND RAISER IN SILVER SPRING, MD. The Nakeds Rocked Out for a Great Cause. The Rock and Roll For Children Foundation, Saturday, March 22. We would like to thank chairman, Jon Belinke, foundation members Louis Marmon and Christine “The Beehive Queen” Oldman for rolling out the red carpet for Steve Smith and the Nakeds. We would also like to send out a very special thanks to David "New Wave" Stoskus who spearheaded the Nakeds return to the DC area by Jon Belinkie introducing to Steve Smith and Naked. Love Ya Dave! The Nakeds were joined on stage by rock legends Ricky Byrd (Joan Jet Guitarist), Chris Patti and new comer Cole Larravide. Jon Belinkie also join us stage to add to the allstar cast. Thank to all who attended to donate to this great cause!

Nothing like a HUGE stage!

Two BIG EVENTS COMING UP!

Help us restore the Clock Tower!

Help us restore the Clock Tower!

NOW STREAMING!

Our new single, "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You", is now available for streaming! Scan here for more information!

SCAN HERE!

Hi Neighbor! No Show this Friday. Have a Gansett without us all weekend long!

SATURDAY! HILL'S TAVERN & GRILL

THIS SUNDAY! Remembering Dennis Verduchi!

JUST KEEP ON ROCKIN'

Message from Steve Smith

Only one huge show last weekend. The DC and Maryland fans were out in force last Saturday night. Last Saturday we performed at the Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD. We would like to thank Jon Belinkie and Louis Marmon for giving us the privileged to perform for The Rock And Roll For Children Foundation Annual fund raiser. We also got to perform with the very gracious and very beautiful Christine “The Beehive Queen” Oldman. Other guest included rock legends Ricky Byrd (Joan Jet Guitarist), Chris Patti and new comer Cole Larravide. We also were joined by many old friends and old fans. Great see a lot of old familiar faces on Saturday. It was an awesome, awesome evening of friendship, music, and raising money for kids. And yes, they did have Narragansett Beer at the Fillmore! Unbelievable!

This weekend we have two great shows. Unfortunately, we have no show this Friday night. Saturday it's back to Hill's Tavern, Chepachet, RI. Come join us at one of our favorite venues. Hill's offers a delicious food menu. It's a good idea to make an early reservation for dinner. The Tavern also offers ice cold Narragansett Beer. Sunday will be a very special day at the Met Cafe, Providence, RI. Come join us for a celebration of life for Dennis Verduchi. Sunday afternoon, for those of you who may not know, our good friend Dennis Verduchi pasted away on August 19, 2024. Born April 8, 1952, Verduchi was not only a skilled sound engineer but also a talented bassist and singer and was a friendly person who was known and loved by anyone and everyone involved in the local music scene. I can also say he was one of my great friends. Dennis provided production and back line for our Rock N Jock Charities Night of Entertainment for 22 years. He provided everything at a discounted rate and never raised his price once in the 22 years. What ever we needed it was there. Even running back and forth to the shop to fined a five dollar electrical connector for an obscure plug. Please come join us to honor the life of this generous person who loved everyone. It will be an afternoon of memories, music and friendship as we remember our brother Dennis! We love and we miss you!

Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Stay Strong!

Hi Neighbor, Have Gansett this weekend!

As always, thanks to all of our fans for your support.

God Bless America!

Steve Smith

go to the main page to check out our full schedule. All of our shows are posted on our website and on Bands In Town.

2025 Twenty Five Years as The Official Band of Narragansett Beer!

"IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY" Narragansett Brewing asked the band to play. We are very proud that Steve Smith and the Nakeds has been and still are the official band of Narragansett Beer. We can't thank Gansett enough for letting us be a part of their growing process since 2005 when they made the move to bring Narragansett Beer home to it's roots. You can now visit the facility at 271 Tockwotton Street, Providence, RI. The Nakeds and I look forward to promoting our favorite brew for another 20 years!

So Hi Neighbor! Have a Gansett!

Ladies Long Sleeve Tee. Available in Coral, Hot Pink, Black & Blue

The Steve Smith and Nakeds Beach Bum Line. Now available online and at all of our shows. All women's apparel available in Blue, Black, Hot Pink and Coral. Time to start your holiday shopping today! thenakeds.com. The Nakeds Our Little Town Ornament is also available at the Where is Rhode Island Store at the Warwick Mall, Warwick, RI.

The other night I was scanning the hundreds of movies available to me from my cable service. After a lengthy search I decided to revisit the Greatest Beer Run Ever. For those of you who haven't seen this movie yet, it's time to check it out.

Again my great friend Peter Farrelly chose another one of our songs to be placed in the Apple TV release, "The Greatest Beer Run Ever". We are honored, blessed and humbled that Peter would once again choose a Nakeds' song for this movie. "That's Alright" from our first Album, "Coming To Theatre Near You", is featured in "The Greatest Beer Run Ever" The film released on September 30, 2022 on Apple TV. The Movie features, Zac Efron, Russell Crowe and Bill Murray. Beer Run is directed by academy award winner and my friend Peter Farrely. We can't thank Peter enough for giving us this great honor and adding to the bands legacy! Check out the movie on Apple TV. It's just as fantastic as the first time I watched it!

Steve Smith and the Nakeds Golden Anniversary Ale!

After a year of brewing our Golden Anniversary Ale., Gansett let us know they will not be brewing any more of our beer. We can't thank Narragansett Beer enough for helping us celebrate our 50th Anniversary by giving us our own beer. Just a reminder. 2025 is the 20th Anniversary of Narragansett Beer's return to Rhode Island. It is also our 20th Anniversary of being the official band of Narragansett Beer! You never know? Maybe a beer commemorating our 20th year a representing Gansett.

Although they stopped brewing Nakeds Golden Anniversary Ale, here are places that may still have some on hand! Don't be afraid to ask!

Hill's Tavern, Chepacet, RI.

The Hometown Tavern, Warren, RI.

Tavern On The Hill, West Greenwich, RI.

The Ocean Mist, Mutunuck, RI. Greystone Social Club, North Providence, RI.

The Narrgansett Tap Room, Providence, RI. Tavern 12, Warwick, RI.

Our Steve Smith and the Nakeds Golden Anniversary Ale Tee Shirt is still available at all shows and on the Nakeds website.

NOW AVAILABLE IN OUR ONLINE STORE AND AT EVERY SHOW!

The new Nakeds 50th anniversary apparel!

Go to thenakeds.com

I’m Huge Video 1983!

How "I'm Huge" came to be. By the early 1980s, Naked Truth had become the most popular band on Cape Cod. Their schedule included appearances at the biggest club on the Cape, The Casino By The Sea in Falmouth, Massachusetts, which encompassed every extra-celebratory point of the summer season from Memorial Day weekend to the Fourth of July to Labor Day weekend. But in Falmouth, there was an “extra” special weekend between the 4th and the end of summer: Road Race weekend in August. From 1972 to the present, Falmouth has played host to an annual seven mile race which ends at the Casino and by this time, there were over 10,000 runners competing. The band had become friendly with two of the bartenders at the Casino, Michael Hennessey and Billy Threadgold. (Bill was a college athlete who participated in the Road Race and worked his way through school tending bar in the summers.) In the summer of 1981, Mike and Billy bought a tiny motor boat to use as a fishing skiff in the mornings which, in tribute to the massive yachts, sailboats and cabin cruisers which docked or moored on the beach side of the Casino all summer, they christened “The Huge.” The little dinghy, which more often than not had to be bailed out in the morning before fishing could commence, became the talk of the town and “huge” became the buzzword of the summer: 
How’re you doin’ today? I’m huge! 
How was the band last night? They were huge! 
How was that sandwich? It was huge! 
Late one night during Fourth of July weekend ’81, the band was hanging out after their show with Billy and Mike sipping on GIQ’s of ‘Gansett. (The “Giant Imperial Quart” was a 42 ounce beer produced by the Narragansett Brewing Company of Cranston, Rhode Island, favored by the band which was dutifully and ritually stockpiled by the Nakeds before each road trip to ensure there would be some refreshments for the post-gig wind-down period after their shows.) One thing led to another and when someone asked, “How you doin’,” and got the expected answer, “I’m huge,” someone tossed out, “…and the babes go wild!” Next thing you know, Mike and Billy and trumpet player, Steve “The Kid” DeCurtis began running with the idea and the lines began to flow. Kevin Cason, the band’s bass player and chief arranger said, “I’d better write this down!” Before the sun came up, the song had been born. Before long, the band had worked up an arrangement of the tune and they debuted it at The Casino at their next appearance on Road Race weekend to a massive audience response. At that time MTV had been born and offered a format for unsigned bands to send independent videos for airplay on MTV. The show was called Basement Tapes. So in 1981 I had the idea of filming an 
independent video of I'm Huge (and the babes go wild)! It was submitted to MTV's Basement Tapes and the Nakeds made the rotation. I recently dug up the beta master tape of that video and had it digitally formatted. Our 1983 I'm Huge (and the babes go wild) is now available to view on YouTube! https://youtu.be/t0GdD-hgiSU

As promised Our I'm Huge 1983 video is now available to view on YouTube! Check it out!

https://youtu.be/t0GdD-hgiSU