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Birth name
  
Byther Smith

Name
  
Byther Smith

Occupation(s)
  
Guitarist, singer

Role
  
Musician

Instruments
  
Guitar, vocals

Genres
  
Years active
  
Late 1950s–present


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Born
  
April 17, 1933 (age 91) Monticello, Mississippi, United States (
1933-04-17
)

Albums
  
I'm a Mad Man, Housefire, Throw Away the Book

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Profiles

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Byther Claude Earl John Smith (born April 17, 1932) is an American blues musician, noted for his gritty style and uncompromising delivery.

Contents

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Career

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Born in Monticello, Mississippi, the sixth oldest of seven children, Smith migrated to Chicago in the mid-1950s. He worked for a candy company, but his passion was music. He played bass for a three-piece jazz combo for a few years, but he eventually got a spot playing rhythm guitar for Otis Rush. In the early 1960s, Smith began to take the guitar more seriously and learned from J. B. Lenoir, Robert Lockwood, Jr., and Hubert Sumlin.

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After years playing in clubs all over the United States and the world, a demo tape Smith recorded became the album Tell Me How You Like It, released by the Texas-based Grits record label. His next release in the UK was Addressing the Nation with the Blues for JSP Records. In 1995, Smith retired from his job at Economy Folding Box Company after twenty-five years, allowing him to focus fully on music.

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Delmark Records boss Bob Koester observed, "There's a mellowness there that is disappearing in all but B.B. King".

Smith still records and tours frequently.

Family

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Byther Smith is a first cousin of the blues musician and Monticello native J. B. Lenoir.

References

Byther Smith Wikipedia


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