Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith

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Arthur Smith (April 1, 1921 – April 3, 2014) was an American musician and songwriter. Smith composed the banjo instrumental "Feudin' Banjos". Born in Clinton, South Carolina, Arthur Smith was a textile mill worker who became a celebrated and respected country music instrumental composer, guitarist, fiddler, and banjo player who had a major hit with the instrumental "Guitar Boogie". The song earned him the moniker Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (to differentiate him from Tennessee fiddler and 1930s Grand Ole Opry star Fiddlin' Arthur Smith) and was recorded by numerous others including Tommy Emmanuel. Renamed "Guitar Boogie Shuffle", it became a rock and roll hit by Frank Virtue and the Virtues. Virtue served in the Navy with Smith and counted him as a major influence. Other musicians who have been influenced by Smith include Nashville studio ace Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland, Roy Clark, Glen Campbell and surf music pioneers the Ventures. Smith was the son of Clayton Seymour Smith, a textile worker and music teacher who also led the town band in Kershaw, South Carolina; Smith's first instrument was the cornet. Arthur Smith, along with his brothers Ralph and Sonny formed a Dixieland combo, the Carolina Crackerjacks, who appeared briefly on radio in Spartanburg, South Carolina; they had limited success with their jazz format, and became a more popular country music group before Arthur moved to Charlotte, North Carolina to join the cast of the WBT Carolina Barndance live show and rad

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albums

Vintage Country No. 14 - EP: Fingers On Fire

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The Genesis of Rock 'n' Roll - Vol. 6: The Boogie Woogie

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Big Mountain Stage, Vol. 1

One Good Boogie Deserves Another

Have A Little Fun

Greatest Guitar Boogie

Guitars, Fiddles and Banjos

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Big Mountain Stage, Vol. 2

Here Comes the Boogie Man

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Fingers on Fire (Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin & Violin Solo)

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The Guitar Artistry of Arthur Smith

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Jumpin' Guitar

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