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Arthur Smith Trio
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Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (April 10, 1898 - February 28, 1971) was an American old time fiddler and a major influence on the old time and bluegrass music genres. In January 1935, Smith made his first recordings with the Delmore Brothers on the Bluebird label. They were sold as the Arthur Smith Trio. In 1936, Smith began to sing on his recordings on songs such as, Chittlin' Cookin' Time in Cheatham County, There's More Pretty Girls Than One and his signature song Beautiful Brown Eyes. That particular song, recorded in August 1937, led Smith to take action in court against some cover artists who had recorded the song as if it was in the public domain. He ended up winning the suit. Smith was born and raised on a farm near Bold Springs, Tennessee. He learned to play the fiddle at an early age, his first influence being the fiddlers Grady Stringer and Walter Warden. He married in 1914 at the age of sixteen. Initially he began performing at local dances and fiddlers' conventions. He teamed up with his wife Nettie, his cousin Homer Smith and fiddler Floyd Ethredge. In 1921, Smith began working as a logger and a linesman for a railroad company in Dickson, Tennessee. In his work he had to make extensive travels and that enabled him to meet other musicians along the way. He attended several fiddle contests across Tennessee winning the bulk of them. Smith made his solo debut as a fiddler on the Grand Ole Opry on December 23, 1927. He was made a member of The Opry in the 1920s. Within wee
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Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1]
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Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 : Country Music & Bluegrass
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Anthology Of American Folk Music
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A Short Life of Trouble: Popular American Ballads 1927-1943
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Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 (Disc 1)
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American Folk Music CD 4A - Compilation
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Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4
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Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 (Disc 1)
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Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4
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The Story That The Crow Told Me, Vol. 2
Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four
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Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 Disc 1