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Billy & Terry Smith

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US country/bluegrass duo composed of the brothers Billy Smith (11) and Terry Smith (8). Billy grew up in Caswell County, North Carolina, picking and singing with his brother Terry, father Pat, and mother, Hazel Smith, noted country music radio and television personality. Carlton Haney invited them to play the historic first bluegrass festival in Fincastle, Virginia as the Smith Family, in 1965.They also toured with Arthur Smith And His Cracker-Jacks. Billy and Terry later moved to Nashville, Tennessee as teenagers in the 1970s. Having separate careers there, with work, hanging around famous musicians, learning from and playing with many of them. Eventually, there would also come a time to record together as a duo.. The Smith duo recorded a 1990 album for CBS that generated an early #1 video on CMT, following it with 1992’s GRASS SECTION disc (made with friends and colleagues like Ronnie McCoury and Glen Duncan) and a 1996 Bill Monroe Tribute that included some of the Father of Bluegrass’s last recorded appearances. In 1999, the Smith brothers issued VOICES OF THE MOUNTAIN, with original songs that found a place in the repertoire of bluegrass favorites like The Del McCoury Band and The Lonesome River Band.

     
Members
PortraitTerry Smith
b, bvoc, voc *1960
PortraitBilly Smith
voc
Popular Tracks   
Jerusalem's Ridge on Bill Monroe Tribute by Billy & Terry Smith
U.S. Blues on Long Live The Dead - A Tribute To The Grateful Dead by Billy & Terry Smith
Thank God For Kentucky on Bill Monroe Tribute by Billy & Terry Smith
Alabama Getaway on Long Live The Dead - A Tribute To The Grateful Dead by Billy & Terry Smith
Touch Of Grey on Long Live The Dead - A Tribute To The Grateful Dead by Billy & Terry Smith
Friend Of The Devil on Long Live The Dead - A Tribute To The Grateful Dead by Billy & Terry Smith
Put My Little Shoes Away on Bill Monroe Tribute by Billy & Terry Smith
Sugaree on Long Live The Dead - A Tribute To The Grateful Dead by Billy & Terry Smith
Truckin' on Long Live The Dead - A Tribute To The Grateful Dead by Billy & Terry Smith
Uncle John's Band on Long Live The Dead - A Tribute To The Grateful Dead by Billy & Terry Smith

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Long Live The Dead • A Tribute To The Grateful DeadBilly & Terry Smith1996Album
Ease My Troubled MindBilly & Terry Smith1991Single
Blues Stay Away From MeBilly & Terry Smith1990Single
Voices Of The MountainBilly & Terry SmithAlbum
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