| Hobart Smith |
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| american banjoists | |
| 1800s births | |
| 1965 deaths | |
| old-time musicians | |
| smyth county, virginia | |
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He is considered a master technician of the Banjo as well as a creator of innovative techniques on the fiddle, on which he utilized multiple styles and interpretations of classic Anglo-American and Celtic Folk Songs . But due to no commercial recordings during and after his death he was little known to the public at large except in smaller circles within the Old-time Music community. Hobart Smith and his sister, Mrs. Texas Gladden , first came to be known to the public through a record made in 1963, recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library Of Congress , which was issued on Folk Legacy Records . A large majority of these and other recordings have now been made available on several labels, including Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and Rounder Records . The Smithsonian Folkways release is a compilation of recordings taped shortly before he died by fellow banjo player Fleming Brown . |
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