Hobart Smith | |
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| Birth name | Hobart Smith |
| Born | May 10, 1897 Smyth County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1965 (aged 67) Saltville, Virginia |
| Genres | Old-time |
| Instrument(s) | banjo, guitar, fiddle, piano |
| Years active | c. 1942–1965 |
| Labels | Folkways Folk-Legacy |
Hobart Smith (May 10, 1897—January 11, 1965) was an American old-time musician. He was most notable for his appearance with his sister Texas Gladden on a series of Library of Congress recordings in the 1940s and his later appearances at various festivals during the folk music revival of the 1960s. Smith is often remembered for his virtuosic performances on the banjo, and had also mastered various other instruments, including the fiddle, guitar, piano, harmonica, accordion and organ.[1]
- ^ Cecelia Conway, "Hobart Smith." Encyclopedia of Appalachia (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee, 2006), pp. 1210-1211.