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Hobart Smith (10 May 1897 - 11 Jan 1965)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (3)

Official

Album

  1. Hobart Smith of Saltville, Virginia 1964
  2. In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes 30 Aug 2005

Album - Compilation

  1. Blue Ridge Legacy 19 Jun 2001

Relationships (5)

Siblings

  1. Texas Gladden
  2. Preston Smith

Children

  1. Charlotte Smith
  2. Maude Smith
  3. Dorothy Smith

Recordings by (90)

  1. Arkansas Traveler 1:43 (1948) 1946 recording
  2. Railroad Bill 2:57 (1948) 1946 recording
  3. The Devil and the Farmer ?:?? (1948)
  4. Sourwood Mountain / Lonesome Road Blues ?:?? (1948)
  5. Soldier, Soldier 1:43 (1960)
  6. Banging Breakdown 1:39 (1960) 1959 recording
  7. John Brown 1:52 (1960)
  8. Poor Ellen Smith 2:01 (1960)
  9. Soldier's Joy 1:25 (1964) banjo, 1963 recording by Norm Pellegrini
  10. Peg and Awl 2:49 (1964) 1963 recording
  11. The Great Titanic 3:03 (1964)
  12. Banjo Group 1: Black Annie / Sally Ann / Chinquapin Pie / Last Chance / John Greer's Tune ?:?? (1964)
  13. Short Life In Trouble 2:57 (1964)
  14. The Devil And The Farmer's Wife 3:58 (1964)
  15. Sitting On The Top Of The World 3:37 (1964)
  16. Stormy Rose The Ocean 2:54 (1964)
  17. Bonapartes's Retreat 2:39 (1964)
  18. Cuckoo Bird 2:42 (1964) 1963 recording by Norm Pellegrini
  19. Columbus Stockade 3:03 (1964)
  20. Banjo Group II: Cindy / The Girl I Left Behind / John Hardy ?:?? (1964)
  21. Meet Me In Rose Time, Rosie 1:49 (1964)
  22. Uncloudy Day 3:04 (1964) 1963 recording by Norm Pellegrini
  23. Claude Allen 3:32 (1981) 1942 recording
  24. Hawkins County Jail 2:40 (22 Apr 1997)
  25. The Devil's Dream 2:30 (22 Apr 1997)
  26. Drunken Hiccups 2:50 (22 Apr 1997) 1959 recording
  27. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 3:20 (22 Apr 1997)
  28. Sourwood Mountain 1:28 (1997) 1959 recording
  29. Peg an' Awl 2:18 (1997) 1959 recording
  30. Graveyard Blues 3:22 (1997)
  31. Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl 2:38 (1997)
  32. Parson Burrs 2:22 (1997)
  33. Black Annie 1:52 (1997) 1959 recording
  34. The Little Schoolboy 4:19 (1997) 1959 recording
  35. Cripple Creek 1:51 (1997) 1956 recording
  36. Pateroller Song 1:43 (1997)
  37. John Brown's Dream 1:35 (1997) 1956 recording
  38. Pretty Polly 1:30 (1997)
  39. Katy Went Fishing With Her Hook and Line 1:58 (1997) 1960 recording
  40. The Cuckoo Bird 2:40 (19 Jun 2001) 1942 recording
  41. Hangman, Swing Your Rope 3:25 (19 Jun 2001)
  42. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 1:21 (19 Jun 2001)
  43. Chinquipin Pie 1:48 (19 Jun 2001)
  44. Last Chance 2:24 (19 Jun 2001)
  45. Jim Along 2:29 (19 Jun 2001)
  46. Two Brothers (The Little Schoolboy) 3:44 (19 Jun 2001) 1942 recording
  47. Ellen Smith 2:26 (19 Jun 2001)
  48. K.C. Blues 3:05 (19 Jun 2001)
  49. unidentified electric guitar tune 2:19 (19 Jun 2001)
  50. At an Old-Timey Dance (interview) 4:44 (19 Jun 2001)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Sourwood Mountain / Lonesome Road Blues ?:?? Hobart Smith (1948) piano
  2. Railroad Bill 2:57 Hobart Smith (1948) guitar
  3. Arkansas Traveler 1:43 Hobart Smith (1948) five-string banjo
  4. Poor Ellen Smith 2:30 Texas Gladden & Hobart Smith (1948) banjo
  5. Down in the Willow Garden 2:49 Texas Gladden acc. by Hobart Smith (1948) fiddle
  6. Poor Ellen Smith 2:01 Hobart Smith (1960) five-string banjo
  7. John Brown 1:52 Hobart Smith (1960) fiddle
  8. Banging Breakdown 1:39 Hobart Smith (1960) five-string banjo
  9. Peg and Awl 2:49 Hobart Smith (1964) fiddle
  10. The Titanic 3:30 Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith & The Georgia Sea Island Singers (1977) guitar
  11. Beulah Land 4:20 John Davis & Bessie Jones (1977) four-string banjo
  12. Claude Allen 3:32 Hobart Smith (1981) guitar
  13. Lonely Tombs 2:38 Preston Smith, Hobart Smith & Texas Gladden (22 Apr 1997) guitar
  14. Hawkins County Jail 2:40 Hobart Smith (22 Apr 1997) banjo
  15. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 3:20 Hobart Smith (22 Apr 1997) guitar
  16. Drunken Hiccups 2:50 Hobart Smith (22 Apr 1997) fiddle
  17. Jim and Me 2:35 Preston Smith, Hobart Smith & Texas Gladden (22 Apr 1997) guitar
  18. The Devil's Dream 2:30 Hobart Smith (22 Apr 1997) fiddle
  19. Walk on the Bay 3:33 Nat Rahmings, Hobart Smith & Ed Young with the Georgia Sea Island Singers (09 Sep 1997) five-string banjo
  20. Joe Turner 3:23 Ed Young & Hobart Smith (09 Sep 1997) five-string banjo, four-string banjo
  21. I Got a Home 2:31 Nat Rahmings, Hobart Smith & Ed Young (09 Sep 1997) four-string banjo
  22. O Day 1:53 Bessie Jones (1997) guitar
  23. Cripple Creek 1:51 Hobart Smith (1997) fiddle
  24. Sourwood Mountain 1:28 Hobart Smith (1997) fiddle
  25. Graveyard Blues 3:22 Hobart Smith (1997) guitar
  26. Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl 2:38 Hobart Smith (1997) piano
  27. The Little Schoolboy 4:19 Hobart Smith (1997) guitar
  28. Pateroller Song 1:43 Hobart Smith (1997) five-string banjo
  29. It Just Suits Me 2:20 Hobart Smith & Bessie Jones (1997) guitar
  30. Peg an' Awl 2:18 Hobart Smith (1997) guitar
  31. Parson Burrs 2:22 Hobart Smith (1997) guitar
  32. Katy Went Fishing With Her Hook and Line 1:58 Hobart Smith (1997) fiddle
  33. Black Annie 1:52 Hobart Smith (1997) banjo
  34. John Brown's Dream 1:35 Hobart Smith (1997) fiddle
  35. Pretty Polly 1:30 Hobart Smith (1997) fiddle

Vocals

  1. Railroad Bill 2:57 Hobart Smith (1948)
  2. Poor Ellen Smith 2:30 Texas Gladden & Hobart Smith (1948)
  3. Peg and Awl 2:49 Hobart Smith (1964)
  4. Claude Allen 3:32 Hobart Smith (1981)
  5. Lonely Tombs 2:38 Preston Smith, Hobart Smith & Texas Gladden (22 Apr 1997)
  6. Drunken Hiccups 2:50 Hobart Smith (22 Apr 1997)
  7. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 3:20 Hobart Smith (22 Apr 1997)
  8. Hawkins County Jail 2:40 Hobart Smith (22 Apr 1997)
  9. Jim and Me 2:35 Preston Smith, Hobart Smith & Texas Gladden (22 Apr 1997)
  10. Peg an' Awl 2:18 Hobart Smith (1997)
  11. The Little Schoolboy 4:19 Hobart Smith (1997)
  12. Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl 2:38 Hobart Smith (1997)
  13. Parson Burrs 2:22 Hobart Smith (1997)
  14. Graveyard Blues 3:22 Hobart Smith (1997)
  15. It Just Suits Me 2:20 Hobart Smith & Bessie Jones (1997) lead vocals

Credited as (18)

  1. Hobart Smith
  2. Hobart Smith & Bessie Jones
  3. Ed Young & Hobart Smith
  4. Hobart Smith and Texas Gladden
  5. Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith and group
  6. Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith & The Georgia Sea Island Singers
  7. Nat Rahmings, Hobart Smith & Ed Young
  8. Texas Gladden, Hobart Smith & Preston Smith
  9. Ed Young, Hobart Smith, Bessie Jones, Nat Rahmings, John Davis, Henry Morrison, Emma Ramsay & Alberta Ramsay
  10. Hobart Smith, Maud Smith, Charlotte Smith & Dorothy Smith
  11. Hobart Smith & Fred Galligher
  12. Hobart Smith, Charley Debuck & Fred Galligher
  13. Texas Gladden & Hobart Smith
  14. Texas Gladden acc. by Hobart Smith
  15. Preston Smith, Hobart Smith & Texas Gladden
  16. Preston Smith & Hobart Smith
  17. DR Shadow feat. Hobart Smith
  18. Nat Rahmings, Hobart Smith & Ed Young with the Georgia Sea Island Singers

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/hobart_smith
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97022906
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no97022906/
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14071302x
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w60610h0

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1153183

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000680409

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/17428098

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5874757