Byther Smith

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Come on in This House 04:07 Tools
I Don't Like To Travel 04:18 Tools
Play The Blues In Paris 00:00 Tools
Tell Me How You Like It 00:00 Tools
This Little Voice 00:00 Tools
Thrill Is Gone 00:00 Tools
Put Your Arms Around Me 04:27 Tools
Close To You Baby 00:00 Tools
I Got So Much Love 00:00 Tools
35 Long Years 00:00 Tools
Walked All Night Long 00:00 Tools
So Unhappy 00:00 Tools
I Was Coming Home 00:00 Tools
Hold That Train Conductor 00:00 Tools
Hello Mrs. Brown 00:00 Tools
Don't Hurt Me No More 00:00 Tools
Look Over Your Shoulder 00:00 Tools
What Have I Done 00:00 Tools
Comin' Home 00:00 Tools
Killing Floor 00:00 Tools
I Don't Know Where You Go 00:00 Tools
Givin' Up On Love 00:00 Tools
What My Mamma Told Me 00:00 Tools
I Wish My Mother Was Here 00:00 Tools
Judge Of Honor 00:00 Tools
So Mean To Me 00:00 Tools
Close To You 00:00 Tools
So Many Roads, So Many Trains 00:00 Tools
She's a Good 'Un 00:00 Tools
I'm In A Hole 00:00 Tools
Something's Wrong With This Picture 00:00 Tools
Little Voice 00:00 Tools
You Ought To Be Ashamed 03:43 Tools
Hold That Train 00:00 Tools
Mississippi Kid 03:42 Tools
I'm Movin' On 00:00 Tools
Looking For A Woman 00:00 Tools
Same Thing on My Mind 00:00 Tools
Living in Pain 00:00 Tools
Daddy's Gone 00:00 Tools
300 Pounds of Joy 00:00 Tools
Five Long Years 00:00 Tools
Your Mama's Crazy 00:00 Tools
You Don't Know Me, Mary 00:00 Tools
The Man Wants Me Dead 00:00 Tools
Live on This Man's Name 00:00 Tools
What Is This 00:00 Tools
Get Outta My Way 00:00 Tools
Tramp 00:00 Tools
Mad Man 00:00 Tools
Running To New Orleans 00:00 Tools
Your Daughter Don't Want Me No More 00:00 Tools
Love Me Like I Love You 00:00 Tools
Never Stopped Loving You 00:00 Tools
Ought To Be Ashamed 00:00 Tools
I'm Your New Lover 00:00 Tools
Play The Blues On The Moon 00:00 Tools
Addressing The Nation With The Blues 00:00 Tools
Sell My Monkey 00:00 Tools
Funky Man 00:00 Tools
Money Tree 00:00 Tools
All For Business 00:00 Tools
Blues On The Moon 00:00 Tools
Mean Old Daddy 00:00 Tools
Give Me My White Robe 00:00 Tools
You Don't Love Me No More 00:00 Tools
Monticello Lonely 00:00 Tools
Live On And Sing The Blues 00:00 Tools
Things I Used To Do 00:00 Tools
Movin' On 00:00 Tools
President's Daughter 00:00 Tools
Cried Like a Baby 00:00 Tools
You Should Be Proud Of Your Daughter 00:00 Tools
I Live Here 00:00 Tools
I Can't Understand You Baby 00:00 Tools
I Didn't Get None 00:00 Tools
As The Years Go Passing By 00:00 Tools
Thinking Real Hard 00:00 Tools
I'm A Honey Bee 00:00 Tools
Martha Dear 00:00 Tools
Cried like a baby child 00:00 Tools
Wait And See 00:00 Tools
Hey Mr. Dee Jay 00:00 Tools
Runnin' to New Orleans 00:00 Tools
Ashamed of Myself 00:00 Tools
If You Love Me 00:00 Tools
Give Up My Life For You 00:00 Tools
Here I Am 00:00 Tools
I Don't Have A Mother 00:00 Tools
Look All Around You 00:00 Tools
I Tried 00:00 Tools
Teardrops 00:00 Tools
Monticello 00:00 Tools
Knockdown 00:00 Tools
Hard Times 00:00 Tools
Cora, You Made a Man Out of Me 00:00 Tools
Rock Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Addressing the Nation with Blues 00:00 Tools
Cora 00:00 Tools
Got No Place to Go 00:00 Tools
Is He White or Is He Black? 00:00 Tools
Don't Start Me Talkin' 00:00 Tools
Killin' Floor 00:00 Tools
Byther Boogie 00:00 Tools
Daddy You Got a Son 00:00 Tools
That's All Right 00:00 Tools
Every Woman I Meet 00:00 Tools
If I Misused Someone 00:00 Tools
What did i do? 00:00 Tools
Mother You Say You Don't Like the Black Colors 00:00 Tools
I'm Broke 00:00 Tools
I Know That's Grace! 00:00 Tools
I Had My Fun (AKA Goin' Down Slow) 00:00 Tools
Red!! You Let the Dogs Out 00:00 Tools
If I Miused Someone 00:00 Tools
Byther Smith - Close To You Baby 00:00 Tools
Hello Mrs Brown 00:00 Tools
How Much More 00:00 Tools
cut you loose 00:00 Tools
Daddy, you got a son 00:00 Tools
I'm a Mad Man 00:00 Tools
How much more? 00:00 Tools
Ought To Be Ashamed 00:00 Tools
Hey Mr Dee Jay 00:00 Tools
I Had My Fun Aka Goin' Down Slow 00:00 Tools
What Did I Do 00:00 Tools
Is He White or Is He Black 00:00 Tools
I Had My Fun a.k.a. Goin' Down Slow 00:00 Tools
What's This 00:00 Tools
Help The Poor 00:00 Tools
Same Thing on My Mind - Remix #2 00:00 Tools
Monticello [Dolby Digital 5.1] 00:00 Tools
Got My Mojo Workin' 00:00 Tools
So Many Roads So Many Trains 00:00 Tools
Walk Streets At Midnight 00:00 Tools
All The Love 00:00 Tools
Play The Blues In Paris [Blues] 00:00 Tools
What Is This? 00:00 Tools
I Get So Much Love 00:00 Tools
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Byther Smith is a true Living Legend of the Chicago blues scene and during his long lasting career he worked with the greatest of the Chicago blues artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed and Otis Rush. Born in Monticello, Mississippi on April 17, 1933 young Byther Smith got his first musical experiences with gospel music, a music that he returned to at various stages of his career. As a teenager Byther moved to Arizona, working on a cattle ranch and playing with a country & western band at weekends. In 1957 he moved to Chicago at the advice of his cousin, the legendary J.B. Lenoir. He began gigging and taking guitar lessons from Robert Lockwood and Hubert Sumlin presumably on the basis that if you're going to get a guitar teacher you might as well get the best. In the early 1960's Byther Smith was working the clubs on guitar and bass both as a leader and in various bands as sideman. A group of highly prized recordings were made resulting in 45's on labels such as Bea & Baby, Cruise and Apex. In 1965 it was back to gospel with the Gospel Travellers for a time. In the 1970's he spent five years in the house band at Theresa's Tavern, which often meant playing with Junior Wells. 1979 found Byther Smith determined to make it under his own name and a steady stream of coast to coast gigging and touring commenced. He made several recordings and his releases, "Addressing the nation with the blues" (JSP) and "Housefire" and "I'm a mad man" (both on Bullseye), were very successful. Byther released three CD=s ("Mississippi Kid", AAll Night Long@ and AHold that train@) on Delmark Records. During the years Byther Smith has toured all over the world. In Europe several times, among others as a member of the Chicago Blues Festival. Byther Smith did several very successful European tours between Nov '94 and Sept '99. During these tours he performed in Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden and the UK. During these tours in headlined the Moulin Blues Festival in Ospel (NL), the Handzame Blues Festival in Belgium, Le Nuit De Blues in Sarreguemines (F) Burnley Bluesfestival (UK). Byther released two recent CD=s on Black and Tan Records; Smitty=s Blues (2001) and Throw Away The Book (2004). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.