Byther Smith
Byther Claude Earl John Smith is an American blues musician.Career
Born in Monticello, Mississippi, Smith migrated to Chicago in the mid-1950s. In the early 1960s he bagan performing in clubs, learning guitar from J. B. Lenoir, Robert Lockwood, Jr., and Hubert Sumlin.
After years playing in clubs all over the world, a demo tape Smith recorded became the album Tell Me How You Like It, released by the Texas-based Grits record label. His next release in the United Kingdom was Addressing the Nation with the Blues for JSP Records. In 1995, Smith retired from his job at Economy Folding Box Company after twenty-five years, allowing him to focus fully on music.
Delmark Records boss Bob Koester observed, "There's a mellowness there that is disappearing in all but B.B. King".
