Billy & Terry Smith

US country/bluegrass duo composed of the brothers Billy Boone Smith and [a2340666]. Billy grew up in Caswell County, North Carolina, picking and singing with his brother Terry, father Pat, and mother, Hazel Smith, noted country music radio and television personality. Carlton Haney invited them to play the historic first bluegrass festival in Fincastle, Virginia as the Smith Family, in 1965.They also toured with Arthur Smith And His Cracker-Jacks. Billy and Terry later moved to Nashville, Tennessee as teenagers in the 1970s. Having separate careers there, with work, hanging around famous musicians, learning from and playing with many of them. Eventually, there would also come a time to record together as a duo.. The Smith duo recorded a 1990 album for CBS that generated an early #1 video on CMT, following it with 1992’s GRASS SECTION disc (made with friends and colleagues like Ronnie McCoury and Glen Duncan) and a 1996 Bill Monroe Tribute that included some of the Father of Bluegrass’s last recorded appearances. In 1999, the Smith brothers issued VOICES OF THE MOUNTAIN, with original songs that found a place in the repertoire of bluegrass favorites like The Del McCoury Band and The Lonesome River Band.