Arthur Smith (April 1, 1921 – April 3, 2014) was an American musician and songwriter. Smith composed the banjo instrumental "Feudin' Banjos". Born in Clinton, South Carolina, Arthur Smith was a textile mill worker who became a celebrated and respected country music instrumental composer, guitarist, fiddler, and banjo player who had a major hit with the instrumental "Guitar Boogie". The song earned him the moniker Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (to differentiate him from Tennessee fiddler and 1930s...

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