John Henry Smith, better known as Big Bad Smitty (February 11, 1940 –
April 3, 2002) was an American blues guitar player and singer. Born in
Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States, he started learning guitar at the
age of ten. He would play his older brother Nelson's guitar when nobody
was around.
When he was in his 20s he worked as a truck driver. Johnny Vincent of Ace
Records had recorded him and two of his songs, "Smokestack Lightnin'" and
"How Many More Years" appeared on the Genuine Mississippi Blues anthology
on the Ace label in 1970.
He recorded the Mean Disposition album in 1991, which was released on the
Black Magic label in Europe and the GENES label in the United States. He
recorded three albums and appeared at European blues festivals, performing
for large crowds. In 1993, Smitty was affected by a stroke.
He died in Jackson, Mississippi on April 3, 2002, as a result of
diabetes. His funeral was held on April 13 at the Alpha Omega Baptist
Church in Jackson, Mississippi.
A benefit concert was held for the family of Big Bad Smitty at BB's in St
Louis. (Wikipedia)
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Once more : if you find, by an artist, a "COLLECTION" or "COLLABORATION" dead link, please go directly to the VARIOUS ARTISTS (XX) post, same with the Artist in COLLABORATION : he could be already in MEGA !
Anyway, BBS is on MEGA now and, as said early, all would be made in the future..
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