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Michael Smartt |
Playing Since: 1970
Experience Level: Expert/Professional
Interests:
[Teaching] [Jamming] [Helping]
Occupation: Music Instructor
Gender: Male
Age: 61
My Instruments:
Fiddle, Bass, Guitar, Tenor Guitar, and Mandolin
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Bill Monroe
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Created 8/3/2024
Last Visit 8/4/2024
I took interest in music through the influence of my father, Charlie Smartt, at the age of thirteen. Starting with bass and guitar, I eventually developed an interest in the fiddle. Billy Womack, a regional favorite fiddling barber from Woodbury Tennessee, took Michael under his wing providing the basis for old-time and bluegrass fiddling. Michael met Jim Wood through playing a mutual friend’s wedding several years later. Realizing Jim as the most capable of any teacher in acoustic music, I began lessons with Jim Wood studying for twelve years. I have enjoyed the opportunity to play music around the world with venues ranging from Europe to the Grand Ole Opry, the 1996 Olympics to area churches and nursing homes.