Smith, Carl Lee "Cal"

Carl Lee "Cal" Smith, born in Cave City, KY, played the banjo and guitar. He and his six brothers formed the Smith Brothers String Band. In 1919 Cal Smith joined Henry Smith's Jug Band in Louisville, KY. He also played and recorded with Earl McDonald's and Clifford Hayes' bands and worked with W. C. Handy.

Cal Smith is one of the three banjoist featured on the album cover of Clifford Hayes and the Dixieland Jug Blowers.

Smith died of tuberculosis. For more see Cal Smith in the Oxford Music Online Database.