Terry Smith (8)

Country/bluegrass upright bassist, vocalist & songwriter. Terry Smith, born on June 15, 1960, grew up in North Carolina before moving to Nashville in his early teens in the 1970s. Beginning in a family band with his brother, Billy Boone Smith, and his parents, Pat & Hazel (Hazel Smith, Terry’s mom, was a songwriter and renowned country music journalist), he graduated swiftly to stints with bluegrass and country legends Jimmy Martin, Wilma Lee Cooper and The Osborne Brothers. He also found time to pursue a separate career with his brother, recording 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 The Del McCoury Band and The Lonesome River Band. Terry has worked as a staff songwriter for EMI and Major Bob Music, and recorded with Marty Raybon, Vern Gosdin, IBMA Hall of Honor member Kenny Baker (4) and more. After a long tour of duty with Grand Ole Opry member Mike Snider (3), Terry joined The Grascals in 2004.