Guitarist Johnny Smith's career spans the decades of the 1940's through the 1990's. From the very beginning of his musical career he influenced the playing of other guitarists. In fact, many mention ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Guitarist Johnny Smith, one of a handful of true jazz virtuosos on the instrument who abandoned a high-profile life in order to raise his daughter in ...

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The man who wrote the surf guitar anthem "Walk, Don't Run" has died. Guitarist Johnny Smith died Tuesday night at his Colorado home of natural causes. He would have been 91 years old on June 25. Smith ...