Robert Curtis Smith (February 17, 1930 – November 10, 2010)[2] was a Piedmont blues singer, guitarist and songwriter from Cruger, Mississippi, US.
[3] Smith was born in or near Cruger, Holmes County, Mississippi, United States,[4] and was African-American.
[2] He left Mississippi twice in hope of finding alternative employment in either Chicago or Texas, but each time he returned to his home state.
[4] In 1960, by chance, he met Paul Oliver and Chris Strachwitz in Wade Walton's Big Six barber shop in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
[1][2] One of his songs, "Council Spur Blues", made direct references to the conditions on the plantation where he worked.