SMITH, CLARENCE (PINE TOP
). Boogie-woogie pianist ( in Troy, Alabama; in Chicago, Illinois). He moved to Birmingham, Alabama, as a youth and soon established himself in the music world, touring on the vaudeville circuit as an accompanist with
Butterbeans and Susie (Jodie and Susie Edwards)
and as a soloist. In 1924 he went to Chicago with Charles (Cow Cow
) Davenport and settled there, living in the same apartment building as pianists
Albert Ammons
and...