Corey Smith | |
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Background information | |
Born | Jefferson, Georgia, United States |
Genres | Country, folk rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, guitarist |
Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Undertone Records, Average Joes Entertainment, Sugar Hill Records |
Corey Smith is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Smith grew up in Jefferson, Georgia, near Athens. He attended the University of Georgia and majored in Social Studies education. [1] While in college, he wrote songs and performed locally. He took a job teaching at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia and taught geography, history, and guitar before deciding to pursue music full-time at the age of 28. [2] [3]
From his first album Undertones in 2003, Smith self-produced nine albums through independent labels. In 2015 he released his tenth album, While the Getting' Is Good, produced by Keith Stegall on Sugar Hill Records [4] [5]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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US Country [6] | US [7] | US Folk [8] | US Heat [9] | US Indie [10] | US Rock [11] | ||
Undertones |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
In the Mood |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
The Good Life |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hard-Headed Fool |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
Keeping Up with the Joneses |
| — | — | 9 | 26 | — | — |
The Broken Record |
| 17 | 114 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 30 |
Maysville in the Meantime |
| 37 | — | 16 | 5 | 39 | — |
While the Gettin' Is Good [12] |
| 23 | — | 7 | 5 | — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
Year | Video | Director |
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2011 | "Twenty-One" [13] | Potsy Ponciroli |
"Drugs" [14] | ||
"Maybe Next Year" [15] | David Poag | |
2013 | "Ain't Going Out Tonight" [16] | Hodges Usry |
2014 | "The Wreckage" | |
2015 | "Feet Wet" [17] | Hodges Usry |
2016 | "Blow Me Away" [18] | |
2018 | "Empty Rooms" | Abijeet Achar |
"Halfway Home" | Abijeet Achar | |
"Honky Tonkin' In My Blood" | Abijeet Achar |
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