No matter how you cut it, Johnny Smith brought a level of excellence to guitar playing that will exist forever On June 11, 2013, guitarist Johnny Smith passed away. He was 90 years old. Some may have ...

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 Colorado Springs circa 1958, died on June 11, two ...

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 ...