Cal Smith

MatchCal Smith
100%Jack Greene
90%David Houston
87%Barbara Fairchild
84%Mel Tillis
80%Jeanne Pruett
73%The Kendalls
63%Janie Fricke
62%Little Jimmy Dickens
57%Johnny Russell
56%George Morgan

Biography

Calvin Grant Shofner, 7 April 1932, Gans, Oklahoma, USA. The Shofner family moved to California, where Calvin met the rodeo-rider Todd Mason, becoming his stooge for knife and bullwhip tricks. Mason taught him how to play the guitar and at the age of 15 he was a vocalist with the San Francisco country band Kitty Dibble And Her Dude Ranch Wranglers. After military service, he played bass for Bill Drake, whose brother Jack was a prominent member of Ernest Tubb’s Texas Troubadours. This led... Read more