} Corey Smith is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Background

Smith grew up in

Jefferson, Georgia Jefferson is a city and the county seat of Jackson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 13,233 at the 2020 census, up from 9,432 at the 2010 census. As of 2024 the estimated population was 16,459. History Jefferson was founded in ...

, near

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. He attended the

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and majored in Social Studies education.
While in college, he wrote songs and performed locally. He took a job teaching at

North Gwinnett High School North Gwinnett High School is a public high school in Suwanee, Georgia, United States. It is part of the district Gwinnett County Public Schools. The school's principal is Nathan Ballantine. History North Gwinnett High School was established ...

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and taught geography, history, and guitar before deciding to pursue music full-time at the age of 28.

Albums

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 Robert Keith Stegall (born November 1, 1955) is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two major-label studio albums: 1985's ''Keith Stegall'' and 1996's ''Passages'', although he ...

on Sugar Hill Records

Discography

Studio albums

Music videos

References

External links

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Jambase.com

Denver.decider.com

Cmt.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Corey Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American country singer-songwriters American country rock singers Average Joes Entertainment artists Sugar Hill Records artists People from Jefferson, Georgia North Gwinnett High School alumni 21st-century American singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters American male guitarists American country guitarists 21st-century American guitarists Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state) Country musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) 21st-century American male singers Singer-songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)