Biography
On April 16, 1939, Smith Casey committed eleven tracks to tape for the Library of Congress at the Clemens State Farm in Brazoria, Texas. Although the Library of Congress checklist entered the performer as Smith Cason, the released sides appeared under the name Smith Casey, the identity by which most blues historians know him today. Available evidence indicates his genuine name was Casey Smith. His set of material drew on multiple Blind Lemon Jefferson compositions and featured a striking facsimile of one in particular, “I Wouldn’t Mind Dyin’ if Dyin’ Was All.”