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Earl "Chinna" Smith Biography

Earl "Chinna" Smith is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on August 6, 1955 in Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica.

Smith was born on 6 August 1955, and raised by family friends in the Greenwich Farm area of Kingston. His father and godfather were both sound system owners, his father’s, Smith’s, operated by Bunny Lee. Earl tried to emulate them using a toy sound system, leading to his nickname of “Tuner” (after a hi-fi amplifier), which was corrupted to “Chuner” and later “Chinna”.

Smith became interested in guitar as a teenager and made his own from sardine cans and fishing line. He formed a vocal group with his friend Earl Johnson (who later recorded as Earl Zero) and another youth, and they regularly sat in on sessions by the Soul Syndicate band.

Smith was taught the basics of guitar by the band’s guitarist Cleon Douglas, and became so adept at playing the band’s repertoire that he was asked