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Feb 21, 1887Smith Hammett is born in Gaffney, South Carolina. The banjo player is a mentor to Earl Scruggs, teaching him the revolutionary three-finger styleFeb 1, 1930Banjo player Smith Hammett is shot and killed by a gas station owner in Gaffney, South Carolina, after threatening the man and his customers with a knife. During his life, Hammett mentored Earl Scruggs, teaching the younger musician the three-finger style of picking that would bring Scruggs to national attention
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