 John Primer, who was another Muddy Waters band alumnus, joined on lead guitar along with Frank Krakowski.On February 13, 2011, Smith won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album for "Joined at the Hip", an album he recorded with Pinetop Perkins.He remained active in his final year of life, encouraging Liz Mandeville to start her own record label (Blue Kitty Music) and he was featured on two tracks of her album, "Clarksdale" that was released in 2012.