There are many, many people named Arthur Smith in the world.
There are at least two famous Arthur Smiths in country music,
and each of them seem to have decided to use their instrument to
identify themselves. So besides Fiddlin' Arthur Smith there is
also Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. And if one really wants to
get Smith-happy, there is also a famous banjo builder, Arthur E.
Smith. But let's say one was hanging out in the corner of
Tennessee formed by the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. In that
case, there would be one and only one Arthur Smith of any note,
and that would be the one who fiddled. He was called the "king
of the fiddlers" in this neck of the woods, and literally all
one has to do is go for a drive to be reminded of it. One can
hum "Chittlin' Cookin' Time in Cheatham County" while driving
through Cheatham County; likewise Smith has documented "Dickson
County Blues," "Indian Creek," "Sugar Tree Stomp." Oh, and
Smith's "Paris Waltz" was hardly written while he chomped on a
baguette. That's Paris,