Arthur Q. Smith has been played on NTS shows including ARRHYTHMIA, with I Doose What I Choose first played on 6 October 2020.

Arthur Q. Smith (James Arthur Prichett, December 11, 1909 - March 21, 1963) was an American songwriter, singer and guitarist.

Smith was born in Griffin, Georgia. From the 1930s to the 1950s he performed on Knoxville radio WNOX’s famed Midday Merry-Go-Round. When James Arthur Prichett joined the Merry-Go-Round, he adopted the stage name Arthur Q. Smith. The “Q” was probably added to distinguish him from “Fiddlin’” Arthur Smith and Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith, respectively a fiddler and an electric guitarist of the…