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Earl "Chinna" Smith

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Earl "Chinna" Smith

Earl "Chinna" Smith has been played on NTS shows including Noise In My Head, with Bingo Kid first played on 11 December 2014.

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…

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Dancing Dub
Earl (Chinna) Smith, The High Time Players, Flabba Holt, The Roots Radics Band
Corner Stone0
Dancing Dub
Earl (Chinna) Smith, The High Time Players, Flabba Holt, The Roots Radics BandCorner Stone0
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Bingo Kid
Earl Smith, The Upsetters
Upsetters1976
Bingo Kid
Earl Smith, The UpsettersUpsetters1976
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Come Together
Earl Chinna Smith, Keith Drummond, Wayne Marshall
Roots Pool2010
Come Together
Earl Chinna Smith, Keith Drummond, Wayne MarshallRoots Pool2010
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My Imagination
Earl Chinna Smith
High Times1991
My Imagination
Earl Chinna SmithHigh Times1991
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Line & Space
Earl Chinna Smith
High Times1991
Line & Space
Earl Chinna SmithHigh Times1991
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Fade Away
Charlie Hunter, Chinna Smith, Ernest Ranglin
Green Streets Entertainment2005
Fade Away
Charlie Hunter, Chinna Smith, Ernest RanglinGreen Streets Entertainment2005
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