Claydes Smith
Biography
Claydes "Charles" Smith (born Claydes Eugene Smith; September 6, 1948 – June 20, 2006) was an American musician best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of the group Kool & the Gang.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Illmatic
1994

Ready To Die
1994

Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track)
1977

Midnight Marauders
1993

Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture)
1994

Voodoo
2000

All Eyez On Me
1996

To The 5 Boroughs
2004

The Anthology
1999

Greatest Hits
1998

Celebrate!
1980

Fishscale
2006

Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
1993

Welcome 2 America
2021

I Am...
1999

Erotica
1992

Whut? Thee Album
1992

Game Theory
2006

Ladies' Night
1979

janet.
1993

Emergency
1984

Blank Face LP
2016

Blunted On Reality
1994

Ooooooohhh...On The TLC Tip
1992
Credited work
2,740 releases · 547 albums · active 1970–2026
- Performance · 3,948
- Production · 70
- Other credits · 49
Studios: House Of Music, West Orange, NJ · Mediasound · The Hit Factory · Compass Point Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Kool & The Gang
- Kool And The Gang
- Robert Palmer
- Kylie
- Nas
- Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
- TLC
