Will Smith has appeared as a sideman on the Grand Ole Opry and on numerous albums by such artists as Reba McEntire, Loretta Lynn, Kathy Mattea, Collin Raye, Randy VanWarmer, Pam Tillis, Hobo Jim, and others. His autoharp was featured on a recording with Prairie Oyster that won the Canadian Country Music Assn. Song of the Year as did "26 Cents" by The Wilkinsons which was also nominated in 2000 for a Country Song of the Year Grammy.
He was included on the Autoharp Legacy anthology CD and has performed internationally. Currently in the Nashville area, he lived in Charlottesville, VA for some time where he recorded an autoharp-centric album ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS (1984). For the summer of 2012 festivals, a limited edition CD called AUTOHARP ROOTS AND BRANCHES was released. His current projects include running web sites for the legendary producer/songwriter/publisher Cowboy Jack Clement , Americana Assn Lifetime Producer Achievement Award winner Jim Rooney, and master percussionist Kenny Malone .

The autoharp used on some of the recordings uses a revolutionary chord bar set up which enables altered chords and progressions not possible on a conventional instrument.

As a songwriter, Will has had success several times on the country charts with cuts by John Anderson, Mark Chesnutt, Wade Hayes, Shelby Lynne, Shawn Camp, and others. Will made contributions as songwriter and instrumentalist to the Shawn Camp CD titled 1994 , which ironically came out in 2010 on Reprise. Shawn, by the way, was  Grammy winner in 2014 and 2015. He also appears on the aforementioned AUTOHARP ROOTS project.