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Tom Bradshaw (musician) Thomas Lewis Bradshaw (born February 14, 1935) is an American steel guitarist, journalist, music historian and businessman and who is known for his contributions to the pedagogy of steel guitar. He is a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (2006). [1] Bradshaw is noted for creating what is now an international ...
The Waylors. Ralph Eugene Mooney (September 16, 1928 – March 20, 2011) [1] was an American steel guitar player and songwriter, he was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1983. [2] He was the original steel guitarist in Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers and Waylon Jennings's band, The Waylors . A native of Duncan, Oklahoma, Mooney ...
A steel guitar ( Hawaiian: kīkākila [1]) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar in that it is played without using frets; conceptually, it is somewhat akin to ...
Buddy Gene Emmons (January 27, 1937 – July 21, 2015) was an American musician who is widely regarded as the world's foremost pedal steel guitarist of his day. [1] [2] He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1981. [3] Affectionately known by the nickname "Big E", Emmons' primary genre was American country music, but he also ...
Bud Isaacs. Forrest " Bud " Isaacs (1928–2016) [1] was an American steel guitarist who made country music history in 1954 as the first person to play pedal steel guitar on a hit record. He is known for his playing his innovative technique on Webb Pierce 's 1954 recording of a song called "Slowly" which became a major hit for Pierce and was ...
Occupation (s) Musician, musical director, inventor. Instrument (s) Guitar, steel guitar. Years active. 1927–1994. Alvin McBurney (July 1, 1908 – February 24, 2004), [1] known by his stage name Alvino Rey, was an American jazz guitarist and bandleader. He is also known for being the grandfather of Win Butler and Will Butler and grandfather ...
Paul V. Franklin (born May 31, 1954 [1]) is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell 's road band; in addition he toured with Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed and Dire Straits. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville ...
Noel Edwin Boggs (November 13, 1917 – August 31, 1974) was an American musician who was a virtuoso on the lap steel guitar and a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame.He was one of the pioneers in electric steel guitar who helped popularize the instrument beyond its native Hawaiian music into other genres of American popular music, specifically Western Swing.