| Birth: | Jul. 16, 1915 | | Death: | Mar. 19, 2000 | 
Musician. Born Gilbert R. Rhodes in West Plains, Missouri, he was a country music comedian and entertainer. In the 1930s, with his brothers Dusty and Slim, as the "Log Cabin Mountaineers" they toured on the Vaudeville circuit. He played banjo and bass fiddle and developed a comic character called "Speck" Rhodes. In 1960, he auditioned for the "Porter Wagoner Show" and was hired to play base fiddle as a member of Porter's band, "The Wagon Masters". Speck and Porter stayed together for the next 20 years, appearing in thousands of concerts nationwide as well as appearances on the Grand Ole Opry. He died in Nashville, Tennessee. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Parents:
James K. Polk Rhodes (1876 - 1954)
Amanda Elizabeth Patterson Montgomery Rhodes (1883 - 1973)
Spouse:
Alice Meadows Rhodes (1918 - 2007)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Speck Rhodes | | | Burial:
Spring Hill Cemetery
Nashville
Davidson County
Tennessee, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 18, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 10012 |
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