Musician. He was a Nashville pedal steel guitar player noted for his classic honky-tonk style and being a member of Country Music Hall of Fame Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours Band. In 1962, he was performing on occasion with Patsy Cline in her Kountry Krackers band, when Cline recommended him to Tubb, whose steel player, Buddy Emmons, was exiting the Troubadours. For the next decade, he was an integral element of Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours Band, performing at the Grand Ol Opry and touring. He was featured on numerous Tubb albums which included his signature spotlight instrumental song "Rhodesbud Boogie". He also was featured on Decca albums which Tubb recorded as a duet with country singer Loretta Lynn. By the mid 1970s, fatigued by constant touring, he left the Troubadours and relocated Washington, D.C. There he became a successful pedal steel guitar teacher for many of country music's most accomplished players to include Bruce Bouton, Pete Finney, Robbie Flint, Tommy Detamore and Tommy Hannum. He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1974.
Musician. He was a Nashville pedal steel guitar player noted for his classic honky-tonk style and being a member of Country Music Hall of Fame Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours Band. In 1962, he was performing on occasion with Patsy Cline in her Kountry Krackers band, when Cline recommended him to Tubb, whose steel player, Buddy Emmons, was exiting the Troubadours. For the next decade, he was an integral element of Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours Band, performing at the Grand Ol Opry and touring. He was featured on numerous Tubb albums which included his signature spotlight instrumental song "Rhodesbud Boogie". He also was featured on Decca albums which Tubb recorded as a duet with country singer Loretta Lynn. By the mid 1970s, fatigued by constant touring, he left the Troubadours and relocated Washington, D.C. There he became a successful pedal steel guitar teacher for many of country music's most accomplished players to include Bruce Bouton, Pete Finney, Robbie Flint, Tommy Detamore and Tommy Hannum. He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1974.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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