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Jimmy Day (born James Clayton Day; January 9, 1934 – January 22, 1999) [1] was an American steel guitarist active in the 1950s and 1960s. [2] His career in country music blossomed about the time the pedal steel guitar was invented—after pedals were added to the lap steel guitar .
After Nelson's relationship with Jimmy Day became turbulent, due to his habitual drinking, and after he was shot by Paul English during a dispute, Day left shortly after recording Shotgun Willie. [17] Nelson retired the steel guitar from his backing, using Raphael's harmonica to replace the steel guitar on the melody lines. [18]
David Zettner and Jimmy Day (members of Nelson's band The Record Men) took the guitar to Shot Jackson, a luthier in Nashville, Tennessee. [3] Jackson considered the damage irreparable and offered Nelson a Martin N-20 nylon-stringed classical guitar made out of Brazilian rosewood with a Sitka spruce top (serial number 242830). [4]
Pioneers in the development of the instrument include Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Bud Isaacs, Zane Beck, and Paul Bigsby. In addition to American country music, the instrument is used in sacred music in the eastern and southern United States (called Sacred Steel), jazz, and Nigerian Music.
Mac McAnally said he saw the late musician just 24 hours before his death.
The copedent chart was a way players could communicate with each other and with guitar makers. Hall of fame steel players including Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Ralph Mooney and others made contributions that created permanent changes to the instrument. [6]
The Time, later known as Morris Day and the Time and the Original 7ven, is an American funk rock band founded in Minneapolis in 1981. They contributed to the development of the Minneapolis sound, an eclectic fusion of funk, R&B, new wave, synth-pop and dance.
A national Day of Mourning will take place on Jan. 9 the day of former President Jimmy Carter's official state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.