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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.
John Hughey was born December 27, 1933, in Elaine, Arkansas.He began playing guitar at age nine, when his parents bought him an acoustic guitar from Sears. [1] In the seventh grade, he befriended a classmate named Harold Jenkins, who would later become a prominent country singer under his stage name Conway Twitty. [1]
Harold Lee Chalker (October 22, 1931 – April 30, 1998), known professionally as Curly Chalker, was an American pedal steel guitarist. Born in Enterprise, Alabama, Chalker began playing the lap steel guitar while still in his teens and made his professional debut in the nightclubs of Cincinnati, Ohio.
A decade ago, times for Muscadine Bloodline were not so wild. It was all about playing, singing, writing and growing confident at venues like the 250-person capacity room at Mobile's Soul Kitchen ...
Don Reno Bluegrass , Country; Tony Rice Bluegrass , acoustic; Don Rich; Arlen Roth; Eldon Shamblin Western Swing, Country; Ricky Skaggs; Hank Snow Country; Merle Travis Country; Travis Tritt Country; Keith Urban; Steve Wariner; Doc Watson Bluegrass , Traditional Country; Speedy West Pedal Steel; Clarence White Bluegrass, Country, Country rock ...
David Wayne Perkins (born 1951) is an American rock and R&B guitarist, singer, songwriter and session musician.According to a 2017 feature about him on the Alabama website AL.com, he is "arguably the greatest guitarist Alabama ever produced."
It is the quintessential honky-tonk steel sound — tuneful, aggressive, full of attitude." Lloyd also credits Helms's sound as a major influence in shifting the sound of country music away from the hillbilly string-band sound popular in the 1930s and toward the more modern electric style that became prominent in the 1940s. [4]
Born in Gainesville, Alabama, Coleman was a country blues harmonica player, guitarist and singer who performed early Piedmont blues and harmonica blues, active mostly in the 1930s. [19] Elizabeth Cotten (January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987). Singer, songwriter, and guitarist. [20] Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976). Guitarist and ...