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The idea of a hall of fame was first proposed by Nashville steel guitarist Jim Vest in the early 1970s. [1] Vest intended to develop it, but his recording session work did not allow the time. By mutual agreement, Dewitt Scott took the responsibility and inaugurated the Hall of Fame in St. Louis in 1978. [2]
By the 1980s, he began playing for Loretta Lynn, then moved on to play steel for Vince Gill for twelve years. [3] Hughey was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1996. [1] [3] In the 2000s, he and several other Nashville musicians formed a Western swing band called The Time Jumpers, who performed every Monday at a club in Nashville. [2]
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 the most prominent steel guitarist in Waylon Jennings' band, The Waylors.
On January 16, 1932, at the age of 58, Kekuku died in Morristown, New Jersey, of a cerebral hemorrhage. [3] Kekuku is buried in the Orchard Street Cemetery. [4]In 1993, Joseph Kekuku was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame with full honors as the inventor of the Hawaiian steel guitar. [3]
Brumley was inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, the International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, and the Missouri Country Music Hall of Fame. [1] In 1999, he was asked to record with the Light Crust Doughboys by invitation of Doughboys Grammy Award-winning artist-producer Art Greenhaw, a lifelong fan of Brumley. The recordings took ...
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He is a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (2006). [1] Bradshaw is noted for creating what is now an international standard for describing how a steel guitar is configured, and coined the name "copedent" to describe it. [2] NPR music writer Jesse Jarnow called Bradshaw "perhaps the world's leading authority on the instrument". [3] Bradshaw ...
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