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Topic: Felton Pruett |
Barry Yasika
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Posted 21 Sep 2018 7:16 pm |
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I was just reading about Felton Pruett having passed away today. I'm not sure he's been on the forum or not. What little I know of him is that he played steel guitar for over 70 years which included "The Louisiana Hayride" with Hank Williams. It's pretty common knowledge that Don Helms was Hank William's steel player, but the article claimed it was one of Felton's legacies. Anyway, thought it might be worth mentioning since it was just a small blurb in the media that caught my attention. R.I.P. to another lost steel player. That's him in the picture below this thread.
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 21 Sep 2018 10:18 pm
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Thanks for posting that.
He was one of a few staff players on the Louisiana Hayride in its earliest days, along with Jimmy Day and Sonny Trammell.
Here's a pic with the Hank Locklin band from maybe 65 years ago.
There used to be a Youtube film clip of Felton playing behind Johnny Horton on "The Train With A Rhumba Beat". Don't know if it's still there.
A very talented player.
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Stan Paxton
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1/2 & 1/2 Florida and Tenn, USA (old Missouri boy gone South)
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Posted 22 Sep 2018 4:59 am
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Hey Barry, thanks for posting. I never knew this player, but I suspect there are quite a good many steel players out there that are unsung not well know today, but contributed a lot to our kind of music. 
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john buffington
From:
Owasso OK - USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2018 12:12 pm
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| Saw a write up on him in the Saturday AM., edition of the Tulsa World. |
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JB Bobbitt
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California, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2018 9:19 pm
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| Mr. Pruitt was a renowned DJ and the old KFAT station in thye Bay Area, CA (Santa Cruz?). He more recently was a DJ and staff at KVMR out of Nevada City, CA. RIP. |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 22 Sep 2018 9:27 pm
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| The radio guy PRUITT is probably 30 years younger than the steel player PRUETT |
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Casey Lowmiller
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Kansas
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 12:21 am
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| Felton did, indeed, play for Hank Williams. He played for awhile before Don Helms came into the picture I believe. You have to keep in mind that Hank went through quite a few pickers between his drinking & his hard traveling. |
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