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Topic: Roy Drusky's steel player |
Gary Schwartz
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Posted 22 Dec 2020 10:11 am |
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 Here's Roy Drusky and band in the late 1950's. Does anyone recognize any of the band members, particularly the steel player? |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2020 1:29 pm
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That looks like an old Harlin Bros. guitar. 
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 23 Dec 2020 5:05 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
That looks like an old Harlin Bros. guitar.
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That’s a rather odd name!  |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2020 7:34 am
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Do you like Multi-Kord better? 
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 23 Dec 2020 7:41 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
Do you like Multi-Kord better?
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He looks more like a "Marty Kord." |
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 23 Dec 2020 9:21 am
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| Frank Freniere wrote: |
| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
That looks like an old Harlin Bros. guitar.
Erv |
That’s a rather odd name! |
That name made it challenging when signing checks and documents!
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There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 23 Dec 2020 9:27 am
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Last edited by Lee Baucum on 25 Dec 2020 8:32 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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John LeMaster
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North Florida
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Posted 23 Dec 2020 11:12 am
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I did a Google search and, among many other items, found this picture of a gentleman named Jim Baker. His obituary from several years ago stated he had played steel guitar for Roy Drusky and several more singers.
Kinda / sorta looks like he might be the steel player in the OP photo, many years later.
Mr. Baker's obituary:
https://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=2182
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Gary Hoetker
From:
California, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2020 12:29 pm
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| Looks like Jack "Curly" Evans to me. |
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J R Rose
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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2020 4:01 pm
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I am thinking Curly Evans. J.R.
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Ken Mizell
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Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 25 Dec 2020 4:54 pm
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| Ken Mizell wrote: |
Here's another video with Jack Evans (or Evens). Go to 8:38 on the video. There is also some really good music on these video's from the 50's - including a very young Jimmy Day. This is colorized too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36h-ROhzfWM |
Cool slants - I don’t think that’s a pedal guitar! |
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Ken Mizell
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Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2020 4:57 pm
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I agree Frank. Nice sound too. The first video is Jack playing a Bigsby pedal steel, but he was using slants there too.
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Don Euton
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Texas, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2020 6:00 pm
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Not a 100% sure, but think Jack`s name is spelled Evins. He was one the great ones at that time.
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Diane Diekman
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South Dakota, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2020 5:28 am
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Jack Evins played steel for Ray Price in the '50s. He thought the name came from an Irish ancestor named Nevins, a pirate who came to the USA and changed his name to hide from authorities. I interviewed Jack about working with Marty Robbins.
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Sioux Falls SD
Author of "Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story"
Author of "Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins" |
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Ken Mizell
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Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2020 6:20 am
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Did we ever decide who Roy Drusky's steel player is in that photo? I'm thinking it's the one John mentioned - Jim Baker. It doesn't look like Jack Evins playing with Drusky.
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 26 Dec 2020 6:31 am
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| Ken Mizell wrote: |
| Did we ever decide who Roy Drusky's steel player is in that photo? . |
| Diane Diekman wrote: |
| I interviewed Jack [Evins] about working with Marty Robbins. |
Diane, since you actually met Jack ... do you believe the man in the OP's photo is Mr. Evins??? |
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Diane Diekman
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South Dakota, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2020 9:47 am
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I regret to say I didn't take a photograph, and I don't remember what Jack Evins looked like.
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Sioux Falls SD
Author of "Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story"
Author of "Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins" |
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Don Euton
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2020 9:34 am
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The man in the picture does not look Jack to me. He looks taller and leaner than Jack.
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Mike Lemley
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Mt. Gilead,Ohio, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2020 6:28 pm Roy Drusks steel player
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| I seen Roy in Columbus, Ohio in 1968 and Tommy Kiley was his pedal steel player. I believe Tommy was from Ohio |
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Ken Mizell
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Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2020 4:22 am
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The man in the picture does not look Jack to me. He looks taller and leaner than Jack.
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That's my opinion too. We have videos of Jack Evins during the same time period, while he was playing for Ray Price. Certainly not the one playing for Drusky.
The mystery continues.
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