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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2021 8:16 am |
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Have any of you ever heard of this guy? I think he was originally from Canada.
This album popped up in an Ebay search a few weeks ago and I remembered seeing it about 45 years ago in my uncle's collection, but I had never heard it. My last living uncle, Jerry (John) Ott played bass and sang a couple of songs he wrote on this album. It was recorded live in 1966 at the New Frontier club on Waikiki beach. It sounds like Len was a really good player, singer, and band leader. This album sounds really good for a live recording from 1966. Looks like he's playing a triple neck Bigsby maybe? I hear a lot of Speedy West in his playing. This was a really neat find, especially with my family connection to it.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2021 8:56 am
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Well, that makes sense, I never thought to see if he was on the Forum. Thanks Dave.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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J R Rose
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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2021 9:02 am
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Good catch Darvin. so you brought the LP off ebay? Good story also. The guitar could also be an early day Sho-Bud?? No end caps, wrap around wood. Thanks for sharing, J.R.
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Jim R. Harrison
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North Vancouver, B. C., Canada
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Posted 2 Dec 2021 10:43 pm
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Dave, you are right that Len does live in Penticton now. He moved from Princeton, BC some years ago but was originally from Surrey, BC, a few miles East of Vancouver. Here are some photos I've taken of Len. The first was taken in the early '60's in Vancouver before he played pedal steel. That's his cousin, Ernie Straiton on lead guitar.
I took this picture at the B.C. Steel Guitar Show in Okanagan Falls, B.C. You can see that he's playing a Sho~Bud.
The last photo was taken in Mission (?), B.C. in 2006 when Len, along with 'Cuz Ern' and others were inducted into the B.C. Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Len Ryder
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Penticton B.C.
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Posted 3 Dec 2021 12:30 pm
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| That really is a long time back. Muriel and her sister Shiela who replaced har when Muriel married both died from cancer. A number of years back. John Ott on bass is now an ordained Minister in Oregon. |
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