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Topic: Wally Murphy has Gone On! |
Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Posted 2 Sep 2024 7:16 pm |
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So sorry to tell you that Wally Murphy has died.
That's all I know, no further details at this time.
I saw it reported by Herby Wallace III, who worked
closely with Wally in recent years.
A dear friend fifty~ish years, I'm numb from
hearing this. We have a lot of playing and
hanging together under our belts!
Rest in peace, Waldo!
Limk to Facebook post.
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2024 8:01 pm
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RIP, Wally.
I have known Wally for years. He was always a good friend and a great Steel player. I will miss you bro.
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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JERRY THURMOND
From:
sullivan mo u.s.a.
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Posted 2 Sep 2024 8:35 pm
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| Yes Russ I know you an Wally was good friends I two was a close friend He played in my club for several years an then I sold him the club then a played for him for a year or so he was such a great Steel guitar player it is hard to believe all his talent is gone, Wally was a private kind of guy but I would hear from him ever few months. I knew he was sick but no other info. To answer another question on the forum Big Jim was Wally's older half bro. going to miss Wally. |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Bob Watson
From:
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
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Posted 2 Sep 2024 11:02 pm
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| Russ, I’m sorry to hear this sad news about Wally Murphy. He has been posting about his gigs on Facebook lately and it wasn’t that long ago that I had seen one of his posts. He was a fantastic steel player and I’ll never forget the first time I saw him play at the steel convention in St. Louis years ago. My condolences go out to you and all of his family and friends. May he RIP. |
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Terry Wood
From:
Lebanon, MO
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 1:14 am
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| Sorry to hear about Wally's passing. He was a Great Steel Guitarist! His version of William Tell Overture was remarkable. I bought a copy of his very first Pedal Steel Guitar Album. He was a force on the Steel Guitar. Sorry Russ for your loss. He was a Great Steel Man! |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 4:10 am
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I saw Wally at my first ISGC & he blew my mind, playing everything from the William Tell Overture to Exodus with taste, grace & at times, blinding speed. A legendary player.
Rest in peace. Condolences to the family. |
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Clark Connell
From:
Emmetsberg,Iowa USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 4:52 am Wally Murphy
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RIP Wally Murphy; one of the truly great players of the steel guitar. Condolences to his family.
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Joe Krumel
From:
Hermitage, Tn.
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 6:20 am
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| One of the best for sure. RIP. |
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kevin ryan
From:
San Marcos, California
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 7:38 am So sad
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| Oh no! so sorry to hear this. Wally came out to Californian in the early eighties with his trio and played for a week at a night club/bowling alley in San Diego. He was kind enough to come in early one day and show a few of us beginning steel players some of his ideas and blew our minds. I still play some of that stuff today that I learned from Wally that day, God Bless!!!! |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 9:31 am
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| This is sad and shocking news. I knew Wally from his years around St Louis and at the convention. What a great player, gone too soon. RIP Wally. |
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George Duncan Sypert
From:
Colo Spgs, Co, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 9:53 am
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| First time I saw Wally was in St Louis in 1981. Great player. He appeared in Colo Springs with Asleep at the Wheel in a club here but I did not see him then. |
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Paul King
From:
Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 11:08 am
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| Flying Fingers is what I will always remember about Wally. Another big time loss in the steel guitar community. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 10:54 pm
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Oh no!!! What a great player he was! Saw him at the ISCG twice and he always blew my mind. It was not all about his speed, but also of his musical taste and feeling that did it for me.
RIP, Wally...and thanks for all the great music!
Walter Stettner
Vienna, Austria
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Neil Lang
From:
Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2024 5:39 am
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When visiting relatives. We used to go to the Down Spout in St. Louis "Boo-Koo" years ago. I remember Wally's FANTASTIC Steel playing. I think he played with a group called "Nick Nixon" and the Country soul!
Awesome PICKIN' For sure!!!!!
RIP Wally!
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 4 Sep 2024 8:03 am
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| Russ I remember us sitting in the parking lot of the 'Idle Hour' listening to tapes you had of Wally playing steel. He was amazing. R.I.P. Flying Fingers! |
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Michael Weaver
From:
Buffalo Grove, IL
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Posted 4 Sep 2024 2:36 pm
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| I remember seeing him with AATW at a small club outside of Hershey, PA in, the early 1980s. He was kind enough to show me a few things after the club had cleared out about chord changes in Cherokee. He gladly spent about 10 minutes showing me these things while his steel was still set up. A very memorable evening, indeed. RIP, Wally. |
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Jim R. Harrison
From:
North Vancouver, B. C., Canada
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Posted 4 Sep 2024 2:41 pm Wally Murphy Has Gone
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Here is an intense photo I took of Wally at Scotty's about 12 years ago.
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rick andrews
From:
Westminster Co 80031
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Posted 8 Sep 2024 9:02 am
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Thanks for sharing this Russ. I hope that you're doing well.
Sad news for sure. RIP Wally. |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 9 Sep 2024 7:54 am
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I had the chance to meet and hear Wally one time in Philadelphia, probably 1980 or so. He was with Asleep At The Wheel. Talked to him awhile before he went on. He was friendly and self-effacing. I remember standing next to him and thinking "my God, that man is tall!" I could tell from his attitude he wasn't long for the Wheel. He played great. On a side note, the drummer was new, and Ray Benson was brutal to him that night.
Sleep well, Big Man. |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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J R Rose
From:
Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2024 12:58 pm
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Wally was the coolest cat ever. Just a total overall picker.
Fast does not tell you anything about him. I met him years ago when I was working in Fairview Heights Ill. Just across the river from St.Louis. He was working in a nice little club
called Bobbys, supper club I guess. I don't think Nick Nickson
was working their then but could of been. Wally sang and of course played his butt off. I did see them working together later on in some club on the North Side of St.Louis. What a heck of a show they could put on. I kept in touch with Wally for years but we just drifted apart. He was all ways a nice guy and loved showing how some things were done. I have a couple of his C.D.s. Just Awesome. I am so sorry to here of his passing.
R.I.P. Wally. I will miss you. J.R. Rose
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