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Ed Naylor

 

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portsmouth.ohio usa, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 11 Nov 2003 5:11 am    
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Going thru some old materials last nightI wonder what happened to some of these players. BOB "Windy" WINGROVE-Ontario-JIMMIE JINKS"Southern Flames Band"Ga.-COY MARTIN "Green MT Boys"Michigan-LEROY McDANIEL"Melody Rangers" Florida-DANNIE SNEED "Don Sneed Foursome"Wash.-VERNON BRINKLEY"Cain Street Cowhands"Ga, Tn-MEL GARDENER "Potomac Valley Boys ,Baltimore-I will add more later. Ed Naylor Steel Guitar Works
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Richard Sinkler


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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Post  Posted 11 Nov 2003 1:16 pm    
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I was born in 1954. Does that make me a 1954 steeler?
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Billy Easton

 

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Nashville, TN USA
Post  Posted 11 Nov 2003 1:25 pm    
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Ed...
Don't know about the others you mentioned, but Danny Sneed is alive and well, pickin' better than ever here in Arizona. Come on out to our big Steel Show in January; Danny is on the show, along with Hal Rugg, JD Maness, Randy Beavers, and a bunch of other great pickers. Check out the web site:
www.swsteelguitar.com

And I know you will enjoy the January weather in Arizona!!

Billy Easton
Casa Grande, AZ
Southwestern Steel Guitar Association

[This message was edited by Billy Easton on 11 November 2003 at 01:26 PM.]

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John Steele

 

From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 11 Nov 2003 3:10 pm    
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Bob Wingrove (Ontario) is still active, and was one of the steelers featured on the wonderful "Northern Steel" CD. Bob's feature is "Moonglow".
-John
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Gary Walker

 

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Morro Bay, CA
Post  Posted 11 Nov 2003 9:41 pm    
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Bobby Black and his brother Larry played on a San Francisco TV station in 1953 and they were the most knocked out part of a great band. They still are fine players. Sure wish there were films of those super shows.
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John Davis


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Cambridge, U.K.
Post  Posted 12 Nov 2003 10:31 am    
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I have a 45 rpm Sun records recording made in 1956 with John Hughey on it, I reckon he must have been playing more than two years when he did that!! It is good!
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Don Patterson

 

From:
Richmond, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 12 Nov 2003 2:41 pm    
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Glad to hear Bob Wingrove is still playing. Back in the 70's I was a young TV cameraman on a show called "Country Way" produced in Ottawa Canada. Bob was the steel player on that show , a great C6th man, not to mention a very funny guy too. He showed up with a 1929 dobro one night and I was so impressed I found out how he tuned it, went home and raised the strings up on an old flat top and used a spark plug wrench as a bar. I was hooked. Bob sure caused me to spend a lot of money on steels over the years, I even bought my first pedal steel from him. A really great guy.
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Ernest Cawby


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Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 15 Nov 2003 11:30 am    
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La. hayride 1949 with Sammy Barnhart does that make the grade. In the 50s with Smoky Metcalf who wrote Mind your own business.
Ramer String band in the early 40s.

ernie
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Mark van Allen


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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
Post  Posted 15 Nov 2003 12:11 pm    
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I was born in '54, Ed, and last I checked I'm still around...

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