Kitty Wells Steeler?

Roger Shackelton · From: MINNESOTA (deceased)

Last Night on CMT there was a series of Country Music Documentaries. One was about Females in Country Music. A clip showed a late 50s--early 60s? performance with a young steel player on a Sho-Bud with a wood pedal bar. The steel player with horn rimmed glasses resembled Buddy Holly. Does anyone know who that steel player was?

Roger

Smiley Roberts · From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075

That would,most likely,be a very young Stu Basore.

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John Daugherty · From: Rolla, Missouri, USA

Could have been Don Helms. Sounds like his glasses. .....JD

Smiley Roberts · From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075

Just spoke w/ Stu,& he said that it was, indeed,him w/ Miss Kitty. It was taken from a movie,circa '64,called,"Second Fiddle To A Steel Guitar" Stu was playing a Fender 1000,
w/ a Sho~Bud logo on the front center. (heart,club,spade,diamond)
Then,around '68,Stu left,& Russ Hicks joined the band. Hope this info helps.

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Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

Right, Smiley. The guitar was, in fact, a Fender 1000. I'm very familiar with that guitar because I bought it from Stu in '65 or '66, and played it until '74. (The guitar had the old white Sho~Bud pickups, and the Sho~Bud decal on the front was probably added when those pickups were installed.) As I recall, Stu said Weldon had the guitar before him, and he said he thought Weldon had bought it from Speedy West, so it had a good history.

The guitar had been refinished by the time I got it, and I also restored it shortly after getting it. Stu had his name on a small metal tag on the back of the guitar when I got it, and I left it on as a kind of "tribute".

I had to sell the guitar in '74, when I was in a serious automobile accident, and needed the money for my family. I wish I still had it.

I saw the clips on TV, as well, and it sure brought back a lot of old memories.

By the way, "Second Fiddle..." came out in '66, and I think Stu was playing his Emmons in that movie.

Smiley Roberts · From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075

Stuart Basore · From: Madison, TN. USA

The movie was done in '65 and probably released in '66. I was playing the 1000 and we were all syncing to the tracks we'd recorded earlier. Howard White (In the background of the Kitty Wells shot) was syncing to Pete Drake's steel work. Just a little trivia. Stu.

Larry King · From: Watts, Oklahoma, USA

Stu....who was the Gretsch player on the Kitty clip? Thanks

Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

Right, Smiley! I checked on the movie release date, and it was December '66. I actually bought the guitar from Stu in July '66 (packrat that I am, I still have his original letter he sent telling me the guitar was for sale). Anyhow, the movie was probably filmed in early '65, because when I saw Stu in April of '66, he was already playing the Emmons. The first time I saw him with that guitar was 1963, I believe. I had a lot of fun with that ol' horn, and did quite a few sessions with it. Stu had also used it on Kitty's "Burning Memories" album.

Next time you see ol' Stu, ask him if he remembers the rubber ball?

Tony Smart · From: Harlow. Essex. England

I have a 1965 Kitty Wells L.P. called "Lonesome Sad And Blue" with some really pretty Steel playing. I've wondered for years who it was. Was this Stu? Whoever it was, it's great.
- Tony

Gary Walker · From: Morro Bay, CA

In June 1965, the Kitty Wells show came to Tulare California at the Fair Grounds. Stu was playing the first Emmons I had seen in person. Kitty was flying high on a hit single that was getting a lot of play at the time, the title which escapes me not but Stu played some great stuff in spite of the chilly weather that night when the musicians had to keep blowing on their hands to get them warm in between their spots.

Craig A Davidson · From: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA

Would the guitar player with the glasses have been Paul Yandell?

Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

It probably was Paul. As I recall, he often played a D'Angelico...quite a step up from a cheap ol' Gretsch!

Bill Cook · From: Montgomery, Alabama, USA (deceased)

Stu was doing some serious pedal mashing on that clip. Even had on his cowboy boots. Sounded great.

Terry Sneed · From: Arkansas,

quote"Stu was doing some serious pedal mashing on that clip. Even had on his cowboy boots. Sounded great"quote

I just saw that clip last night, and I agree, Mr Stu was gettin it on!

I really didn't know the steel guitars of that time sounded so good, but it was great!

Stu, are you playin at Ronnie's in Hot Springs this Oct? I noticed you were on the schedule.
Terry

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Terry Sneed · From: Arkansas,

Hey guys, of all the women singers that were shown in that show which would be your pick as best singer? Tammy Wynett has always been my all time favorite singer. Lorreta would be a close second though.

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