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Topic: Who was the Steel Player |
Larry Moore
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Hampton, Ga. USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2005 2:43 pm |
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Today I was watching the Westerns Channel on Cable, there was a old B/W Western "Blazing the Western Trail" 1945 .
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys were in the movie.
Who played Steel with Bob in 1945 and
Who played Fiddel with Bob in the movie?
He played a D-8 I think and he held it in his lap no legs....
The Star of the movie was Charles Starrett(The Derango Kid) and Tex Williams I think.I also saw Dub Taylor as Cannonball
Thanks
Larry 
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 24 Feb 2005 1:00 am
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| The steeler was most certainly Noel Boggs, as he played with Bob during that brief period, and sometimes played a double-neck on his lap. I'm going to guess the fiddler was Joe Holley. |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 24 Feb 2005 4:49 am
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I'd agree with Noel Boggs as the steeler but if it was Joe Holley on fiddle he played left handed....JH in Va.
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Feb 2005 7:46 am
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I played six string a couple of times with Joe Holly in the sixties and I believe he did play left handed. Played very progressive, sounded great.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 24 Feb 2005 11:08 am
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Here is a still from the movie and the flyer...
Noel Boggs was Bob Wills' steel player on most of the 1945 activities, also Les Anderson played on a few 1945 recordings.
Kind Regards, Walter
www.lloydgreentribute.com
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf
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Larry Moore
From:
Hampton, Ga. USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2005 2:40 am
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Thanks Walter You are Da Man..
Now who is the fiddle player standing behind the steel player?
Is it Gimbel??
Larry |
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Steve Hinson
From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2005 3:16 am
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| Larry-the fiddle player behind Boggs is Bob Wills. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 25 Feb 2005 4:33 am
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| And the left handed fiddle player next to Wills is Joe Holley. |
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Larry Moore
From:
Hampton, Ga. USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2005 6:57 am
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Thanks again Walter & Steve
you can close this one
Larry |
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Feb 2005 9:05 am
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You guys know a lot more about this issue than I do -- but I've known Noel since 1949 when we were there doing another Charles Starrett movie, and that picture doesn't look like Noel to me. That movie was filmed in 1945, and Noel could not have changed in appearance that much in 4 years. The nose and protruding chin are just not Noel's. I may be wrong, but I'm not convinced that it is Noel in the picture -- and I couldn't even "hazard" a guess at who it is.
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