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Ernie Renn
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Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2005 4:19 pm |
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Hey, Smiles! Check out this picture:
Signature and all...
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My best,
Ernie
www.buddyemmons.com
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 7 Mar 2005 4:23 pm
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| Oh my gawd. It's amazing to think what's happened to that nice man in the picture... |
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 11 Mar 2005 6:29 am
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WHOA!! Ernie,that's an "oldie",but I don't know if its a "goodie". That was taken in the early 70's,when I first started w/ T.O.
l. to r.:
Bob "Rip" Rippy: lead guitar.
Lives in Tampa,Fl. Works for a realtor,& still pickin' locally.
Bob McCracken: drums
Now,a producer/engineer of his own studio.
Produced several of Russ Hicks' CD's.
(he's,also,the one that got me the job w/ T.O.,& I'll get even w/ him for that,some day.)
Jack Ellis: bass/front
Last seen in Harlingen,Tx. in the late 80's.
Last,& certainly least...ME: steel guitar.
Last seen in Hendersonville,Tn.,still starvin'!! Too dumb to get out when I should've,too broke to get out now!!
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mm if it ain't got that twang.
www.ntsga.com
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 11 Mar 2005 8:10 am
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Boy its a good thing a mustache and glasses can cover up ugly.They say a picture is worth a thousand words.nuff said. 
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Smiley 15-4 Crank&pull pro model Deluxe with auto string changer.200 ft. roll.
[This message was edited by Joe Casey on 11 March 2005 at 08:12 AM.] |
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 2:45 pm
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GEEZ!! I ask for toilet paper...& Joe Casey rolls in! 
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Al Miller
From:
Waxahachie Texas
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 7:59 pm
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Hey Smiley!!
There Is A Picture Hanging In Tootsie's Of A Steel Player..Right Around That Huge Old Picture Of Emmons And The Guy In The Photo Resemble's YOU. Looks Like The Same Guy in This Pic Anyway.. Is It You? He Is Behind An Old Sho-Bud With Looks what looks Like A Clover Inlaid On The Front Apron . I Know Keven Owens Has Jimmy Days Old Bud With The Spade In it And Some One Told Me There Were Three More Of Those Guitars With A Clover ,Diamond,And Heart.. Any Way No One I Ever Talked to Could Tell Me Who That Guy Was In The Picture But It Sure Looks Like You NoW That A Have Seen This One .... ...
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Jay Jessup
From:
Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2005 1:11 pm
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| While we are talking about the old days, I pulled out my two Julian Tharpe albums to record for my friend Gary and there was a familier name in the photo credits for Jet Age---Smiley Roberts |
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2005 11:41 am
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The picture was printed in the program for the show you all did here. I know it was in the 70's, but not quite sure when. It was a package show, Overstreet and Susan Raye.
I remember you and the guitar player, (don't remember his name...) I saw him the next day at the drug store where my Mom worked, too. He had on his very pointy patent leather boots there, too.
Glad you all like it... 
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My best,
Ernie
www.buddyemmons.com
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Daryl Stogner
From:
San Diego, CA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Mar 2005 8:26 pm
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I can't imagine Smiley anywhere in the vacinity of Susan! Poor thing.
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Terry Bethel
From:
Hollister, Missouri (deceased)
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Posted 23 Mar 2005 9:20 pm
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Thanks Ernie. Gtreat photo.
That's how Smiley looked when I met him 100
million miles ago,
Terry |
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Tony Davis
From:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Posted 24 Mar 2005 2:21 am
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| I think there are two Photos of Smiley on the wall in Tootsies.....one in a white suit with moustache and Afro sort of Hair.........just forget what the other looks like.......but Hey!.....you got to be special to get your photo on that wall........even if it does say..."He owes me money.....he chats up the girls behind the bar........and has a hollow leg whn it comes to beer! |
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Joe Casey
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Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 24 Mar 2005 6:36 am
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The band looks like Overstreet kept them eating good.They all are much skinnier now.I guess they played Mexico and stole the outfits from a drunked up Mariachi band.
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Smiley 15-4 Crank&pull pro model Deluxe with auto string changer.200 ft. roll.
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 26 Mar 2005 12:10 pm
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Hey Boo,
Yup,you got it. Da's me awright. That pic was taken in'68,right after I moved to NashVILE. However,that's not a "clover" on the front of the cabinet,it's a "joker". When I had Shot Jackson build that steel for me,I wanted a "heart" put on the front. Shot told me that he made a deal w/ the other guys that had the heart,club,spade,& diamond on theirs,that he would not duplicate 'em. So,I told him,"Okay,I want a joker put on mine",& that,he did. That was a 1966,D-10,w/ 8 & 2. The cabinet,& necks, were "Purple Heart". The top of the cabinet was b/e maple,w/ diamond inlay on all. The p/u's were dual coil. It was the most beautiful guitar I'd ever seen. I sure would like to know whatever happened to it. Last I heard,it was somewhere in Huntsville,Al.
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©¿© It don't mean a thang,
mm if it ain't got that twang.
www.ntsga.com
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