Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 27 Nov 2005 4:55 am |
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| I knew Gary and he was from Elizabethton, Tennessee, about 6 miles from Johnson City. He and his Father George Simerly, younger brother Culley, who played Bass, George's Brother "Red Eye" Simerly who sang with George, played a Saturday morning Radio music show called "The Barrel Of Fun" from the Bonnie Kate Theater in Elizabethton, Tennessee, my home town. Gary helped me by showing me the C-6th tuning and some pointers when I was first trying to leard to play in 1953. He and his family had a very good band and show. Gary was a very good Steel player. I have lost touch over the years and am not sure if they, or any of their family, are still in this area or if Gary and Culley are still alive? |
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