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Topic: Where is Buddy |
Freddy Kole
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Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 19 Jan 2008 5:23 pm |
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| I have quite a collection of Ernest Tubb and Texas Troubadours instrumental Lp albums from late fifties to the late sixties featuring Leon Rhodes on guitar and Buddy Charleton on steel.I believe Leon is still around Nashville,however,I haven't heard anything about Buddy Charleton in years.I'm sure someone out there knows. Freddy Kole/singer |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 Jan 2008 5:36 pm
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| He's still around and still playing great! For some time, he's been giving lessons at Billy Cooper's steel store (the world's largest), in Orange, VA. He also plays jams and steel shows in the mid-Atlantic area occasionally. Gary Lee Gimble is a close personal friend of Buddy's, and he can give you a lot more detail if you like. |
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Dave Diehl
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Mechanicsville, MD, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2008 11:10 am
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| Buddy is living in Fredericksburg Va still with Kay Lee. Donnie is correct with what he says. Buddy is still very much in the game, just not traveling any longer. He is a fine person and a well respected steel player for sure. |
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Freddy Kole
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Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2008 12:19 pm Thanks
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| Thanks Donnie And Dave for the info,Buddy has always been one of my favs and so many of todays steel players have looked up to.You have cleared a rumer that he has given up playing altogether. |
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Bill Simmons
From:
Keller, Texas/Birmingham, AL, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Jan 2008 12:47 pm Buddy and Leon
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| I think Buddy Charlton with the great guitarist Leon Rhodes would be a strong attraction at one of the major steel shows. What they did decades ago was just amazing twin playing playing. Just a thought. |
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 20 Jan 2008 1:59 pm
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that would be a dream come true for me.
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joe long
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 20 Jan 2008 3:35 pm
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| Some one ought to put a bug in Scotty's ear and likewise with Albert in Dallas. With Rhodes, Emmons, and Charlton on the same show that would be the event of the Century. It's a shame that it could not be recorded and released as a CD and even more important as a video. Guess I'm dreaming. |
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Craig A Davidson
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Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2008 7:59 pm
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| I talked to Kay Lee a couple years back and she told me Buddy just isn't into traveling. Must have been a result of his years with ET. |
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Peter Siegel
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Belmont, CA, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 11:59 am
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Buddy played a few tracks with the great guitarist Bill Kirchen on Bill's album "Have Love, Will Travel", released in the last few years.
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Steve Waltz
From:
USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2008 3:27 pm Where to buy those instrumentals?
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I did a quick search and I'm having a hard time finding where I can get some of those instrumentals mentioned in the first post. I'm not sure if anything has been rereleased.
BTW... There are two good songs on you tube right now from an old ET show showing off Buddy and Leon. |
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Jamie Danter
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Posted 31 Jan 2008 3:58 pm Vintage Guitar Mag-Leon Rhodes
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Nice Interview with Leon Rhodes
Good discography of the Troubadours at the bottom of the article.
jamie |
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