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Topic: Vintage photo - Buddy? |
Drew Howard
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 4:44 pm |
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Spotted this on a blog, never saw this photo before, looks like E is playing pedals back in the day @ The Opry and everyone including Earl Scruggs is checking him out.
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Roger Shackelton
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 5:38 pm
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Who set that FRICKIN' Fender T-6 in the way????? 
Can't tell which PSG Buddy is playing, but it might be a BIGSBY.?? Spider Wilson is playing guitar at the left side of the pic. They were both playing for
"TATER" in the mid to late 1950s.
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Bill Cunningham
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 6:01 pm
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If you watch the televised Opry on GAC, you will notice that photo hanging on the dressing room wall behind the interviewee (Is that a word?  ) and the female interviewer whose name escapes me.
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Bill Cunningham
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 6:18 pm
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I get out a kick out of how gingerly we treat our guitars to protect the finish.
Then there's the Fender steel in this pic with the volume pedal just thrown haphazardly on top of the guitar for sheer convenience of carrying it all at one time on and off of stage. Not to mention someone's elbow mashing down on the pickup.
Those of us that have played package shows and jamborees can appreciate how everything has to come on and off stage in a hurry in one bundle!
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 6:24 pm
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| It appears to be a Bigsby. |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 10:19 pm
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That is Les Paul immediately in front of Buddy. Hank Garland in the white cowboy hat looking over Buddy's shoulder.
Here is a copy with less cropping. Buddy has identified several other people in the pic, but I can't recall all the names.
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Jay Hudson
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 6:04 am
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| Is that Johnny Cash in the upper right hand corner? |
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Todd Clinesmith
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Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 7:55 am
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Looks like he's showing off the Bigsby to the guys.
Really cool photo. I am sure Earl really liked it, not sure what year he had his Scruggs tuners made but this could have inspired it.
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Bill Quinn
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 8:22 am
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| Yeah and can you dig those boots too? |
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Brint Hannay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 8:41 am
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| Apologies--not much of a bluegrass or b@#*o fan--which one is Earl Scruggs? |
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 8:52 am
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The guy in the Martha White™ white stetson.
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 9:15 am
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So apparently that's not Hank Garland, as stated above?
Lotta plaid in that picture. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 9:50 am
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I'm with Mitch. I think he's Hank Garland. I can see how there's a resemblance to Earl, though.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 9:56 am
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Well, no problem in admitting my initial instinct was WRONG..
Appearantly according to my friend who worked with HG, it IS him.
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