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Topic: Ray Myers, Armless Steel Guitarist |
Andrew Brown
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Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 11:23 am |
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Anybody remember Ray Myers? He was billed as "The World's Only Armless Steel Guitarist." Here's a picture of him on WWVA in the '40s:
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 11:41 am
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Yeah, saw him at some schoolhouse shows in the '50s.
He would play the steel, mostly chording. Then he would do a demonstration of combing his hair, taking out a cigarette and lighting it, etc. There was a thread on him here a while back.
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Roger Kelly
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Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 7:29 pm
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I met him back in the 50's while playing with a Country Band doing a show at the Veteran's Hospital, or as it was called back then, Soldier's Home in Johnson City, Tn.
Ray indeed could play with his feet, since he had no arms. As Clyde Mattocks said, he stummed with a pick between his toes on his right foot and slid the bar with his left foot and sang along with some of the tunes.
This was remarkable, but all the other things he was able to do was even more so...like driving his car, lighting a cigarette after getting the pack out of his shirt pocket.. all the things we all take for granted he could do. I remember him to be a very nice and pleasant guy. That VA show was the first and only time I ever saw and talked to him. But he was the real deal. |
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John Bechtel
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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Jan 2010 2:09 am
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It was even more amazing to watch him lather up and shave with a straight-edge! I do think too many can do it using their hands!
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basilh
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United Kingdom
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Brian Powell
From:
sparta tenn
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Posted 31 Jan 2010 9:58 am
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thats so wild i have trouble playing with 2 arms LOL
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Olaf van Roggen
From:
The Netherlands
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Posted 31 Jan 2010 1:04 pm
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| Wow, what a picture!! "Don't try this at home" |
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Tommy Wayne
From:
Nevada, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2010 7:31 pm "The Armless Wonder"
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Our group was on the bill with him at Sunset Park in Jennersville,Pa. He grabbed a coke bottle with one foot, church keyed it with the other, crushed the bottle cap between his toes and threw it into the audience!
I caught that bottle cap and have it to this day in a box of utterly useless treasures... |
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