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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2023 12:38 pm    
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Per the buried info in the recent vintage photo thread ....

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Fellton W. Williams Jr. was born on January 3, 1934, in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1943 his family moved to Detroit, where they attended the same House of God Church as fellow steel guitar pioneer Maurice “Ted” Beard. Williams began playing lap steel in 1947, and by 1952 had played for many large church assemblies n Detroit, Toledo, Ohio, Kansas City, Missouri, and Nashville, Tennessee. In 1956 Williams began working as electrician for Ford Motor Company, a job he would have until retirement in 1994. He used his skills as an electrician to build amplifiers and steel guitars. Williams also taught steel guitar to youth from the church, and had a recording studio in his basement.

- National Museum of African American History and Culture

Felton could play!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ0JoPhhVOE





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Jack Hanson


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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2023 1:23 pm    
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Cool!
Thanks for sharing.
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Glenn Wilde

 

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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2023 8:30 pm    
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You bet he could play! How cool is that? Love it Andy.
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