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Jack Strayhorn

 

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Winston-Salem, NC
Post  Posted 21 Jul 2023 11:42 am    
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Lost a dear friend and one of NC's finest players.
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Jack Strayhorn

 

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Winston-Salem, NC
Post  Posted 21 Jul 2023 11:44 am    
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Jack Strayhorn

 

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Winston-Salem, NC
Post  Posted 21 Jul 2023 11:45 am    
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The photo was taken the night we presented him with a new guitar his wife had me build.
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Herb Steiner

 

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Spicewood TX 78669
Post  Posted 21 Jul 2023 12:05 pm    
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Jack Strayhorn wrote:
The photo was taken the night we presented him with a new guitar his wife had me build.


His wife loved him, obviously. We should all be so lucky. RIP Bill...
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Paul Wade


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mundelein,ill
Post  Posted 21 Jul 2023 4:11 pm    
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Prayers are sent

P.w
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Nick Reed


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Russellville, KY USA
Post  Posted 25 Jul 2023 8:24 am    
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I met Bill East back in '99 at The Knoxville Steel Show. I saw him playing that green Emmons LeGrande III and was just knocked out with the color. I couldn't even sleep that night in my hotel room because of it, and told my now ex-wife at the time, I just have to go down to the Emmons room and see at that guitar again. Next day I told Jack Strayhorn that I had to have a new Emmons that same color. Jack told me he had enough stain left from Bill's guitar so he could build me one to look like it. Bill's was a D-10 but I wanted a SD-10. I ordered my new green Emmons right there and gave them the deposit. This baby arrived on my front porch about 16 weeks later right before Labor Day weekend.


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Larry Dering


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Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 25 Jul 2023 9:10 am    
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I seen Bill play that Emmons at the Knoxville show. What a beautiful guitar. My prayers for Bill and his family.
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