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Mark Perrodin · From: Tucson Arizona, USA

never saw this one before.

https://youtu.be/LKnCAXclg48?si=JZYzrnKOkrPK-psD

Joe Cook · From: Lake Osoyoos, WA

Good stuff there! Thanks for posting, Mark. I'd never heard these guys.

Joe A. Roberts · From: Seoul, South Korea

Great clip! There is a commenter saying that the steel player is his dad: Billy Tonnesen!
Little autobiography here: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=180866

Billy was a amazing player, he played on Sunflower for Frank Sinatra in 1949.
He also was great with Ole Rasmussen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be3pzxypoJc

He was also a forum member, he sadly passed in 2014. His posts are a treasure trove for anyone interested in the steel guitar scene and stylings of the ‘40s and ‘50s.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/search.php?search_author=Billy+Tonnesen

For example, Billy on Joaquin Murphey:
“When Joaquin first appeared on the So.Calif . music scene with Spade Cooley it was somewhat of a shock to all of us Steel Players. Most of us had emulated Leon McCauliff and Noel Boggs from their recordings with Bob Wills. There were nightly remote radio broadcasts of the Spade Cooley band from the Riverside Rancho in Glendale, Ca. Joaquin's playing pretty much mesmerized all of us. It also was quite a shock to to the Lead Guitar players who pretty much dominated single string jazz playing with the Western Swing Bands. This was as much a milestone in Steel Guitar playing as Bud Issacs and Buddy Emmons in later years.”

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