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Topic: Does anyone know this steeler???? |
Barry Westerfield
From:
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Posted 26 Jul 2005 5:21 am |
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I was listening to some steel music that says it was performed by a BUZZ EVANS. Does anyone know of this steeler? I was told he was from Missouri, any way to contact him. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for you help.
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Gene Jones
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Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 26 Jul 2005 6:15 am
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Barry, you would probably find Buzz in Los Vegas as he has worked there in recent years.
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Fred Justice
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Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 26 Jul 2005 6:16 am
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Buzz lives in Las Vegas and sometimes plays the casino's here in Arizona.He is a hard man to get a hold of and I don't have any current info on him.
If you think he play's steel well,you should hear him play lead guitar! WOW.
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Fred Justice,
Fred's Music www.fredjusticemusic.com
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Rich Mounce
From:
Dunfermline, Il
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Posted 26 Jul 2005 6:58 am
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Fred...You are soooo right. Buzz is an absolutely fantastic player. Both steel and guitar. I was told about Buzz years ago from Russ Wever and then Jerry "Muttonhead" Erickson had a tape of him and he knocked me out. I tracked him down in Vegas playing on Fremont St and wow! Live was even more impressive. Great guy too.
Rich Mounce http://takeoff.to/steeljam |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Smiley Roberts
From:
Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 26 Jul 2005 8:14 am
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Buzz & I worked together,in the same band,back in the early 60's,in Massachusetts.
He played lead,& I played steel. When I had to go for my 2 weeks army reserve summer training,he took over BOTH duties. Buzz is one heluva picker! (& just about as "crazy" too!) 
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Hal Higgins
From:
Denham Springs, LA
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Posted 26 Jul 2005 8:17 am
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I remember working some shows together with Buzz in the 70's when I was with dick Curless. Man what a player.......great guy.
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Be Blessed........HAL
'85 Emmons LeGrande D-10,(8 & 5) Hilton Vol. Pedal, BJS Birthstone bar, Rack w/Evans Pre-amp, Lexicon MPX500; (2)1501-4 BW's in custom built cabs by T.A. Gibson, & Sound Tech PL802 Digital Power Amp.
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Jul 2005 8:23 pm
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I first met Buzz in the late ’50's in N.J. He was working with Troy Fergusen in the Camden, N.J. area. And then the next I saw him he was walking down Broadway here in Nashville and at the Sho-Bud Store in the ’70's. He do get around! I know he's been in Vegas for a long time now! Way back in the late ’50's/early ’60's he played a Fender 1000 and probably a Tele!
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2005 10:57 pm
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Buzz is doing a duo, on the weekends, at the Skyline Casino in Henderson, NV right now.
I would give you his phone #, but he never answers it. |
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Donna Dodd
From:
Acworth, Georgia, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 12:33 am
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| Buzz was at the Dallas Show several years ago. We were on the shuttle with him and his daughter back to the airport - but can't remember what year it was exactly. |
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Per Kammersgaard
From:
Sonderborg, Denmark
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 3:12 am
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Buzz Evans plays lead on Dick Curless' "Live At The Wheeling Truck Drivers Jamboree" album. Curly Chalker plays steel, as most of you probably already know.....
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Ted Solesky
From:
Mineral Wells, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 9:54 am
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| Barry, I mimic all what was said about Buzz. I met him back in 1981 in Vegas when his band filled in our spot at the 'Silver Dollar' saloon. Our band moved on to the strip. Buzz is a super musician and fun to hang out with. And you're right, he does get around. |
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Bob Hayes
From:
Church Hill,Tenn,USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 3:04 pm
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Buzz is originally from Adams,MaSS..UP THE ROAD A PIECE from my hometown of Pittsfield ,Mass. Smiley..was he playing with you in the "North End" in the Mid 60's when I used to run up the street to "catch You"?
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 4:05 pm
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Nope,he worked w/ us,at the "Pleasantdale Club",in Chicopee,Ma.,around '63 or '64. We couldn't afford the drinks in the club,so we used to split a bottle of "Silver Satin" wine,out in the parking lot.
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 5 Aug 2005 6:51 am
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Smiley you guys are what made the Pleasantdale what it is today........a parking lot.  |
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