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Curt Shoemaker
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Ionia, Kansas, USA
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Posted 30 May 2006 8:05 am |
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| If you know Buck, you know he's one fine steel player, but it goes even further. Buck has always been willing to share his time, and talent with other steel players. He takes a special interest in those players just getting started. Making sure they have the right information to improve their playing. Buck has helped me over the years, and I bet, if you have ever talked with Buck, you've picked up something that has helped you too. Thank You Mr. Buck! What an honor to have you as my Friend. |
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Hal Higgins
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Denham Springs, LA
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Posted 30 May 2006 8:18 am
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Well, I'll tell ya.....that they don't come any finer than Mr. Buck....great player and all around fine gentleman......I, too, am proud to call him a friend.....HAL
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Be Blessed........HAL
'03 Carter D-10,(8 & 5) 95 Carter 9 & 7 Hilton Vol. Pedal, BJS Birthstone bar, 2 Racks w/Evans Pre-amps, Lexicon MPX500 & MPX550; (1) Nashville 400, (1) Webb 6-14 E Amp(2)1501-4 BW's in custom built cabs by T.A. Gibson, & Sound Tech PL802 Digital Power Amp; Steelers Choice seat with back rest and side-kick. Walker Seat w/o Backrest
Hal Higgins....Be blessed and "Keep Steelin'.....
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Stoney Stonecipher
From:
Knoxville, TN (deceased)
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Posted 30 May 2006 8:22 am
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| Ditto to all of the above. There is not a finer person than Buck or Mitzi. We love you both.........Stoney and Lois |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 May 2006 8:30 am
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| If he could just quit losing his bar. Jody. |
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Mike Cass
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Posted 30 May 2006 8:43 am
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re-ditto.....Buck and Mitzi are fine folks and Buck's pickin' is as fine as it comes.
Hope to see you both again @ Wichita Falls in 2 weeks. Maybe it wont be as hot there as it was last year 
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ray qualls
From:
Baxter Springs, Kansas (deceased)
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Posted 30 May 2006 9:06 am
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Here's the MAN!
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Ray Qualls
President(KSGA) www.rayqualls.com
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 30 May 2006 9:08 am
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Salt of the Earth they are, Buck and Mitzi. Buck was very generous of his time and experience with me when I started playing a lot of steel shows. He shared with me his method of writing band charts for maximum clarity of communication, and I've been benefitting from his counsel ever since. Once again, many thanks to you Buck and it's nice to see more people recognizing you here.
All best to you and Mitzi,
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Bobby Caldwell
From:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 May 2006 10:38 am
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| Buck a nice guy? Well let me tell you. He plays great steel but he also wears out a lead guitar. I have been trying to steal a lick or two for years and he won't share a thing. I'm just kidding he showed me one lick last year in St. Louis and I have played it on everything for a whole year. I hope he will show me a new one this year. What a great guy but how can you miss with Mitzi buy your side. Love to you both, Bobby [This message was edited by Bobby Caldwell on 30 May 2006 at 11:39 AM.] |
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Bill Myrick
From:
Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
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Posted 30 May 2006 11:11 am
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Yep they're both great folks to know (and that ain't all---he shops at Harbor Freight too) !!  |
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Posted 30 May 2006 12:42 pm
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Bobby, did I ever tell you about the time I asked Mooney to hit me a new lick? Ralph pushed his volume pedal to the floor, stuck out his tongue and raked it across the strings of his Fender 1000.
If you're lucky, maybe Buck will show you how to play that lick. It should be good for 2 or 3 years. ..........JD
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www.home.earthlink.net/~johnd37
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Randy Blackwell
From:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Posted 30 May 2006 1:47 pm
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All above is so true, and Buck is a commanding performer. HE ALWAYS looks, acts and sounds professional. I am so proud to have them as friends. Buck and Mitzi still travel about like newly-weds, both are so inspiring. p.s., Buck,be sure to check your halo when being photo'd,looks abit off-center to your left...HA !! See y'all soon. Randy.
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Buck Grantham R.I.P.
From:
Denham Springs, LA. USA
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Posted 30 May 2006 2:30 pm
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| Dang!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank all of youall a bunch. You know it's the fellowship and friendship that really counts with Mitzi and I and the music is secondary,but I do my best with the playing. Thanks again!! This means a great deal to us. Love,, Buck & Mitzi |
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 May 2006 3:09 pm
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Buck is just a magician when it comes to playing music. Buck, as everyone knows is just an all around good person, as is Miss Mitzi. Buck has shared a few tips with me at shows, and he introduced me to Del Mullen, and thanks to him I'm sitting next to a beautiful blue Mullen D-10. And Thanks so much to Miss Mitzi for the great pictures she takes and gives us. She took the one on my website.
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Bill Stafford
From:
Gulfport,Ms. USA
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Posted 30 May 2006 4:01 pm
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Well deserved Buck! This is one sincere and true gentleman and one of our best players in the business. Looking forward to the biggest honor of having Buck and Mitzi here in Gulfport this coming Saturday.
Bill Stafford |
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 30 May 2006 4:05 pm
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Yes sir ree, I'll have to agree that ole Buck is a real gooden alright. He was one of the ones that stood out when I first started going to these shows, I love his style and playing!!!!!
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Fred Justice,
Fred's Music www.fredjusticemusic.com
Rains Steel Guitars
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Bobby Caldwell
From:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 May 2006 5:40 pm
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| Mitzi, Linda says Bucks a keeper. Bobby and Linda |
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 31 May 2006 4:40 am
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| What could I say that hasn't already been said. The praise & adoration is well deserved. Indeed, Buck & Mitzi are fine folks. |
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Michael McGee
From:
Everton, Missouri, USA
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Posted 31 May 2006 5:42 am
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| Buck and Mitzi are 2 of the finest people on the planet. Always willing to help, support, and contribute to the steel guitar community. Buck's playing is required listening, be it steel or lead guitar. |
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Scott Henderson
From:
Camdenton, Missouri, USA
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Posted 31 May 2006 6:13 am
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I ditto everything that has been said here...Buck is such a wonderful person and I enjoy anytime i get to spend with him. AND I don't think their is anyone more precious than his lovely wife. She always has a smile adn a glow about her that is a welcome site. Couple of the millenium they are!!!!!
Buck I enjoyed swapping war stories with you in the tuning room in Tulsa. A great memory!
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Steelin' away in the ozarks and life,
Scott
www.scottyhenderson.com
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Danny Harrell
From:
Livingston, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 31 May 2006 7:38 am
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| Right on to everything that has been said about Mr. Buck and Ms. Mitzi. They are just fine and wonderful people. Mr.Buck ALWAYS has the best tone! I love to watch him play and his technique and delivery are second to none. Fast, accurate, precise, and with feeling, that is how Mr. Buck plays. Ms. Mitzi is always so great at the shows and with her contribution with pictures, these are priceless. I have had the pleasure of visiting with the Granthams at their home, and could not have been treated any better and really felt at home. Mr. Buck and Ms. Mitzi, yall really are the greatest and I am glad that yall are my friends. Share some of those licks and tone secrets with me please Mr. Buck!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Roy Rosetta
From:
Nederland, Texas.. On the Texas Gulf Coast
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Posted 31 May 2006 7:45 am
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Buck is "da man" !!! What a previlege it is to not only work with Buck, but I can also call him my "Cuz" because we share the same aunt, heck we're family !!! Buck and Mitzi are so very special to me and Barbara.
If there are two finer people than Buck and Miss Mitzi I suppose we haven't found them yet.
We love you both,
...Roy and Barbara
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Music is a "gift" with many wrappings....
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Dave Clark
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 31 May 2006 10:58 am
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My memory of Buck goes back to 1955 when my family was living in Baton Rouge, La. He was playing steel with a local band that had some TV time, local special events, along with the "Old Country Store" show every Saturday night in Baton Rouge. I soon realized that the sounds I liked so much were coming from this washboard looking instrument called a steel guitar. I believe it was a double neck Fender. I was able to buy a National six string from the fiddler in the band -who had a service station in Baton Rouge - and kept various instruments around the station. I traded the National in for a Fender D 8 in 1955 - about the time my family moved to New Orleans. Still have the Fender, although it has never produced the sounds I remember coming from Buck's guitar. Buck was playing great music back in the fifties, and had no idea what an influence he had on a young guy that would love the steel guitar forever.
Thanks Buck - You Are Da Man!
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Buck Grantham R.I.P.
From:
Denham Springs, LA. USA
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Posted 31 May 2006 7:02 pm
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| That's right Dave, in 1955 Bruce Broussard's band was doing five shows a week on Channel 28 and we were doing two 3o minute shows a day on WAFB radio Here in Baton Rouge also working four nites a week at dance halls and VFW halls . I was running a milk route all the time this was going on. That's probably why my hair is so gray now but it was a happy time of my life because I was playing all the time. What I play now came from the fifties thru the eightys,and I'm still having fun with it . |
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