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Nick Reed


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Post  Posted 3 Oct 2006 7:11 pm    
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The picture below was shot right off the TV so I apologise for the poor quality. It's circa mid 1970's from the old Jude n' Jody TV Show out of Oklahoma City. I think thats Terry Bethel playing an old Sho-Bud D-10. Can someone please verify if I'm right on this one. I just recently found this tape after thinking it got destroyed several years ago. Nick

[This message was edited by Nick Reed on 04 October 2006 at 09:56 PM.]

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Bobby Boggs

 

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Post  Posted 3 Oct 2006 7:55 pm    
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Sure looks like him.And the time frame works. I'd say fer sure.
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Mike Shefrin

 

Post  Posted 3 Oct 2006 7:57 pm    
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If it ain't Terry then it's gotta be Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits.
Billy Wilson

 

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El Cerrito, California, USA
Post  Posted 3 Oct 2006 9:16 pm    
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That's the Bethel "stare" I saw at ISGC this year.
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Ernie Renn


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Brainerd, Minnesota USA
Post  Posted 3 Oct 2006 9:41 pm    
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It sure is. He looked a little like that when I saw him with Tillis in the 70's.

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Brendan Mitchell


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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 3:41 am    
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Looks like Ritchie Cunningham to me .
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Gene Jones

 

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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 5:42 am    
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It also resembles a young "Doug Campbell" who was a steel guitarist on the Jude and Judy Show during that era.

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Jack Stoner


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Kansas City, MO
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 7:22 am    
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Yes, that's Terry. I used to see him regularly in the early 70's when he was with Tillis.

I've got an even younger picture from the mid 60's when he was part of the Ferlin Husky "Hushpuppy" band.
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Roger Shackelton

 

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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 8:17 am    
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I met Terry in 1968 at the Flame Cafe in Mpls., when he was with Leon Boulanger's Band. He was playing a Domland D-10 psg at that time. He had a much shorter hair style then.
Prior to Terry's gig at the Flame Cafe in the late 60s, he played for Ferlin Husky & Claude Gray.

[This message was edited by Roger Shackelton on 04 October 2006 at 09:55 AM.]

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Al Udeen

 

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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 8:52 am    
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Although I firsr saw Terry in 1958 backstage at a ET & Ray Price show in Souix City Ia," He was with Casey Clark at the time" I then met him at the Famous Flame Cafe in Minneapolis in 1961, Roger!, That Domeland was built for me when I was living in Denver in 1964, au
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chris ivey


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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 10:15 am    
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i second the peter noone assessment!!
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Jerry Lee Newberry

 

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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 3:34 pm    
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Nick,

Thanks for sharing this picture with us. Terry is a SUPER GUY!!!!!!!!

Donna
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John Bechtel


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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 4:34 pm    
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I met a similar~l©©king Terry Bethel at a Club in the Hills, overlooking Wheeling, W.Va. in the early 60's while he was with Claude Gray, and I worked the Wheeling Jamboree with Curley Herdman and the W.Va. Boys.

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Terry Bethel


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Hollister, Missouri (deceased)
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 8:10 pm    
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Nick and the rest of you,
YES, I will admit that is me.
The guitar was indeed a Sho-Bud, and if memory serves me correctly it was 8 x 8, standard pickups, the finish was the antique finish, it looked different colors under the different colored lights.
The basic finish was a black base with a gold overlay. It looked black, gold, green and any color that is associated with the three colors. It served me well, I had it for 8 years, then I got a pro three,(that I didn't like) then I got the champagne color super pro that eventually turned burnt orange. The super pro also served me well I kept it 8 years, and then traded it in on my first Zum. The super pro was in Memphis the last acount I had of the guitar.
Nick, I would love to have a copy of that show if there is any way you could get me one.
And by the way guys, I am better looking than the other guys you said I looked like.
Thanks,
Terry Bethel
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Nick Reed


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Russellville, KY USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2006 8:55 pm    
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Terry,
This shot came from the tape I once told you I had. For several years I couldn't find it here at the house, but the other day I found it in an old box of stuff packed away. I'll be glad to send you a copy. Shoot me your mailing address.
Nick

[This message was edited by Nick Reed on 04 October 2006 at 10:01 PM.]

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Ron Elliott


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Madison, Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 5 Oct 2006 12:17 pm    
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....A handsome critter if ever I saw one. I remember that Dom. from the Flame in Minnie. I was 8 at the time....Love ye, Terry Ron
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David Wren


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Placerville, California, USA
Post  Posted 5 Oct 2006 2:33 pm    
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Davey Jones?





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