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1950s–1990s. Harold Lee Chalker (October 22, 1931 – April 30, 1998), known professionally as Curly Chalker, was an American pedal steel guitarist. Born in Enterprise, Alabama, Chalker began playing the lap steel guitar while still in his teens and made his professional debut in the nightclubs of Cincinnati, Ohio.
39-35476 [ 4] GNIS feature ID. 2394381 [ 2] Website. www.hilliardohio.gov. Hilliard is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 37,114 at the 2020 census. [ 5] It is a suburb of Columbus and part of Norwich Township.
Tom Bradshaw (musician) Thomas Lewis Bradshaw (born February 14, 1935) is an American steel guitarist, journalist, music historian and businessman and who is known for his contributions to the pedagogy of steel guitar. He is a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (2006). [1] Bradshaw is noted for creating what is now an international ...
The Waylors. Ralph Eugene Mooney (September 16, 1928 – March 20, 2011) [1] was an American steel guitar player and songwriter, he was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1983. [2] He was the original steel guitarist in Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers and Waylon Jennings's band, The Waylors . A native of Duncan, Oklahoma, Mooney ...
A steel guitar ( Hawaiian: kīkākila[ 1]) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar in that it is played without using frets; conceptually, it is somewhat akin to ...
Occupation (s) Musician. Instrument (s) Lap steel guitar. Years active. 1935–2005. Gerald Lester Byrd (March 9, 1920 [1] – April 11, 2005) [2] was an American musician who played the lap steel guitar in country and Hawaiian music, as well as a singer-songwriter and the head of a music publishing firm. He appeared on numerous radio programs.
Buddy Gene Emmons (January 27, 1937 – July 21, 2015) was an American musician who is widely regarded as the world's foremost pedal steel guitarist of his day. [ 1][ 2] He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1981. [ 3] Affectionately known by the nickname "Big E", Emmons' primary genre was American country music, but he also ...
The Steel Guitar Hall of Fame is an organization established in the United States in 1978 to recognize achievement in the art of playing the steel guitar. The organization's stated purpose is: To establish a Hall of Fame and Museum to support the art, popularity, and prestige of the steel guitar, to honor those musicians and composers who have ...