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Will Houston
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Posted 25 Oct 2016 8:38 pm |
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| For the oldtimers, I came across on utube this. Hawkshaw Hawkins doing "If it ain't on the menu" My question is, What the hell kind of guitar is the guitar player playing. Does anybody know who he is or who the steel player is? I don't know how to put the utube link on here. |
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Mitch Drumm
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Posted 25 Oct 2016 9:40 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Y38gNWV7w
I assume you are talking about the above clip.
That's Jackie Phelps on a Stratosphere guitar. Not many of them around. Chet had one. Jimmy Bryant had one.
I've seen only doublenecks. Jackie may have taken a hacksaw to his as it does look peculiar.
That film was made somewhere between 1954 and 1956.
Here's a pic of Bill Woods with one. And one owned by Bill Prince.
I should recognize that steel player, but don't. Bob Foster was on steel on the studio recording of that song, but that doesn't look like Bob to me.
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Will Houston
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Tempe, Az
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Posted 26 Oct 2016 10:21 am
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| Thats it Mitch. Good info and pics, thanks. |
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2016 1:43 pm
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Mitch, the steel player is Jim Farmer, who was with Marty Robbins for many years.
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 26 Oct 2016 2:31 pm
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Thanks, Clyde--I knew he looked familiar, but I did not have a properly filed pic of Farmer. And I wouldn't have expected to see him with Hawk.
Here's a better pic of him (top right) from 1957, with other members of Marty's band.
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Will Houston
From:
Tempe, Az
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Posted 26 Oct 2016 5:15 pm
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| Thats the guy. Great info guys, thanks. where do you come up with these pics? |
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Walter Stettner
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Vienna, Austria
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Posted 31 Oct 2016 6:59 am
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Man, I love those old pics and the wealth of information that is available here on this Forum!
Thanks for sharing!
Kind Regards, Walter
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