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Topic: Don Warden passes |
Scott Shipley
From: The Ozark Mountains
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Dave Grothusen
From: Scott City, Ks
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 4:14 am
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what an outstanding career Don had. RIP |
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john buffington
From: Owasso OK - USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 5:01 am
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Don created the Porter Wagoner sound IMO. |
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Jack Stoner
From: Kansas City, MO
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 5:45 am
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I met him in the early 70's. He brought me one of the band's Powered PA speakers to fix. It was a Standel that was "given" to Porter. They were leaving on a road trip and didn't have time to send it back to Standel. I didn't have a schematic but luckily fixed it. _________________ GFI Ultra Keyless S-10 with pad (Black of course) TB202 amp, Hilton VP, Steelers Choice sidekick seat
Cakewalk by Bandlab and Studio One V4.6 pro DAWs, MOTU Ultralite MK5 recording interface unit (for sale) |
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Richard Sinkler
From: aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 7:04 am
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Sad. RIP Don. _________________ Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open E slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Sandra Scott-Wall
From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 7:57 am
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Don Warden was the 60th Hall of Fame member inducted in 2008. Our hearts and prayers go out to the Warden family. |
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Ron Hogan
From: Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 8:19 am
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If I'm correct, I believe he was the first to order a Sho-Bud in the earliest days.
Ron |
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Godfrey Arthur
From: 3rd Rock
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 12:44 pm
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Watched a lot of Porter and Don. Godspeed Mr. Warden.
_________________ ShoBud The Pro 1
YES it's my REAL NAME!
Ezekiel 33:7 |
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Nick Reed
From: Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 3:12 pm
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Born to Reverend and Mrs. Charles Warden in Mt. Grove, Missouri, Warden grew up singing in church. A self-taught player, he was influenced by Leon McAuliffe with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys.[1] Warden formed his own band during high school, The Rhythm Rangers, playing steel guitar and singing. He also had an afternoon radio show on KWPM-AM in West Plains, Missouri. The band gained popularity, moving on to Kennett, Missouri's KBOA-AM and KHWN-AM in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and gigs in East Texas honky tonks; eventually leading to Louisiana Hayride, backing The Wilburn Brothers and Red Sovine. Warden left the show in 1951 for a two-year stint with the US Army.
Returning to the Hayride after the Army, the Rhythm Rangers continued to back Red Sovine until Sovine left to join the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, leaving his band behind. Warden moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended flight school and played local clubs in his spare time. While visiting his parents in West Plains, Warden met Porter Wagoner at KWTO-AM in Springfield, Missouri. With Speedy Haworth, they formed the Porter Wagoner Trio and were regulars on ABC television's Ozark Jubilee broadcast from Springfield. In 1957, Warden joined the Grand Ole Opry with Wagoner, and in 1960 began a 14-year television run on the syndicated program, The Porter Wagoner Show. In 1966, singer Dolly Parton joined the show and Wagoner and Parton, backed by the Wagonmasters, became one of country music's most popular duos. Parton left the show in 1974 to pursue a solo career, and Warden joined her as her full-time manager, a job he has held since. Warden was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2008. Warden had been in failing health and passed away on March 11, 2017.
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Steve Green
From: Gulfport, MS, USA
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Stan Paxton
From: 1/2 & 1/2 Florida and Tenn, USA (old Missouri boy gone South)
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 4:16 pm
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So sad to learn another of the era is gone. I was raised in the neighboring county from Porter & Don, in Missouri, and to me the "Satisfied Mind" singing & playing were the greatest. ...
May Gods blessing rest on his friends and family. ... _________________ Mullen Lacquer SD 10, 3 & 5; Mullen Mica S 10 1/2 pad, 3 & 5; BJS Bars; LTD400, Nashville 112, DD-3, RV-3, Hilton VP . -- Gold Tone PBS sq neck; Wechter Scheerhorn sq neck. -- "Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone." -anon.- |
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Ron Whitworth
From: Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 5:04 pm
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Sad news.
I have watched him many times on TV from Porter's shows.
RIP Don
Ron _________________ "Tone is in the hands. Unless your wife will let you buy a new amp. Then it's definitely in that amp."
We need to turn the TWANG up a little
It's not what you play through, it's what you play through it.
They say that tone is all in the fingers...I say it is all in your head
Some of the best pieces of life are the little pieces all added up..Ron
the value of friendship. Old friends shine like diamonds, you can always call them and - most important - you can't buy them. |
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Scott Shipley
From: The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 7:47 pm
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Visitation will be at 1 PM on Thursday March 16th, with services to follow at 2 PM at Christ Church, 15354 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville TN, 37211 _________________ Scott Shipley Facebook |
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Terry Wood
From: Marshfield, MO
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Posted 14 Mar 2017 3:25 pm
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This is Sad News! I grew up only about 35 miles from Don's home area. I was watching and listening to him on Porter's weekly Television Show as a kid.
I only met him one time and that was the year he was inducted into The Steel Guitar Hall of Fame 2008. He was a very nice man!
Rest in Peace Don! Prayers for the Family and Friends! |
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Ben Rubright
From: Punta Gorda, Florida, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2017 9:10 pm
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My favorite Porter Wagoner recording, Porter, Don, and Red Gale.
written by the ill-fated Lee Emerson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=571q-VPsye4
_________________ D10 Emmons LeGrande SKH (rebuilt by Billy Knowles), D10 Emmons Push/Pull (setup by Billy Knowles) , SD10 Rittenberry |
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Jim R. Harrison
From: North Vancouver, B. C., Canada
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Posted 14 Mar 2017 11:54 pm
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Ron Hogan, you are right about Don owning the first Sho~Bud guitar. Here is some proof from a photo I took about 51 years ago @ Roy Acuff's Museum on Broadway in Nashville.
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Ray Minich
From: Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 16 Mar 2017 5:01 pm
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My favorite...
There's Always One (Who Loves a Lot)
Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis
First release by Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis (May 1962) _________________ Lawyers are done: Emmons SD-10, 3 Dekleys including a D10, NV400, and lots of effects units to cover my clams... |
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Andy DePaule
From: Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 19 Mar 2017 10:30 pm Found this just the other day
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Found this just the other day and saved it.
More sad news two days in a row...
_________________ Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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John Haspert
From: Illinois, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 7:24 am Don Warden's Passing
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I was at the ISGA when Don was inducted and so glad that I was there. At the time, something struck me and while there were many nice things being said about him, I could tell it was all genuine admiration. But the single biggest tribute and token of respect that I saw was that Dolly Parton and 3 of her back-up singers flew in to St. Louis, especially and only for that induction ceremony. It was not a "Call-in" or a "pre-recorded message." She did that on her own dime and had to fly back to LA for a concert that night. She graced us with several songs. What a Class Act and that collection of actions says volumes about a man that was with her years. Mutual admiration and Respect. RIP Don! _________________ Pedal Steel Guitar is "Music from Heaven" |
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