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Bill also played on Curly Chalker's "Big Hits On Big Steel" Columbia recording 1965/66. Bill was from Tulare CA and his father was a piano teacher.

Speedy was my first steel guitar hero in the early 50s. finally got to meet him in 1959 at a trade show.

Curly Chalker played on the early 50s.

I went to his house in Downey a couple of times in the 50s. A very colorful man to say the least.

There was the video that Buddy Played in England, that was incredible but disappeared except of "Raising the Dickens" which is a takeaway from that video.

Curly's Fender of "Big Hits" was a 2000 D-10, as he stated in a Guitar Player Mag story in 1973.

My friend, the late Chuck Morphis moved from So/Cal to the Central Valley many years ago and he always talked about the time he spent with Blackie, as he turned Chuck on to the Steel Guitar. Blackie m ...

I have known Norm since we were both teenagers and in all the years since, he is as genuine as anybody you will ever meet. I remember a call from Norm to come over hear the new Texas Troubadour's albu ...

I had the privilege of knowing Chuck Wright, the man as well as the builder. Yes, he built me two: one Wright Custom and one Sierra.

I had the thrill to go to Paul Bigsby's house and shop on Phlox Street, Downey Ca. in 1956. Very interesting man for sure.

Richard and his wife came to Morro Bay a few years back and he was everything that has been said over the years. Truly a fine player and he shows how the Kirk Sand guitar is supposed to sound. I came ...

Whoa, Buddy pulled up a bit of Curly Chalker at 1:33 for a short burst.

CAB DRIVER project was recorded March 8, 9 10 and 11, 1971 With Harold LEE (CURLY, CHALKER, STEEL GUITAR. IN THE TRACK 9 DISCOGRAPHY of HANK THOMPSON, 1964-1986; There is no listing of JIM MURPHY with ...

Marcel was killed aboard flight 800 that was brought down by friendly fire.

Closer Walk should be all our desire. Can't go wrong on that. Keep it up. Very Happy

George, you are right, that was a very nice visit you and your son graced us with. Sometimes wish we could step into the time machine and revisit times like that. Ah, those were the days. So sorry I ...

I have known Tom from the mid sixties and if you ever took him apart, you would find steel guitar parts through out him from head to toe. I wish he lived in my neighborhood, my wife would know where I ...

When I answered Jim's ad on the Forum and met him at Phoenix; we were loading into my car, and I asked him if he had left any of Tommy's licks on it. I was heart broken when he said, "wiped the h ...

Hold on; I see a definite pattern developing here.
Jim brought it from Philly to Phoenix in a Boeing Super Jet, I took it to Flagstaff in a Crown Vic, moved it to Morro Bay in a Mini-van, Peter took ...

Touche, Jim. Very Happy

Hey; wait a minute, I would still have this if Jay Dee hadn't told Pete about it, Pete called me, and I folded and let it go, after I moved to Morro Bay. Oh me, what kind of monster did I create? I ...

One night in the 90s, while watching the Whites on the Opry, and just before his mid-song solo, Tommy slipped his picks into his coat pocket and preceded to do his fine playing, sans finger picks and ...

Norm and I grew up in the same neck of the woods and have known him before he began his career with Haggard. He is and always been the most down-to-earth man you would ever hope to meet. He and I sha ...

About April 1969, Carl Smith released "Good Deal Lucille" with Chalker. Jim Murphy also did some sessions on the steel and sax. for Carl Smith's 20th anniversary double album.

Randy, that one didn't make it, the Pony Express Rider must have been way-laid at the Colorado River by some of my in-law's relatives on the Reservation. Please give it another go, thanks. Very Happy

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Topic: Bill Pursell 93 (1926-2020)
Gary Walker Replies: 13 Views: 6766	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 27 Sep 2020 2:43 pm Subject: Bill Pursell 93 (1926-2020)
Gary Walker Replies: 13 Views: 6766	Bill also played on Curly Chalker's "Big Hits On Big Steel" Columbia recording 1965/66. Bill was from Tulare CA and his father was a piano teacher.
Topic: Speedy West
Gary Walker Replies: 8 Views: 2472	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 30 Aug 2020 3:37 pm Subject: Speedy West
Gary Walker Replies: 8 Views: 2472	Speedy was my first steel guitar hero in the early 50s. finally got to meet him in 1959 at a trade show.
Topic: Steeler on Lefty Frizzell
Gary Walker Replies: 6 Views: 3290	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 5 Jan 2020 3:43 pm Subject: Steeler on Lefty Frizzell
Gary Walker Replies: 6 Views: 3290	Curly Chalker played on the early 50s.
Topic: Paul Bigsby's 120th Birthday
Gary Walker Replies: 2 Views: 979	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Dec 2019 4:44 pm Subject: Paul Bigsby's 120th Birthday
Gary Walker Replies: 2 Views: 979	I went to his house in Downey a couple of times in the 50s. A very colorful man to say the least.
Topic: Buddy Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 28 Views: 11450	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 24 Nov 2019 4:11 pm Subject: Buddy Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 28 Views: 11450	There was the video that Buddy Played in England, that was incredible but disappeared except of "Raising the Dickens" which is a takeaway from that video.
Topic: Could this really be Curly Chalkers Fender?
Gary Walker Replies: 6 Views: 2709	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Aug 2019 2:46 pm Subject: Could this really be Curly Chalkers Fender?
Gary Walker Replies: 6 Views: 2709	Curly's Fender of "Big Hits" was a 2000 D-10, as he stated in a Guitar Player Mag story in 1973.
Topic: Blackie Taylor
Gary Walker Replies: 46 Views: 18645	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 23 Jun 2019 4:47 pm Subject: Blackie Taylor
Gary Walker Replies: 46 Views: 18645	My friend, the late Chuck Morphis moved from So/Cal to the Central Valley many years ago and he always talked about the time he spent with Blackie, as he turned Chuck on to the Steel Guitar. Blackie m ...
Topic: Norm Hamlet
Gary Walker Replies: 8 Views: 3180	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 28 Apr 2019 2:48 pm Subject: Norm Hamlet
Gary Walker Replies: 8 Views: 3180	I have known Norm since we were both teenagers and in all the years since, he is as genuine as anybody you will ever meet. I remember a call from Norm to come over hear the new Texas Troubadour's albu ...
Topic: Sierra Steel Guitar T-shirts....Totally Wrighteous!!
Gary Walker Replies: 17 Views: 6464	Forum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories Posted: 6 Mar 2019 8:05 am Subject: Sierra Steel Guitar T-shirts....Totally Wrighteous!!
Gary Walker Replies: 17 Views: 6464	I had the privilege of knowing Chuck Wright, the man as well as the builder. Yes, he built me two: one Wright Custom and one Sierra.
Topic: Having Bigsgy BY50 guitar replica made-completed
Gary Walker Replies: 16 Views: 4035	Forum Section: Music Posted: 3 Feb 2019 4:53 pm Subject: Having Bigsgy BY50 guitar replica made-completed
Gary Walker Replies: 16 Views: 4035	I had the thrill to go to Paul Bigsby's house and shop on Phlox Street, Downey Ca. in 1956. Very interesting man for sure.
Topic: Fingerstyle Guitar - Richard Smith
Gary Walker Replies: 9 Views: 2452	Forum Section: Music Posted: 3 Feb 2019 4:33 pm Subject: Fingerstyle Guitar - Richard Smith
Gary Walker Replies: 9 Views: 2452	Richard and his wife came to Morro Bay a few years back and he was everything that has been said over the years. Truly a fine player and he shows how the Kirk Sand guitar is supposed to sound. I came ...
Topic: Buddy in Japan
Gary Walker Replies: 3 Views: 1338	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 Feb 2019 3:52 pm Subject: Buddy in Japan
Gary Walker Replies: 3 Views: 1338	Whoa, Buddy pulled up a bit of Curly Chalker at 1:33 for a short burst.
Topic: Curly Chalker with Hank Thompson
Gary Walker Replies: 27 Views: 4974	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 Jan 2019 3:35 pm Subject: Curly Chalker with Hank Thompson
Gary Walker Replies: 27 Views: 4974	CAB DRIVER project was recorded March 8, 9 10 and 11, 1971 With Harold LEE (CURLY, CHALKER, STEEL GUITAR. IN THE TRACK 9 DISCOGRAPHY of HANK THOMPSON, 1964-1986; There is no listing of JIM MURPHY with ...
Topic: Buddy & Marcel Dadi
Gary Walker Replies: 16 Views: 2359	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 7 Oct 2018 5:36 pm Subject: Buddy & Marcel Dadi
Gary Walker Replies: 16 Views: 2359	Marcel was killed aboard flight 800 that was brought down by friendly fire.
Topic: A Closer Walk with Thee
Gary Walker Replies: 12 Views: 2070	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 Oct 2018 4:07 pm Subject: A Closer Walk with Thee
Gary Walker Replies: 12 Views: 2070	Closer Walk should be all our desire. Can't go wrong on that. Keep it up.
Topic: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 16 Sep 2018 3:48 pm Subject: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	George, you are right, that was a very nice visit you and your son graced us with. Sometimes wish we could step into the time machine and revisit times like that. Ah, those were the days. So sorry I ...
Topic: Shout out to Tom Bradshaw
Gary Walker Replies: 20 Views: 4152	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 16 Sep 2018 3:37 pm Subject: Shout out to Tom Bradshaw
Gary Walker Replies: 20 Views: 4152	I have known Tom from the mid sixties and if you ever took him apart, you would find steel guitar parts through out him from head to toe. I wish he lived in my neighborhood, my wife would know where I ...
Topic: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 2 Sep 2018 4:31 pm Subject: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	When I answered Jim's ad on the Forum and met him at Phoenix; we were loading into my car, and I asked him if he had left any of Tommy's licks on it. I was heart broken when he said, "wiped the h ...
Topic: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 26 Aug 2018 4:39 pm Subject: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	Hold on; I see a definite pattern developing here. Jim brought it from Philly to Phoenix in a Boeing Super Jet, I took it to Flagstaff in a Crown Vic, moved it to Morro Bay in a Mini-van, Peter took ...
Topic: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 26 Aug 2018 4:15 pm Subject: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	Touche, Jim.
Topic: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 26 Aug 2018 4:10 pm Subject: ex Tommy White '76 P/P Emmons
Gary Walker Replies: 42 Views: 12920	Hey; wait a minute, I would still have this if Jay Dee hadn't told Pete about it, Pete called me, and I folded and let it go, after I moved to Morro Bay. Oh me, what kind of monster did I create? I ...
Topic: anyone just use a thumb pick with bare fingers?
Gary Walker Replies: 26 Views: 6730	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Aug 2018 3:55 pm Subject: anyone just use a thumb pick with bare fingers?
Gary Walker Replies: 26 Views: 6730	One night in the 90s, while watching the Whites on the Opry, and just before his mid-song solo, Tommy slipped his picks into his coat pocket and preceded to do his fine playing, sans finger picks and ...
Topic: norm hamlet
Gary Walker Replies: 4 Views: 2295	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 26 Aug 2018 3:40 pm Subject: norm hamlet
Gary Walker Replies: 4 Views: 2295	Norm and I grew up in the same neck of the woods and have known him before he began his career with Haggard. He is and always been the most down-to-earth man you would ever hope to meet. He and I sha ...
Topic: Steel Player for Carl Smith
Gary Walker Replies: 16 Views: 3297	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 Aug 2018 4:08 pm Subject: Steel Player for Carl Smith
Gary Walker Replies: 16 Views: 3297	About April 1969, Carl Smith released "Good Deal Lucille" with Chalker. Jim Murphy also did some sessions on the steel and sax. for Carl Smith's 20th anniversary double album.
Topic: Randy Beavers CD
Gary Walker Replies: 20 Views: 5007	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 Aug 2018 2:55 pm Subject: Randy Beavers CD
Gary Walker Replies: 20 Views: 5007	Randy, that one didn't make it, the Pony Express Rider must have been way-laid at the Colorado River by some of my in-law's relatives on the Reservation. Please give it another go, thanks.