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Topic: Ora Oubre Inducted into Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame |
Doug Childress
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Orange, Texas
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Posted 27 May 2008 3:58 pm |
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Mr. Ora Oubre (OOOO-BRAY)of Port Arthur Texas was inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame on May 17, 2008. Ora was inducted as a Steel Guitar player and a Bass player. Ora is a player (60 years), innovator, and builder of steel guitars. He has played with many of the major western swing bands in Texas and at festivals throughout the U.S. He plays an A6 tuning on a S-12 Pedalmaster at present. He has developed some unique pedal and lever combinations over the years. Ora was inducted along with Maurice Anderson and others.
Last edited by Doug Childress on 4 Jun 2008 6:16 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 27 May 2008 6:54 pm
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Great news! What a fine player and a fine gentleman. Is he no longer playing one of his home-built steels? He showed me one of his changers that he had built, using only simple hand tools. It worked great. The keyhead on his guitar was unique. It's a 12 string guitar, but instead of two rows of 6 tuners, there were four rows of tuners, 4-2-2-4. That kept the strings all lined up nice and straight as they came over the tops of the rollers.
As I recall, his main tuning is A6, that could be changed to E9 with a lever. He also had some way of moving it into a B6 tuning.
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Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Jody Sanders
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Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 May 2008 7:25 pm
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| Congratulations Ory. You are very deserving of this award. Jody. |
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Doug Childress
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Orange, Texas
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Posted 28 May 2008 5:00 am
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| Lee, Ora still plays his custom guitar that he has used for many years. Right now it is undergoing some repairs. A few years ago he and Roy Thomas customized an S-12 Pedalmaster to Ora's specifications regarding copedent, pedal and lever set-up. He has been using that guitar recently. I have some pictures of Ora behind the Pedalmaster that I will post when the Forum website is able to take the upload. |
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Jody Cameron
From:
Angleton, TX,, USA
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Posted 28 May 2008 6:05 am
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| Congratulations, Ora! I'm glad you've been coming to our SETSGA get-togethers recently - it's been a real treat. jc |
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Doug Childress
From:
Orange, Texas
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 6:17 pm
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| Bump to the top for picture addition. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 4 Feb 2018 3:17 pm
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I just found out that Ora passed away.
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Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Doug Childress
From:
Orange, Texas
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Posted 4 Feb 2018 8:38 pm
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| I also just found out a few weeks ago. Evidently he was in an assisted living facility after his wife passed. I lost contact with him. Called his phone several times but no answer. Miss him a bunch. |
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