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Topic: Buddy Emmons |
joe long
From: San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 5:15 am
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Does anyone know what street Buddy lived on? |
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Bill Ferguson
From: Milton, FL USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 5:55 am
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4852 Concord Dr
Hermitage, TN _________________ AUTHORIZED George L's, Goodrich, Telonics and Peavey Dealer: I have 2 steels and several amps. My current rig of choice is 1993 Emmons LeGrande w/ 108 pups (Jack Strayhorn built for me), Goodrich OMNI Volume Pedal, George L's cables, Goodrich Baby Bloomer and Peavey Nashville 112. Can't get much sweeter. |
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Jim Cohen
From: Philadelphia, PA
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Ernie Renn
From: Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 7:21 am
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One of the saddest pictures I have seen lately... _________________ My best,
Ernie
www.BuddyEmmons.com |
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Jerry Jones
From: Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 8:36 am
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I wonder if the family that lives there now has even a clue about the history of that house? _________________ Jerry Jones |
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Bob Carlucci
From: Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 9:09 am
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Kind of sad actually.. Its a neat clean little place of course, looks nice enough, but is also pretty modest..Something your average retail store employee, or auto mechanic or bus driver might buy...
When you consider the enormity of Buddy's talent, and his contributions to not only steel guitar, but to popular music in general, you would have thought he would have had something more upscale. Could be he could afford more I suppose, but this home suited him just fine.... bob _________________ I'm over the hill and hittin'rocks on the way down!
no gear list for me.. you don't have the time...... |
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 11:38 am
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Did he always live in this house?
I have an album cover with him loading up his guitar going to a gig, his wife is there and it looks like they're in kind of a car port. I don't see anything like that on this house.
Maybe you've seen this album cover also.
If I remember right, the car was a Mercedes. |
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Jim Cohen
From: Philadelphia, PA
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 11:44 am
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Jim,
That could be.
Do you remember the album? |
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Jim Cohen
From: Philadelphia, PA
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 11:47 am
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Thanks, Jim!
Erv |
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Jerry Jones
From: Franklin, Tenn.
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joe long
From: San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 1:15 pm Buddy Emmons
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Thanks everyone for the input. |
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Jim Fogarty
From: Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 2:39 pm
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This is kinda something I was just wondering about.
No need for details, but does anyone know whether Buddy was relatively comfortable, economically.........or was it a struggle for him to make ends meet?
While he would have made decent $$$ from sessions, I doubt he had much royalty money coming in. |
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Rick Abbott
From: Indiana, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2018 6:05 pm
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I could be, not that I know, that Mr. Emmons just had a simple life.
His uncle (mother's brother) died while I was the pastor of his uncle's church. This was in 2011 or so. The uncle, whom I had a pretty good relationship with, said that Buddy was a pretty normal guy. Buddy came to Winamac, IN to visit him some and talked about the good things in life. He loved his wife, etc. The family had come from South Bend/ Mishawaka.
Buddy wasn't pretentious.
When His uncle's funeral occurred I was both hoping, and petrified, that Buddy, would be there. He was not.
I really doubt money was an issue, or an object, but actually...I don't know for sure. _________________ RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Wakarusa 5e3 clone
1953 Stromberg-Carlson AU-35 |
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Paul King
From: Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 1:20 am
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Thanks for posting the pictures. I have often wondered how musicians like Buddy Emmons lived. The carport looks like where the picture was taken for the album "One For The Road". |
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Chris Templeton
From: The Green Mountain State
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Joachim Kettner
From: Germany
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 3:42 am
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A slight topic drift...Songwriter P.F. Sloan once said in an interview that LA in the late sixties felt to him like heaven.
Since there are so many here who knew Mr.Emmons personally, did he ever reminisce his time there and did he like it? _________________ Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 6:45 am
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Looks like it had a rear-entry garage at one time, and Buddy might have turned that into a family room/music room. That's very fitting for the grand musician he was. |
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Damir Besic
From: Nashville,TN.
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 6:58 am
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Ernie Renn wrote: |
One of the saddest pictures I have seen lately... |
that was exactly my thought when I saw it ... _________________ https://steelguitarsonline.com/ |
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Damir Besic
From: Nashville,TN.
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 7:03 am
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Paul King wrote: |
Thanks for posting the pictures. I have often wondered how musicians like Buddy Emmons lived. The carport looks like where the picture was taken for the album "One For The Road". |
Bobbe Seymour told me one time , only thing Buddy got from Emmons Co. was an old Cadillac.... another hero of mine , great Tony Rice has no money for his electric bill, there is even a Facebook page where people are collecting donations to help Tony... life is often not fair _________________ https://steelguitarsonline.com/ |
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Bob Carlucci
From: Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 7:06 am
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Buddy, God rest his soul...
makes you wonder,- If I guy that played steel like Buddy couldn't get rich with it, what chance do the rest of us have?... bob _________________ I'm over the hill and hittin'rocks on the way down!
no gear list for me.. you don't have the time...... |
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 7:30 am
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Bob,
We have two chances, slim and none. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 7:42 am
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When an Eddy Arnold record started to play, you knew who was coming on by the distinctive style of Little Roy Wiggins, Mr Ting-a-Ling.
When he died, there wasn't enough money to buy him a headstone so they asked Mr. Arnold if he would help them out and he refused. |
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