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Topic: Al Petty |
Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 23 Mar 2023 5:57 pm |
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Did Al Petty die in prison? Al was sentenced to 292 months in prison in 2003 for a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme. The Federal Prison would not let Al have a pedal steel guitar. Gene Fields built Al a special lap steel, and gave it to him. I happened on a picture on the internet of Al playing the lap steel in Federal Prison. Some people have asked me if Al is still alive, I doubt that since he was 69 back when he was sent to prison. Did Al spend any time in the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri? I know he was in Federal Prison in Tyler, Texas.
Here is the link to the picture I found on the internet.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=100398843373315&set=ecnf.100002095981604 |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 23 Mar 2023 6:06 pm
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Yes, he did die in prison. We had a discussion about this a few years back. This is a quote from me about it.
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| I had some skepticism about this being the Al that we all knew, so I searched his inmate number and found that it is indeed him. He is listed as deceased May 31 2017 at age 83. |
Here's a link to that discussion: [sorry, had to fix the link]
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=318379&highlight=petty
I had bookmarked the link where I found his inmate information etc., but that computer crashed and I lost all my bookmarks. Anyway, most all of those other links have gone dead. |
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 25 Mar 2023 2:38 pm
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If I remember correctly, Al Petty performed at Scotty's Convention and his pedal steel had pedals that operated both forward and backward.....and he was really into effects.
He was quite the innovator. |
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