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Topic: Ted Daffin |
Earnie Sumerall
From:
Oklahoma
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Posted 28 Dec 2001 7:22 pm |
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| Do any of you old timers remember a steel player from Texas named Ted Daffin? I met him many years ago when he was traveling with Floyd Tillman. |
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billchav
From:
Houston, TX USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2001 8:10 pm
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| Ted lived in the Houston area, but passed away several years ago. I was interested in getting his version of Blue Steel Blues, but he said he forgot how he played it. I first met him back in the 40's when he played the local [skull orchards behind the chicken wire.]Jody Sanders or Bobby Bowman may have more info on him. Bill |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Dec 2001 9:41 pm
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| Ted played steel in his younger days and did work with Floyd Tillman. Ted developed into one of the best songwriters of all time. " Born To Lose', "No Letter Today", and lots of others. He organized a band called "The Texans" that included a steel player and traveled extensively as a vocalist. He came back to Houston in the late 60's and booked out occassionally. He is deceased and was recently inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Assn. Hall of Fame. Jody. |
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Bobby Bowman
From:
Cypress, Texas, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Dec 2001 3:02 am
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Yodie,
I was gonna' say all of that. 
BB
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If you play 'em, play 'em good!
If you build 'em, build 'em good!
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 29 Dec 2001 4:27 am
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| I remember Ted Daffin primarily as a fiddle player....were there two Ted Daffins? www.genejones.com |
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Dan Dowd
From:
Paducah, KY, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Dec 2001 6:30 am
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| I remember Ted Daffin and his Texans. They did a song called Worried Mind. This had to be back in the late 40's or early 50s's. Anyway when I heard that steel solo I knew then that I had to play steel Guitar. I'm steel tryin. |
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Joe Law
From:
Leslie ,GA
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Posted 29 Dec 2001 7:35 am
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| Ted Daffan was my first real experience with listening to and liking steel guitar,during the 40's war years. His intro to No Letter Today did it .I bought everything I could find of his and still have them. No Letter Today,Born to Lose,Beyond a shadow of a doubt , Falling Star,Worried Mind, Blue Steel Blues and more that I can't think of right now. Yeah he was the man. |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 29 Dec 2001 10:36 am
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| .....but, did he also play fiddle?..... |
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