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Topic: Who is the Steel Guitar Player With Cliff Bruner |
George Rout
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 8:29 am |
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Three pics attached. Does anybody know who the steeler/s is/are please????
Thanks.
Geo
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James Hartman
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 8:54 am
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| I think that's Bob Dunn in the 1st photo. He played with Bruner, on and off, from the late '30s into the late '40s. |
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 8:55 am
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Bob Dunn in the first pic.
That boxed set also includes steel by Ernest Evans (in 1937), Harris Dodd (1944), and Charles Mitchell (1941).
Dunn in 1939, 1940, and 1949.
I've got that boxed set, but can't dig it out to see if the steel players are identified.
I don't have any pix of Ernest Evans, but his recording career dates back to at least 1940 and he may be too old to be the younger guy in your pix.
Don't think that's Dunn in the second pic due to hairline unless Bob went to "Hair Club For Men". But I think I see a moustache.
Harris Dodd on the far left in J.R. Chatwell's band in 1948; doesn't look like him in your pix.
Charlie Mitchell below; born in 1905; probably too old to be in any of your pictures:
Here's another pic of Bruner's band with twin steels. Looks like the guy on the right could be the same guy as in your second pic, playing the same blonde guitar? My hero Link Davis on saxophone.
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Jouni Karvonen
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Helsinki, Finland
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George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 12:52 pm
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Gee whiz, thank you so much James, Mitch and Jouni for all the data on the subject. On top of all that, I love the old pictures which I've never seen before. I received the CD's without any of the inner info.
Geo
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 6:57 pm
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George:
May well be Deacon Anderson in your last picture, with the Rickenbacher.
Compare that to this pic of Deacon from 1950.
Lips look quite similar; both hairlines pretty much straight across horizontal.
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George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 7:39 pm
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Hi Mitch, looks like you're an excellent sleuth, I think you're correct. As mentioned before, I love this old stuff, data and pics.
I sent you a PM about the posting!!!!!!!
Geo
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 7:48 pm
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That's the first vintage photo of a National Triplex Chord Changer in action I've ever seen. |
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George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Dec 2017 8:33 pm
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Thanks Scott, I was going to mention that but I forgot. Same for me. Would that have been around 1948/9 as I remember them in the studio where I took lessons talking about this thing. I was only 11 or 12 then but a keen kid!!!!
Geo
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