During his time in the Cherokee Cowboys, Buddy rubbed elbows with future stars such as Willie Nelson and Roger Miller. Later Buddy Emmons played with two of the most legendary backing bands in country music: Ernest Tubb’s Texas Troubadours, and Ray Prices’ Cherokee Cowboys. The complex working of the steel guitar’s pitch bending pedals and levers made steel guitar players like Buddy Emmons the wizards of country music, wooing crowds with lonesome notes that cried and moaned along with the stories of the song. Joining Jimmy’s band at the age of 18, Buddy became a star in his own right, and penned two instrumentals while in Jimmy’s band-“Raising the Dickens” and “Buddie’s Boogie” -that have since become standards of the instrument.
At the time, the steel guitar was considered just as much an instrument of Hawaiian music as country, but along with other early steel players such as Jerry Byrd and Don Helms, Buddy Emmons helped bring the steel guitar to the forefront of the definable country music sound.Įmmons’ work with “Little” Jimmy Dickens is where he first began to be recognized at large for his steel guitar prowess. He was 78-years-old.īuddie Gene Emmons was born on January 27, 1937, in Mishawaka, Indiana, and started playing lap steel guitar at the tender age of 11. Buddy Emmons, known as the “The World’s Foremost Steel Guitarist” passed away Tuesday evening (7-28) according to reports. One of the most important and influential steel guitar players in the history of country music has died.
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