Of course, some big basic changes will help identify the decade, like most Permanent guitars were built before ’64, but not all of them. This is a frustrating thing to try to do because design changes happened as they were figured out and not because the year changed. People still today look at an old Sho-Bud and try to figure out what year it is by certain features on the guitar. Louis-based music-instrument retailer and founder of the Mid-Land Records label (which focuses on steel-guitar instrumentals), operates the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame/website and calls Emmons the “world’s foremost steel guitarist.The world of steel guitar up until about 12 to 15 years ago was very fluid when it came to designing and building new steel guitar models. Though he recovered, in his later years, Emmons limited his live playing to steel-guitar shows and an occasional appearance on “A Prairie Home Companion.”ĭeWitt Scott, a St. He remained active until 2001, when he suffered a repetitive-motion injury to his right thumb and wrist. His skill for creating memorable riffs in settings ranging from country to pop to jazz earned him praise as a studio player Emmons also began to work in Nashville, accompanying studio and live acts including Tubb, Ray Price’s Cherokee Cowboys (from ’63 to ’67), Linda Ronstadt, Roger Miller, Judy Collins, Danny Gatton, Willie Nelson, and the Everly Brothers. In 1956, Emmons and fellow steel-guitarist Shot Jackson formed the Sho-Bud Company to design and build steel guitars. Emmons promptly landed a gig with Ernest Tubb’s Texas Troubadours. At age 18, he was recruited by Little Jimmy Dickens and spent him two years in Dickens’ The Country Boys.
At 15, he began gigging with local bands before moving to Detroit the following year, where he played for Casey Clark.
After gaining some proficiency, Emmons’ parents bought him a three-neck Fender Stringmaster. He was 78.Īs a child in Indiana, Emmons began playing a six-string lap-steel, influenced by the work of Jerry Byrd (with Hank Williams) and Herb Remington. Buddy Emmons, the renowned pedal-steel guitarist who is credited with helping shape the sound of the instrument as it is heard in country music, died July 21.
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