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Topic: 3 Old John Hughey Pictures from 50's and 60's |
Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 3:27 am |
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Here are three pictures I got from Joe Douglas in Arkansas. Joe is a steel picker and reads the forum but is not yet a member. He got these pictures from a retired female singer friend.
1955 Picture with Rhodes, Caple,etc.
1965 Picture with Rhodes
1966 Picture with Dick Hawley
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Paul Warnik
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Illinois,USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 4:18 am
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Jack S-Can you tell me what make of pedal steel John is playing in the second and third pictures? I can tell he is using a Bigsby tone/volume pedal  |
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jay thompson
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east peoria, il USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 5:07 am
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Paul,
I met John at the old Sun Studios in Memphis in the 1965/66 time frame and he was playing a guitar he had designed and built. At that time he stated his intentions of building guitars commercially. The guitar appeared to be have a somewhat complex changer. If you notice in the 1965 picture, the guitar does not have a logo. In the 1966 picture there is a logo on the guitar body and pedal board. Regards, Jay Thompson |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 5:19 am
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| Paul, I don't have any info on that, but obviously Jay does. I just posted the pictures that were sent to me. |
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R Crow
From:
Hectorville, OK USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 6:27 am
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The two stringmasters in the first picture, were taken to Shot Jackson to be fitted with pedals. Rocky's had three pedals between the left legs. My dad bought it from him in the early 60's. It was my first pedal steel. Boy was I dumb to ever let it get away. I don't know if John's was setup exactly the same way, but I would think that it probably was.
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 6:35 am
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| In the 1966 photo, is the lady on the far left Norma Jean? |
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Brandon Ordoyne
From:
Needville,Texas USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 7:40 am
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I think the guitar in the 3rd picture is a Hughey Brand, and I believe it is in John's case at the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville.
Brandon
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Dale Bessant
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Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 8:00 am
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The first picture, two steels in one band, thats great, must have sounded real FULL!  Thanks for the great pictures.
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Charles Rainwater
From:
Sheridan , Arkansas
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 3:01 pm John Hughey
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| Those Pictures bring back memories, I grew up in North East Arkansas, The Slim Rhodes Show came on Saturday's, I would watch ole Buttermilk John (as he was know by on that show) play his steel on an old snowy black and white television, He was great back then and he was the first one to get me interested in the pedal steel guitar, He will be sorely missed by all. |
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Mike Hoover
From:
Franklin, TN, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2007 5:51 pm Girl on the left
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Charles,
That would be Mrs Slim Rhodes, the girl on the left(looking at the picture is Sandra (Sandy) Slim's daughter, there were two girls, the other daughter was named Donna. I have seen Donna in a backup group singing on I believe the Ralph Emery show. Donna was a blond, there was also a younger brother Perry K. and if i am not mistaken he was also a singer in the group on the RE show.
Mike
ps Charlie miss understood your post, but this should explain |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 8 Dec 2007 12:50 am
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| The pedal steel in the pictures has to be at least a second guitar John built. I have an earlier photo of Rhodes' band and the guitar is blonde birdseye. I remember reading an interview in which he told about the guitar stating that "it was basically a Bigsby copy". |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 8 Dec 2007 3:09 am
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Here is a blow up of the steel in the 1966 picture.
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jay thompson
From:
east peoria, il USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2007 3:56 am
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The guitar in the photo above, is the same guitar before the logo, John had at the Sun Studios in Memphis. John was living on Cove Ct. in Memphis at that time.
Regards, Jay Thompson |
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2007 1:43 am
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Jay T-Thank you for answering my  |
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2007 1:48 am
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2007 5:33 am
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| I think that guitar is the one John used on Conway's "Next In Line". He told about it in a interview in the old Steel Guitar World mag. The article is on Cal Sharp's site. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 10 Dec 2007 5:37 am
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| The one thing I notice in the pictures of the steel is there are no knee levers. |
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Johnny Cox
From:
Williamsom WVA, raised in Nashville TN, Lives in Hallettsville Texas
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Posted 10 Dec 2007 11:55 am
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How Cool. 
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Kevin Mincke
From:
Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2007 6:07 pm
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| Neat old photo's Jack,thanks for posting them! |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 11 Dec 2007 11:45 am
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Here's one from the back of a Richard Betts LP.1974,nice looking Emmons.
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 11 Dec 2007 2:59 pm
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That Dickey Betts album, "Highway Call," was the first time I heard John Hughey and KNEW who he was! Country artists didn't list band members too much, but the rockers listed musicians, photographers, the guy who went to get extra tapes for the Echoplex...
Thanks, Bill. and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! |
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T. C. Furlong
From:
Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 5:45 am
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How about a photo from the '70's
This was a promotional cardboard display that featured John and his gear. The common thread in this thread is that John Hughey looked great in any era even in a ruffled shirt and an embroidered vest. And always a winning smile.
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