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Duane Solley
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2008 7:06 pm |
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A friend of mine found this photo amongst some old post cards and photos. She has no idea who it is or what type of guitars are in the picture. Could anyone help identify the person or guitars?
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 13 Sep 2008 8:10 am
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 13 Sep 2008 8:21 am
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Ora Oubre, out in East Texas, has made a couple of 12 string pedal steel guitars with the tuning keys lined up like those on the 2 lap steels in the photo. 4 rows of tuners 4, 2, 2, 4.
Lee, from South Texas |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 17 Sep 2008 11:41 am
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room full of lapsteels, amps, oscillators, radio equipment, barometers....and of course, his pipes.
cool photo. I hope his children/grandchildren/nephews/neices learned from him. |
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Walter Jones
From:
Athens, Ohio USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2008 5:08 am
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Here is my guess with some help from a local Ham. It may be Gilbert J. Vivroux, W5ALN, licensed as Amateur Radio operator in the 1960's and probably eariler.
He lived in Guadalupe County, Texas, probably in Seguin, Texas where he ran a television repair shop for many years. He died 04-jan-1984.
And then again it could be someone using the shop of the Ham license displayed in the background and just a good friend. Either way looks like some pretty neat guitars in the picture. |
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Duane Solley
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2008 10:26 am Unknown Steel Player
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| Thanks to all of you for your help. It is interesting to learn that there were so many different people that this could have been. Just shows how many fascinating people play the steel. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2008 7:31 am
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| A "Lefty." |
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