Ralph Mooney and Roy Nichols

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 7 Jun 2013 10:07 am

Hey Guys,

I've been a long time lurker on the forum and you guys really have something special going on here. I play mostly spanish style guitar although I own and play a 50's Carvin 6 string lap steel. I'm in no way a master at it but I have fun and it's a great break from my regular guitar playing. At some point in my life I hope to tackle the pedal steel.

Anyhow, I am posting because I am doing some research and am looking for a photograph of Roy Nichols playing his Mosrite double neck guitar. He would have been playing it around 1959-1960 when he was backing Wynn Stewart. Ralph Mooney was the steel player in the band then and I though it was possible that one of you guys had a picture of the band or knew where I could find one. There are several online, but none of them show Roy's guitar. I'm sure a photo exists, I just haven't been able to find it. If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Elisha

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 7 Jun 2013 11:07 am

Don't know if this helps?

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Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 7 Jun 2013 11:26 am

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 7 Jun 2013 11:35 am

Hey guys, Thanks. Those are the two that I have so far, Both just show the necks of the Mosrite Double neck but I am trying to track down a pic that shows the body as well.

-E

Jay Yuskaitis · Post by **Jay Yuskaitis** » 7 Jun 2013 1:40 pm

Great subject on some of my favorite folks. Good luck. Jay Y.

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 7 Jun 2013 2:46 pm

Contact Deke Dickerson

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 7 Jun 2013 3:00 pm

Chris Lucker wrote:Contact Deke Dickerson

He doesn't have one.

I know there's one out there somewhere though.

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 7 Jun 2013 3:20 pm

I thought you were looking for the photos.

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 7 Jun 2013 5:33 pm

Chris Lucker wrote:I thought you were looking for the photos.

I am just looking for photos. Deke doesn't have any of the Roy Nichols Doubleneck. I know there's got to be one out there somewhere. I'm sure plenty of folks took pictures of Wynn Stewart and his band playing at the Nashville Nevada club as well as on tour. I posted here thinking someone might have a picture of Ralph Mooney where Roy and his guitar were visible.

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 7 Jun 2013 5:50 pm

Are you talking about the bus stop guitar?

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 7 Jun 2013 5:58 pm

Chris Lucker wrote:Are you talking about the bus stop guitar?

I have no idea if that story is actually true or not but yes, that's the one. You can see the necks in both of the pictures posted earlier in the thread.

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 7 Jun 2013 6:07 pm

Let me check to see if someone will contact you regarding that guitar.

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 7 Jun 2013 6:09 pm

Chris Lucker wrote:Let me check to see if someone will contact you regarding that guitar.

Thanks, I would really appreciate it.

Dean Titus · Post by **Dean Titus** » 7 Jun 2013 6:37 pm

Great photo, Daniel.
Wonder who the bass player might be.

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 7 Jun 2013 7:11 pm

Dean Titus wrote:Great photo, Daniel.
Wonder who the bass player might be.

Probably just some nobody. I bet he never went on to do anything else

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 9 Jun 2013 2:22 am

Yeah, just some Stranger in the night.

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 9 Jun 2013 11:42 pm

The bus stop double Mosrite, refinished and sold through a SF music store.

The owner should know about this thread by tomorrow and may contact you.

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 10 Jun 2013 5:02 am

Chris Lucker wrote:The bus stop double Mosrite, refinished and sold through a SF music store.

The owner should know about this thread by tomorrow and may contact you.

Thanks Chris. If you mean the current owner, I know him quite well. Neither he or I have a picture of the guitar in it's original state. If it's an old owner, hopefully they have an old picture of it.

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 10 Jun 2013 7:54 am

So is that bandstand picture around 1961 0r 1962? Ralph has a black frame Fender. Great photo!!
Thanks
Dave

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 10 Jun 2013 8:39 am

Dave Zirbel wrote:So is that bandstand picture around 1961 0r 1962? Ralph has a black frame Fender. Great photo!!
Thanks
Dave

That bandstand picture would most likely from 1960. Possibly '61.

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 10 Jun 2013 11:42 am

Dave Zirbel wrote:So is that bandstand picture around 1961 0r 1962? Ralph has a black frame Fender. Great photo!!
Thanks
Dave

That bandstand picture would most likely from 1960. Possibly '61.

Elisha Wiesner · Post by **Elisha Wiesner** » 10 Jun 2013 2:57 pm

Dave Zirbel wrote:So is that bandstand picture around 1961 0r 1962? Ralph has a black frame Fender. Great photo!!
Thanks
Dave

That bandstand picture would most likely from 1960. Possibly '61.

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 19 Jan 2023 3:55 pm

The timeline suggested here might be a bit off, I assume someone told you Roy had the doubleneck in 1959-1960, but these pics are from the Nashville Nevada Club, which opened in late 1961, and Merle Haggard didn't join that group until April of 1962.

Sure, I'm almost a decade late to post this, but I only found this conversation in a search today.

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 19 Jan 2023 3:57 pm

There's various pics of Roy on this page, including one of him playing the doubleneck at the Foothill Club.

https://www.askzac.com/post/roy-nichols ... ask-zac-72

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 19 Jan 2023 5:47 pm

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