Pedal Steeler Stanley Oscarson

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Gary Hoetker
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Pedal Steeler Stanley Oscarson

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Would any Forumite have any information about him. Apparently spent some time at Mr. Lucky's Club in Phoenix and played on a live album by Wanda Jackson made there in the 60's.
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30 seconds on Google yields:


https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119852540/

Arizona Republic; Jan 27, 1972:

Stanley Alan Oscarson, 32, Goodyear, a musician who played with The Rogues at Mr. Lucky's Club, died Tuesday in a Phoenix hospital after a long illness. Mr. Oscarson, was graduated from South Mountain High School. Born in Valley City, N.D., he came to the Valley 15 years ago from Grand Forks, N.D. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Markwell of Phoenix; a brother, Donald of Dallas, Tex., and two sisters, Mrs. Georgia Smitka and Janet Oscarson, both of Phoenix. Services will be at 2 p.m. today In Memory Lawn Mortuary chapel, 719 N. 27th Ave. Burial will be in Memory Lawn Cemetery.
Gary Hoetker
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Post by Gary Hoetker »

Mitch,

Thank you for the information.

Did you see him play ??
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No--I don't know anything else about him at all.
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Post by Billy Easton »

I met Stan in Phoenix just before he passed. I had just moved to Phoenix from Tucson and was working at “Shane’s” just down Grand Avenue from Mr. Luckys. Stan played a ZB Steel and although he was ill at the time, was very nice to me.
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I was his student

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This post of mine is REALLY latest (but I just joined the group).
Stan was my teacher at Arizona Music Center, Glendale.
He was point on getting me a ZB D-10, which I just sold and replaced with a Mullen.
I saw Stan play at Mr. Lucky's but had the honor, a number of times to play the Wagon Yard, along side Stan.
I was at NAU when he passed, and after all these years, I'm getting back into the steel
and still have his hand written notes -- we was a master of chord creation and licks; something I didn't appreciate at the time; but I do now.
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