1954 "STEELERS"- How many still around????

Ed Naylor · Post by **Ed Naylor** » 11 Nov 2003 5:11 am

Going thru some old materials last nightI wonder what happened to some of these players. BOB "Windy" WINGROVE-Ontario-JIMMIE JINKS"Southern Flames Band"Ga.-COY MARTIN "Green MT Boys"Michigan-LEROY McDANIEL"Melody Rangers" Florida-DANNIE SNEED "Don Sneed Foursome"Wash.-VERNON BRINKLEY"Cain Street Cowhands"Ga, Tn-MEL GARDENER "Potomac Valley Boys ,Baltimore-I will add more later. Ed Naylor Steel Guitar Works

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 11 Nov 2003 1:16 pm

I was born in 1954. Does that make me a 1954 steeler?

Billy Easton · Post by **Billy Easton** » 11 Nov 2003 1:25 pm

Ed...
Don't know about the others you mentioned, but Danny Sneed is alive and well, pickin' better than ever here in Arizona. Come on out to our big Steel Show in January; Danny is on the show, along with Hal Rugg, JD Maness, Randy Beavers, and a bunch of other great pickers. Check out the web site:
www.swsteelguitar.com

And I know you will enjoy the January weather in Arizona!!

Billy Easton
Casa Grande, AZ
Southwestern Steel Guitar Association
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John Steele · Post by **John Steele** » 11 Nov 2003 3:10 pm

Bob Wingrove (Ontario) is still active, and was one of the steelers featured on the wonderful "Northern Steel" CD. Bob's feature is "Moonglow".
-John

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 11 Nov 2003 9:41 pm

Bobby Black and his brother Larry played on a San Francisco TV station in 1953 and they were the most knocked out part of a great band. They still are fine players. Sure wish there were films of those super shows.

John Davis · Post by **John Davis** » 12 Nov 2003 10:31 am

I have a 45 rpm Sun records recording made in 1956 with John Hughey on it, I reckon he must have been playing more than two years when he did that!! It is good!

Don Patterson · Post by **Don Patterson** » 12 Nov 2003 2:41 pm

Glad to hear Bob Wingrove is still playing. Back in the 70's I was a young TV cameraman on a show called "Country Way" produced in Ottawa Canada. Bob was the steel player on that show , a great C6th man, not to mention a very funny guy too. He showed up with a 1929 dobro one night and I was so impressed I found out how he tuned it, went home and raised the strings up on an old flat top and used a spark plug wrench as a bar. I was hooked. Bob sure caused me to spend a lot of money on steels over the years, I even bought my first pedal steel from him. A really great guy.

Ernest Cawby · Post by **Ernest Cawby** » 15 Nov 2003 11:30 am

La. hayride 1949 with Sammy Barnhart does that make the grade. In the 50s with Smoky Metcalf who wrote Mind your own business.
Ramer String band in the early 40s.

ernie

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 15 Nov 2003 12:11 pm

I was born in '54, Ed, and last I checked I'm still around...

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