Armless Man plays steel with his Feet

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 4 May 2006 7:22 am

Stephen, you have a keen eye. I didn't notice that Jane was left-footed.

Bill Hankey · Post by **Bill Hankey** » 5 May 2006 3:00 pm

Please try to imagine for a few moments, if you would, a musician with Ray Meyers' talent and perseverance, having the use of both arms. I feel sure that he would rally the very best in the business, with a wide range of special abilites.

Bill

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 5 May 2006 3:49 pm

I'd love to hear his playing. I wonder if there are any recordings of Ray out there? He probably did more strumming than picking. Maybe he did some picking too. His toes must have been pretty strong! [This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 05 May 2006 at 05:18 PM.]

Darryl Hattenhauer · Post by **Darryl Hattenhauer** » 4 Jun 2006 4:57 pm

Shouldn't we close this?

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 4 Jun 2006 7:45 pm

In regards to “Floyd” (_?_), I can't remember his last name, although I knew him personally, here in Nashville. Shot Jackson built him a ‘slightly~custom’ S-10 Red Sho-Bud, in that the P/U was mounted close to the end of the Fretboard, rather than the Bridge, because; he held the Tone~Bar and also had his picks on the fingers of his Left-Hand. It was positioned there for proper tone. I knew Floyd peresonally because I had a special Tone-Bar made for him to which I attached a leather-mute for the strings, behind the bar! The other point I wanted to make was the fact that besides playing PSG very well, in his regular day~job capacity; he was a TV Repairman!
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[This message was edited by John Bechtel on 05 June 2006 at 01:48 PM.]

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 4 Jun 2006 11:58 pm

I saw him play at Scotty's Convention in 1981. He sounded good considering that he picked and held the bar with the same hand. I can't remember if it was his left or his right.

Lem Smith · Post by **Lem Smith** » 5 Jun 2006 1:37 am

This "Floyd" sounds like the gentleman I remember seeing on channel 15 in Florence Alabama several years ago. He was playing steel with some group. The person I'm thinking about also played a red Sho~Bud, and only had the use of one hand. As I remember, he was pretty good. The TV program was a telethon, and I also played steel for a group that appeared on it. I was just in the VERY early stages of learning the steel guitar, and I know this gentleman certainly sounded much better than I did that day!!

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 5 Jun 2006 8:32 pm

It was his Right~Arm that was missing. I still can't remember his last-name! The last time I saw him was in 1982 in downtown Nashville.

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Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 5 Jun 2006 8:48 pm

There was some mention of Floyd here last year, and someone said he passed away in the 1990's.

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 5 Jun 2006 11:46 pm

Wasn't it Ellis Floyd?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 6 Jun 2006 6:55 am

That sounds right Russ.