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Thomas Colvin

 

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Austin,Texas, USA
Post  Posted 8 Jul 2010 7:02 am    
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We get the RFD channel here, which means we get Porter Wagoner re-runs.

The steel man plays a stand-up steel like a console, but it appears to have a couple of pedals, and looks like a Sho-Bud. He gets great licks with the simple set-up, and the tone is incredible.

Anybody know the make of that steel, and the tuning? It sounds like the two pedals do the same pulls as pedals 1 and 2.

Thanks for any info you may have.
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Cal Sharp


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the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
Post  Posted 8 Jul 2010 7:56 am    
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That was Don Warden, who went on to become Dolly's manager, and I think that Sho~Bud was one of the first ever made. He's been discussed here before, and you can dig up some threads if you search.
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David Griffin


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Post  Posted 8 Jul 2010 8:35 am    
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Not 100% positive on this,but I think Dons' last name was Worden.Might help on the search.Sorry if I'm wrong. Mr. Green
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Post  Posted 8 Jul 2010 8:44 am    
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Here's an interesting article by the Big E, his own self, regarding Don and that guitar. Buddy Emmons, Shot Jackson and the Birth of the Sho-Bud Steel Guitar
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Larry Bell


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Post  Posted 8 Jul 2010 8:55 am    
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His name seems to get misspelled often -- you see both Warden and Worden.

I would assume they got it right on his HOF Plaque
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DON WARDEN

EARLY PIONEER IN RADIO AND TV - HE PLAYED WITH VARIOUS ARTISTS IN 1950 AT THE LOUISIANA
HAYRIDE AND IN 1954 JOINED THE PORTER WAGONER SHOW AT THE OZARK JUBILEE HELD IN SPRINGFIELD, MO
DON PLAYED WITH DOLLY PARTON AND PORTER ON THE ROAD INFLUENCING THE STEEL GUITAR INDUSTRY
WORLDWIDE. DON ALSO PERFORMED WITH THE WILBURN BROTHERS AND RED SOVINE ON HIS RECORDINGS
BY MANY OTHER ARTISTS.

BORN: MARCH 27, 1929 MOUNTAIN GROVE, MISSOURI
INDUCTED 2008


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