Oahu 1950ish Dunagan School of Music Lap Steel pic
Posted: 8 Jul 2020 1:07 pm
my buddy BJ Wright from Carthage Texas is in this class picture somewhere. my buddy BJ Wright from Carthage Texas is in this class picture somewhere.The Steel Guitar Forum
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Oahu 1950ish Dunagan School of Music Lap Steel pic
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my buddy BJ Wright from Carthage Texas is in this class picture somewhere.Posted: 9 Jul 2020 1:47 am
I see him!
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Posted: 9 Jul 2020 5:25 am
BJ told me that a salesman came door to door (I believe Lubbock) selling the Oahu course, Lap Steels and amps . His dad bought him one and enrolled him in the class taught at school. I couldn't believe the interest in the Steel and that it was taught in Public Schools
Posted: 9 Jul 2020 6:53 am
Small wonder there's so many steel players in Texas, since they taught it in elementary school. In Hawaii, they teach ukulele. Where I grew up, we leaned the Flutophone. Thirty or more of these things squeaking along to You Are My Sunshine was more than any poor elementary school teacher should ever have to endure.
Posted: 9 Jul 2020 7:16 am
Hey George. Here is my picture when I was enrolled in the Oahu course in 1951, Odessa, Texas. That's me, second from the left in the front row.
Posted: 9 Jul 2020 8:47 am
Looks like the same building in those two photos.
Posted: 9 Jul 2020 11:28 am
Bob Tuttle that's too ironic considering i showed you this picture yesterday! The poor quality and size did contribute to not making the connection. Unbelievable, that's no doubt the same school same "trees", window pattern etc and probably close to the same year judging on the tree growth. I posted this mainly as a tribute to BJ , a great guy and past owner of my green MSA UNI
Posted: 9 Jul 2020 11:33 am
Guys that is so cool! Maybe we need more programs like that in our schools today.
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Posted: 9 Jul 2020 11:36 am
Bob- I might have asked you previously? So forgive me if so? Was Durwood Potts your teacher? He chewed me out good for pursuing the pedal steel. It was Byrd’s way or the highway with him! Hope you are doing good. Great photo and lots of enthusiasm in Odessa for steel guitar! Take care R
Posted: 9 Jul 2020 1:28 pm
Hey Randall. No, Mr. Potts wasn't my teacher. The school was the Dunagan School of Music. I.D.Dunagan and his two sons taught steel and guitar. My teacher was Stanley Dunagan, Until a young Al Petty came to town and started teaching for them. I was transfered to him and he taught me for close to three years.
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Posted: 9 Jul 2020 5:39 pm
10/4 Bob.. I recall Potts telling me he came to Odessa to teach? This was prior to him opening his music store...his teaching might have been a short stint? All the best to you Thanks for the pic.. quite a few students there! R
Posted: 10 Jul 2020 8:18 am
Wow - THE Al Petty who played with the Rainbow Riders? He is fantastic! Check out this track with the wild doo-wah button effects.Bob Tuttle wrote:Hey Randall. No, Mr. Potts wasn't my teacher. The school was the Dunagan School of Music. I.D.Dunagan and his two sons taught steel and guitar. My teacher was Stanley Dunagan, Until a young Al Petty came to town and started teaching for them. I was transfered to him and he taught me for close to three years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qLuI7nuGqU
Posted: 10 Jul 2020 10:45 am
The one and only. Al was about 20 when he recorded that.
Posted: 10 Jul 2020 12:28 pm
And to think.......all of those kids are now in their early to mid 80's...........YIKES! I can say that Bob because I was one year old when that picture was taken.
Posted: 10 Jul 2020 1:06 pm
I was 12. Here are a couple more pictures.
Posted: 11 Jul 2020 7:18 am
Can anyone name the make and model of the lapsteels in the front row left to right?
Posted: 11 Jul 2020 7:31 am
Wondered that myself. Looks like a combo platter of Airlines, Silvertones, Valcos, and Alamos to me.Bill Groner wrote:Can anyone name the make and model of the lapsteels in the front row left to right?
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Posted: 11 Jul 2020 7:33 am
Looks like Bob's in an Alamo..I think? I have one like it!
Posted: 11 Jul 2020 7:56 am
I thought I saw a Fender in the mix? 7th from the left.
Posted: 11 Jul 2020 8:25 am
Agreed. The tall dark-haired girl in the middle row standing towards the right may have a BR-9 Gibson.Bill Groner wrote:I thought I saw a Fender in the mix? 7th from the left.
Posted: 11 Jul 2020 8:36 am
Looks like the kid with his head cocked to the side towards the middle of the back row has one too.Jack Hanson wrote:The tall dark-haired girl in the middle row standing towards the right may have a BR-9 Gibson.
Posted: 12 Jul 2020 12:49 am
There's a couple Supro Commets in the front row, a 1949-50, on the left, no pickup cover and a ~ 1953 to the right with cover plate by my estimate.
Posted: 12 Jul 2020 2:34 am
5th from right Fender Champion.
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Hey, how'd that Clinesmith get in there?
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Hey, how'd that Clinesmith get in there?
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Posted: 13 Jul 2020 12:05 pm
Anyone see a Ric in the photo (guitar not kid)? I don't think I do but not sure, and wondering why.
Posted: 28 Jul 2022 7:22 am
Received via email:
The other day I was just going through the internet and did a search for Dunagan School of Music and ran across your site. Just to let you know I.D. Dunagan was my grandfather. I’m sure that if you spent any time around Lubbock you would have known my uncle Don, my aunt Marliss or my dad Marvin. Dad had 3 kids, Charlene, Jeff and me, Ron. Dad and my mom, Sarah have both passed away. I’m now raising my own clan of Dunagan’s. My granddad and his wife Ester both passed away when I was relatively young. The only picture I have of I.D. and me was of him holding me when I was around 3. He died shortly after that. I’m not sure about a lot of the dates. I was extremely happy and surprised to see those pictures at this site. I’m going to pass this along to my kids and their wives.
Ron Dunagan