The Steel Guitar Forum

Remember the good ole days? Billy Robinson was on steel and Red Foley was the #1 Host on the Opry. WHO? was that great lead guitarist? He played on Sunday Down in Tennessee and Tennessee Saturday Night? Fine guitarist! What was his name? What ever happened to him? Is he still around? Where did he go after the Opry? Was he great to work with or what? Just curious in my old age. I think he had a double neck something or other with his name emblazened thereon.

I'm asking myself how could anyone forget a line like: "But they all go crazy on a saturday night !" But I can't remember who the picker was......Da%$# I hate getting old so soon !! I'll be reading this to find out. Jason or Smiley will know the answer !

Regards, Paul <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Paul Graupp on 02 September 2001 at 01:18 PM.]</p></FONT>

Was that possibly Merle Travis???

Leigh

Grady Martin??

He did most of Red Foleys guitar backup work
alternating with Hank Garland....Paul you think you are getting old??

Ray is older than both of us,,,,aintcha Ray?

I'm thinking it might have been Joe Maphis. He played with Red Foley several different times, and he did have a double-neck (Gibson, I believe)...but man, that was a long time ago! <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 02 September 2001 at 05:09 PM.]</p></FONT>

I don't know the answer to Ray's question, but y'all are really making me feel old. I got to know Merle Travis and Joe and Roselee Maphis back in the early '50's. They were my inspiration for falling in love with country music and the steel guitar.
What ever happened to Joe and Roselee? Unfortunatley I know what happend to Merle.

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Allen Harry
Mullen D-10, 8 & 6
Nashville 1000

Chances are pretty good,that it was Hank Garland.

Donny,
Joe Maphis played a double-neck Mosrite.

Allen,
Unfortunatey,Joe Maphis passed away,several years ago. Rose Lee is still with us. She lives here,in the Nashville area. I call her every year,(Dec.29) & wish her happy birthday.

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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Smiley Roberts on 02 September 2001 at 06:54 PM.]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Smiley Roberts on 02 September 2001 at 06:55 PM.]</p></FONT>

Allen: Joe Maphis died a few years ago from lung Cancer. I worked one of the last gigs he did at The California Country Club in Ontario, California, but I don't remember what year. I know it was before 1988. Rose Lee was also there. I heard she had moved to Nashville following his death, but don't know for sure. Joe and Rose Lee were two of my favorite stars to work with. Such NICE People. Sorry, I didn't read Smiley's post prior to posting. Smiley, tell Rose Lee hello for me, I love that lady (not romantically). <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jim Bob Sedgwick on 02 September 2001 at 10:02 PM.]</p></FONT>

Ray and Friends, I THINK the guitarist on "Tenneessee Saturday Night" was either Zeb Turner or possibly his brother Zeke Turner. I think Zeb was the primary giutarist for Red during that period.

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kd...and the beat goes on...

Right Smiley! I stand corrected. (All them 6-stringers look alike to me anyway...except them art-deco D'Angelico's.)

Another one for the Music forum.