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Topic: Buddy Merrill |
Dean Neeley
From:
Aiken,SC USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2006 11:36 pm |
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Where is Buddy Merrill these day's ?
Not only a Great Lead guitar player with the L.Welk
band but also a great Steel Guitar player as well.
Dean Neeley[This message was edited by Dean Neeley on 04 June 2006 at 12:39 AM.] |
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 5:27 am
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Hi Dean,
Buddy is living somewhere in Southern California according to the undernoted site.
His music is still available. http://www.buddymerrillmusic.com/
PS:Please send some sunshine to Nova Scotia.
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 7:07 am
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ha,what a great topic for me,way back in europe as a kid when I started to be involved with steel guitar I somehow and somewhere bought his steel LP,I liked it a lot and was wondering about that player,I didn`t know he was also a very good guitar player.He is enigma for me,for sure not out there in a public eyes,ha
Db
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 8:10 am
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I've been fortunate to have done a few gigs with Buddy in the last few years. Usually it's with me on bass, although I have done a couple twin steel gigs as well. I can tell you he is a GREAT player with taste, touch, tone, and chops for days! He lives near Lake Elsinore CA, where he takes care of his invalid wife, and he only rarely takes gigs. When he does, he only seems to want to play the steel and not the guitar. I'm not exactly sure why that is?
Buddy plays a black D10 P/P through a Music Man 115. Most of the steel recordings I've heard him on don't do justice to the great tone he has now. |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 5:00 pm
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is it possible to ask him to join the forum,that would be great
Db
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"Promat"
~when tone matters~ www.promatsteelguitars.com
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2006 5:46 pm
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| I have an old lp of Buddys,[Country Capers]On the cover he has a d-10 Emmons[dont know the model or date].It's on the Ranwood label. |
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Dave Clark
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2006 5:46 am
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I located an LP album I've had for many years - "Songs of the Islands" featuring Buddy Merrill, Imterpreted by Lawrence Welk". DOT label.Some excellent steel on this album.
According to the cover, Buddy joined the Welk caravan when he was only 17 years old. Did not read music, but decided to learn and was apparently a fast learner. Welk said he was "one of the best band arrangers in the business".
Dave Clark |
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