Buddy Emmons

Buddy Emmons
Born: Jan 27, 1937 in Mishawaka, IN
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Genre: Country
Styles: Traditional Country, Instrumental Country
Biography: Buddy Emmons earned a place among Nashville's elite as one of the finest steel guitar players in the business. Born in Mishawaka, IN, he first fell in love with the instrument at age 11 when he received a 6-string lap steel guitar as a gift. As a teen, he enrolled at the Hawaiian Conservatory of Music ...Read full biography
Steel Guitar Jazz
Released: 1963
Label: Verve
Critics' Rating:
Buddy Emmons wasn't the first musician to be featured playing a pedal steel guitar in a jazz setting, but it is unlikely that anyone else recorded an entire date playing one prior to this 1963 session. ...Read full review
Buddy & Lenny
Label: Flying Fish
Critics' Rating:
Country meets jazz as two super-pickers, Buddy Emmons and Lenny Breau (pedal steel and electric guitar), collide on this very creative and innovative album. ~ Hank Davis, All Music Guide ...Read full review
More Buddie Emmons albums: Main Albums (21), Compilations (4), DVD/Video (1)
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