Gene "Buddy" Emmons
Buddy Gene Emmons (January 27, 1937 – July 21, 2015) was an American musician who is widely regarded as the world's foremost pedal steel guitarist of his day. He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1981. Affectionately known by the nickname "Big E", Emmons' primary genre was American country music, but he also performed jazz and Western swing. He recorded with Linda Ronstadt, Gram Parsons, The Everly Brothers, The Carpenters, Jackie DeShannon, Roger Miller, Ernest Tubb, John Hartford, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ray Price, Judy Collins, George Strait, John Sebastian, and Ray Charles and was a widely sought session musician in Nashville and Los Angeles. Emmons made significant innovations to the steel guitar, adding two additional strings and an additional pedal, changes which have been adopted as standard in the modern-day instrument. His name is on a US patent for a mechanism to raise and lower the pitch of a string on a steel guitar and return to the original pitch without going out of tune. He won the Academy of Country Music's "Best Steel Guitarist" nine times, beginning in 1969. In 2013, two years before his death, he was honored by the Country Music Hall of Fame in a tribute called "The Big E: Salute to Buddy Emmons" featuring testimonials and performances by eminent musicians and hall of fame members. |
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 125 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 10445 | 10/29/1958 | Giveaway girl | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10446 | 10/29/1958 | Heart's command | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10625 | 2/23/1959 | What I know about her | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10626 | 2/23/1959 | I cried a tear | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10627 | 2/24/1959 | Let's say goodbye like we said hello | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10628 | 2/24/1959 | Driftwood on the river | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10629 | 2/24/1959 | I wonder why you said goodbye | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10630 | 2/26/1959 | Tomorrow never comes | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10631 | 2/26/1959 | Filipino baby | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10632 | 2/26/1959 | I'd rather be | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10633 | 3/2/1959 | Letters have no arms | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10634 | 3/2/1959 | Rainbow at midnight | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10635 | 3/2/1959 | Have you ever been lonely | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10636 | 3/2/1959 | I will miss you when you go | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10637 | 3/2/1959 | I'd rather be | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10693 | 4/16/1959 | Buster's gang | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10694 | 4/16/1959 | I wish I could love that much | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10695 | 4/16/1959 | I know you do | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10872 | 10/5/1959 | Four wheel drive | Gene "Buddy" Emmons | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10873 | 10/5/1959 | Blue wind | Gene "Buddy" Emmons | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10874 | 10/5/1959 | Highland swing | Gene "Buddy" Emmons | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10875 | 10/5/1959 | Greensleeves | Gene "Buddy" Emmons | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11021 | 3/20/1960 | Live it up | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11022 | 3/20/1960 | (I've lost you) So why should I care | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11023 | 3/20/1960 | Accidently on purpose | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Emmons, Gene "Buddy"," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/202947.
Emmons, Gene "Buddy". (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/202947.
"Emmons, Gene "Buddy"." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Emmons, Buddy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93092723
Wikidata: Buddy Emmons - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1001188
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/16444166
MusicBrainz: Buddy Emmons - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7711e8fa-1c4d-4d59-a572-265473f40852
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