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
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 9881 | 7/12/1957 | If you'll be my love | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9882 | 7/12/1957 | Someday you'll want me to want you | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9883 | 7/12/1957 | I saw your face in the moon | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9888 | 7/14/1957 | Try me one more time | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9889 | 7/14/1957 | I'd trade all of my tomorrows | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9890 | 7/14/1957 | Silver dew on the bluegrass | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9897 | 7/16/1957 | My Mary | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9898 | 7/16/1957 | Into each life some rain must fall | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9899 | 7/16/1957 | I gotta have my baby back | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9900 | 7/16/1957 | Hang your head in shame | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10131 | 2/18/1958 | Sugar lips | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10132 | 2/18/1958 | Rock it on down to my house | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10272 | 5/16/1958 | Deep purple blues | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10273 | 5/16/1958 | Please keep me on mind | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10274 | 5/16/1958 | I wonder why I worry over you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10275 | 5/19/1958 | I'm a long gone Daddy | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10276 | 5/19/1958 | You cheatin' heart | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10277 | 5/19/1958 | Don't trade your old fashioned sweetheart (for a honky tonk queen) | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10278 | 5/19/1958 | It makes no difference now | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10281 | 5/20/1958 | San Antonio rose | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10282 | 5/20/1958 | I always went through | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10287 | 5/22/1958 | I want you to know I love you I've been there | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10288 | 5/22/1958 | That, my darlin' is me | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10289 | 5/22/1958 | I'll get along somehow | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10290 | 6/9/1958 | Educated Mama | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10291 | 6/9/1958 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10292 | 6/11/1958 | Half a mind | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10293 | 6/11/1958 | Next time | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10294 | 6/11/1958 | Goodbye sunshine, hello blues | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10383 | 9/24/1958 | It's the age that makes the difference | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10384 | 9/24/1958 | What am I living for | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10395 | 10/6/1958 | The next voice you hear | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10396 | 10/6/1958 | All those yesterdays | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10397 | 10/6/1958 | Walking the floor over you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10398 | 10/6/1958 | When the world has turned you down | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10399 | 10/8/1958 | I'll always be glad to take you back | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10400 | 10/8/1958 | It's been so long darling | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10401 | 10/8/1958 | Careless darlin' | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10402 | 10/8/1958 | Through the days where only seven | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10405 | 10/9/1958 | Last night I dreamed | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10406 | 10/9/1958 | Slipping around | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10407 | 10/9/1958 | I love you because | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10408 | 10/9/1958 | There's nothing more to say | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10412 | 10/10/1958 | There's a little bit of everything in Texas | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10413 | 10/10/1958 | You nearly lose your mind | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10414 | 10/10/1958 | Blue Christmas | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10415 | 10/10/1958 | Don't rob another man's castle | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10434 | 10/28/1958 | My French Canadian girl | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10435 | 10/28/1958 | Sick, sober and sorry | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10444 | 10/29/1958 | Almost lonely | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
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 | |||
Decca | NA 11064 | 3/29/1960 | Do it now | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11065 | 3/29/1960 | He'll have to go | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11066 | 3/29/1960 | Mister Blues | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11067 | 3/29/1960 | The kind of love she gave to me | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11072 | 3/30/1960 | Pick me up on your way down | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11073 | 3/30/1960 | This ain't the blues (Instrumental) | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11078 | 4/6/1960 | You win again | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11079 | 4/6/1960 | I believe I'm entitled to you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11080 | 4/6/1960 | A guy named Joe | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11081 | 4/6/1960 | Who will buy the wine | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11082 | 4/7/1960 | Why I'm walkin' | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11083 | 4/7/1960 | White silver sands | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11084 | 4/7/1960 | Am I that easy to forget | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11164 | 6/6/1960 | Ev'rybody's somebody's fool | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11165 | 6/6/1960 | Let the little girl dance | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11267 | 9/21/1960 | Candy kisses | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11268 | 9/21/1960 | It happened when I really needed you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11269 | 9/21/1960 | Wondering | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11270 | 9/21/1960 | Cold, cold heart | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11274 | 9/29/1960 | I love you so much it hurts | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11275 | 9/29/1960 | I walk the line | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11276 | 9/29/1960 | Little ole band of gold | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11281 | 10/25/1960 | Wabash cannon ball | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11282 | 10/25/1960 | I'm moving on | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11352 | 12/4/1960 | Thoughts of a fool | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11353 | 12/4/1960 | Girl from Abilene | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11354 | 12/5/1960 | The same thing as me | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11355 | 12/5/1960 | Christmas is just another day for me | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11356 | 12/5/1960 | I hate to see you go | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11357 | 12/5/1960 | I'm sorry now | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11562 | 5/28/1961 | Got to sleep conscience | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11564 | 5/28/1961 | Londonderry air | Gene "Buddy" Emmons | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11565 | 5/28/1961 | Through that door | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11604 | 6/29/1961 | What kind of God do you think you are | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11606 | 6/29/1961 | Rose city chimes | Gene "Buddy" Emmons | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11711 | 9/14/1961 | Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11712 | 9/14/1961 | I never could say no | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11713 | 9/14/1961 | In and out | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11813 | 11/30/1961 | Sweet baby-1 | Johnnie and Jack | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11814 | 11/30/1961 | The moon is high and so am I | Johnnie and Jack | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11815 | 11/30/1961 | 36-22-36 -2 | Johnnie and Jack | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11816 | 11/30/1961 | What do you think of her now-3 | Johnnie and Jack | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11978 | 3/27/1962 | Poison love-1 | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11979 | 3/27/1962 | Bye bye love | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11980 | 3/27/1962 | Slow poison | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11981 | 3/27/1962 | Foolin' around | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11982 | 3/28/1962 | Waterloo-1 | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11983 | 3/28/1962 | A little bitty tear | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11984 | 3/28/1962 | I overlooked an orchid-1,2 | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 11985 | 3/28/1962 | You'll never get a better chance | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, steel guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Emmons, Gene "Buddy"," accessed August 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/202947.
Emmons, Gene "Buddy". (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved August 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/202947.
"Emmons, Gene "Buddy"." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 August 2024.
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