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 76-100 of 125 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 |
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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External Sources
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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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