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 101-125 of 125 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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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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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