[Dixielandjazz] Re: 6 7/8 string band-reply

[Fred Spencer]

Dear Ken.
The liner notes have an "Original Program Used  At A Benefit Show in the 
summerof 1914" with "BernieShields, banjo; and steel guitar." Regards.
Fred
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Gates" <kwg28 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Fred Spencer" <drjz at bealenet.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:50 AM
Subject: 6 7/8 string band-reply


>> After World War I, the members of the Six and Seven-Eighths String Band 
>> scattered to follow their careers, but in 1949 Folkways Records waxed 
>> four of the original members who had stayed close to home--William 
>> Kleppinger (mandolin), Bernie Shields (steel guitar), "Red" Mackie 
>> (string bass), and Edmond "Doc" Souchon (guitar).
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> Fred---
> Thank you so much for the info.  I had no idea this was still 
> available---I've placed it
> on order.
> Still wondering as to when the steel guitar was introduced into the 
> instrumentation.
> Bernie Shields in listed as an original member---but did he play a steel 
> guitar when
> the group was first formed?
> Ken Gates
>
>