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  • Kenny Haddock passes

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    William Kenneth "Kenny" Haddock, a pioneer Dobro® player from Ohio, passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2010, at an assisted-living facility in Virginia Beach. Born in Richmond, VA in 1935 to a Methodist minister's family, Haddock was 74 years old and

  • Peterson StroboClip tuner

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    Since they were first introduced in the 1930s, musicians have regarded strobe tuners as the most accurate devices for obtaining an objective tuning reference. The early examples of this sort of tuner were expensive and cumbersome, and not practical for

  • Big fun at ResoSummit 2010

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    We heard yesterday from Rob Ickes, who shared some details about this year's ResoSummit, the 4-day resonator guitar symposium he hosts annually in Nashville. A series of workshops and performances occur at the Scarritt Bennett conference center and the Station

  • Gibson OAI Recovering from Flooding

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    This post is a contribution from Mike Reed, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See his profile here. I had an opportunity to catch David Harvey (head of the Mandolin, Banjo and Resonator side of the Gibson Company in Nashville) in

  • Jerry Douglas on Tut Taylor

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    We posted a few weeks back about the top-secret Tut Taylor tribute album released July 13 by E1 Music. Entitled Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor, the record features 14 top reso guitarists, each contributing a new version of

  • Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor

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    A very special CD project is released today on the E1 Entertainment label (formerly Koch Records). The album, Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor, is the brainchild of celebrated resonator guitarist Jerry Douglas, who produced and recorded this project as

  • Uncle Phil to The Whites

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    Phil Leadbetter is now the resonator guitarist with The Whites, making him the lone non-White in the band. Patriarch Buck White is on mandolin and piano, Cheryl White Warren on bass and Sharon White Skaggs on guitar. All three sing lead

  • Mike Witcher exits New Hip

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    Mike Witcher, who has played resonator guitar with Missy Raines and the New Hip since its inception in 2002, has announced his departure from the group. In addition to being a fine musician, Witcher also has a photography business, and

  • David Nance to Hagars Mountain Boys

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    North Carolina's Hagar's Mountain Boys have added veteran resonator guitarist David Nance to their lineup. Nance worked with bluegrass legend Jimmy Martin for 18 years, becoming the first full-time reso man to work with The Sunny Mountain Boys. He joined the