April 11, 2005(2005-04-11) (aged 85) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S
Genres
Country, honky tonk, Hawaiian music
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Lap steel guitar
Years active
1935–2005
Musical artist
Gerald Lester Byrd (March 9, 1920[1] – April 11, 2005)[2] was an American musician who played the lap steel guitar in country and Hawaiian music, as well as a singer-songwriter and the head of a music publishing firm. He appeared on numerous radio programs.
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steel guitar giving lessons to Jimmie Vaughan and Jerry Garcia among others. The list of artists that Byrd played or recorded with included Hank Williams...
honky-tonk, and bluegrass. Lap steel pioneers include Sol Hoopii, Bob Dunn, JerryByrd, Don Helms, Bud Isaacs, Leon McAuliffe, Josh Graves, Pete Kirby, and Darick...
1998 to 2000. Tracy Lynn Byrd was born December 17, 1966. He is the eldest child of Jerry Lynn and Brenda Vaughn Byrd. Tracy Byrd graduated from Vidor High...
Written by John U. Iosepa - Performed by JerryByrd Hanalei Moon - Written by Bob Nelson - Performed by JerryByrd Baden-Baden - Written by Milt Jackson...
Brumley Pedal Steel Jimmy Bryant Roy Buchanan James Burton Billy Byrd Country JerryByrd Pedal Steel Glen Campbell Country Maybelle Carter Bluegrass , Country...
Halekulani Girls (Alice Fredlund, Sybil Bright Andrews, Linda Dela Cruz) JerryByrd Darrell Lupenui Thaddius Wilson O'Brian Eselu 2016 Johnny Noble Jean “Kini”...
worked with as a performer at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in conjunction with JerryByrd, Tihati's Royal Hawaiian Troupe, and the Leina'ala Simerson Serenaders...
thought to be the only female steel guitar player in Hawaiʻi trained by JerryByrd. A descendant of Robert William Wilcox and Theresa Laʻanui, Salazar has...
collaborated with longtime friends Will Fuller, Jerry Della Salla and Clay Von Thomas for a film titled The Barracks. Byrd had a guest spot on the Nickelodeon series...
The Byrds (/bɜːrdz/) were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its...
portal Don Ho at IMDb Don Ho's autobiography, DON HO: My Music, My Life with Jerry Hopkins. ISBN 978-0-9790647-4-6 Obituary from the Sydney Morning Herald...
1935, it was used in solid-body electric guitars. Performers such as JerryByrd loved the tone of Bakelite guitars but found them difficult to keep in...
Halekulani Girls (Alice Fredlund, Sybil Bright Andrews, Linda Dela Cruz) JerryByrd Darrell Lupenui Thaddius Wilson O'Brian Eselu 2016 Johnny Noble Jean “Kini”...
son of a Pentecostal preacher. In 1950, he drove to Nashville, heard JerryByrd on the Grand Ole Opry, and was inspired to buy a steel guitar. Later in...
Halekulani Girls (Alice Fredlund, Sybil Bright Andrews, Linda Dela Cruz) JerryByrd Darrell Lupenui Thaddius Wilson O'Brian Eselu 2016 Johnny Noble Jean “Kini”...
records were steel guitarist JerryByrd and Tommy "Butterball" Paige, who replaced Short as Tubb's lead guitarist in 1947. Billy Byrd joined the Troubadours...
Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 4, 2010. Schwartz, Jerry (March 3, 1994). "...as 'Byrds' prepares to fly tonight". The Daily News. Bowling Green...
2019. Nico Van Thyn (June 8, 2012). "Once a Knight: The legendary man, Mr. Byrd". nvanthyn.blogsport.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016....
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