evil graham lee's

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Early 1964: Buddy Emmons says this is when the standard 10 string E9 tuning was finalised with the addition of the two "wild card" strings at the top. In Buddy's words - "after the Sho-Bud progressed to ten strings per neck, I added an F# and D# to the tuning to have diatonic notes that would further extend the melodic possibilities. I used the tuning with a Sho-Bud for the first time on a song called "You Took Her Off My Hands" from the Ray Price "Burning Memories" album."

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Leo LeBlanc:

Leo died in 1995. I first heard his playing on John Prine records and loved its melodic movement and sweet tone. I met John Prine in the erly 90s and was able to get him to pass on my respects to Leo. Leo played with a wide variety of singers. Here are a few - Jerry Jeff Walker, John Prine, Mac Davis, Carole King, Liza Minelli, Melissa Manchester, the Osmond Brothers, Bill Medley, Red Simpson, Aretha Franklin, Gary Stewart, Jose Feliciano, Edwin Hubbard, Merle Haggard, T. G. Sheppard, Ace Cannon, Denise LaSalle, Tony Joe White, Danny O’Keefe, the Rhodes Family, Gary Paxton, Clarence Carter, Sid Selvidge, Phillip Kennard, The Wallflowers, Beck Hansen.

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Some songs I've played on