File:Joe Maphis's 1953 Mosrite double-neck, Henry Strzelecki's 1972 Fender Jazz Bass, Billy Byrd's 1962 Gison Byrdland custom (double cutaway, 25.5" scale), Fender steel - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (2018-08-21 13.22.33 by e Kat).jpg

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2180821 Nashville country music hall of fame museum

Joe Maphis's 1953 Mosrite double-neck, Henry Strzelecki's 1972 Fender Jazz Bass, Billy Byrd's 1962 Gison Byrdland custom (double cutaway, 25.5" scale), Fender steel - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (2018-08-21 13.22.33 by e Kat)

Henry
Strzelecki
Henry Strzelecki (Struth-LECK-er ?) became a
professional musician while will in his teens. He wrote
and recorded the rock & roll classic “Long Tall Texan”
in 1958, and the song was covered by the Beach Boys
and Lyle Lovett, among others. In 1960, Chet Atkins
encouraged Strzelecki to move to Nashville, and he
hired the Birmingham music to play bass on an Eddy
Arnold session. Through the 1980s, Strzelecki played
on bass in a wide range of styles. He can be heard on
Roy Orbison's “Oh, Pretty Woman,” George Jones's
“He stopped Loving Her Today,” and Bob Dylan's
album Blonde on Blonde.
                                            Born 1939
                                           ALABAMA
Billy
Byrd
Guitarist Billy Byrd archived notoriety during the
years he worked with Country Music Hall of Fame
member Ernest Tubb, who would introduce him at the
beginning of his tasteful solos. As a member of Tubb's
Texas Troubadours from 1949 to 1959, Byrd elevated
the electric guitar to greater prominence in country
music. A self-taught musician enamored of jazz guitar
great Charlie Christian, Byrd also played lead guitar
in bands led by Little Jimmy Dickens, Wally Fowler,
Paul Howard, and George Morgan.
                                             Born 1920
                                          TENNESSEE


GUITAR
Double-neck Mosrite electric guitar,
built for Joe Maphis by Semie Moseley
in 1953. The ... instrument made at
Mosrite's Bakersfield, California, facility,
it became Maphis's trademark guitar
while a cast member of Town Hall Party
from 1954 to 1976.
BASS
Henry Strzelecki used this 1972 Fender
Jazz electric bass with sunburst finish on
countless recording.
                Coutesy of Henry Strzelecki
GUITAR
With advice from Nashville guitar aces
Billy Byrd and Hank Garland, Gibson
developed its Byrdland thinline electric
architop model, introduced in 1955. This
1962 Byrdland with very rare double-
cutaway body, cherry sunburst finish,
stereo wiring, and a longer, 25.5-inch
scale neck was custom built for Byrd.
                      Coutesy of Mike El...
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Source 2180821 Nashville country music hall of fame museum
Author e Kat
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" 20180816 Holiday In USA,  /  Fly into Fayetteville AR via Atlanta  /  Then, drive thru;  /  - Eureka Spring, Arkansas; / - Nashville, Tennessee; / - Memphis, Tennessee; / - New Orleans, Louisiana; / - Kansas City, Missouri; / - Siloam Springs, Oklahoma  /  Fly into Fayetteville AR via Atlanta "

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