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Jerry Byrd
Master of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar
Articles and information about Hawaiian steel
guitar player Jerry Byrd.
Facts About Jerry Byrd
Full Name: Gerald Lester Byrd
Birth Date: March 9, 1920 (Lima Ohio)
Died: April 11, 2005 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Played with Ernie Lee's Pleasant Valley Boys
Played in Ernest Tubb's Band
Played the Nashville sound in the 1950's and 1960's
First Hawaiian music album was in 1951
It was called "Shores of Waikiki"
He moved to Hawaii in 1968
From then on he played exclusively Hawaiian music
Inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame inf 1978
Articles About Jerry Byrd
Musicians Pay Tribute to Beloved Jerry Byrd
Steel Guitar Forum Jerry Byrd Bio
Wikipedia Jerry Byrd Profile
Mele.com Jerry Byrd Bio
Jerry Byrd Recordings
On the Shores of Waikiki (Mercury/Wing)
Blue Hawaiian Steel Guitar (Mercury)
Byrd of Paradise (Monument)
Admirable Byrd (Monument)
Potpourri (Monument)
Memories of Maria, (Monument)
Polynesian Suite (Monument)
Burning Sand, Pearly Shells (Monument)
See also:
Other Hawaiian Steel Guitar Musicians
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