From the Los Angeles Times:
Tom Brumley, a legendary steel guitarist who contributed to the "Bakersfield sound" of Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in the 1960s before spending 10 years performing with Rick Nelson, has died. He was 73.
Brumley died Tuesday at Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, eight days after suffering a heart attack, said his wife, Rolene Brumley.
During his years with Owens, from 1963 to 1969, Brumley traveled the world and played on landmark recordings such as “Together Again,” "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" and “Act Naturally.”
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I have a great deal of respect for anyone who can master the pedal steel guitar. To coordinate both hands, knees and feet to create such sound is amazing. One pedal steel is such a versatile instrument that it can make almost any size band sound big. It's licks, picks and lonesome whines can either get you up on your feet, or crying in your beer. There is not enough pedal steel in this world and we just lost another big piece. RIP
One of the most perfect sounds in the world...and the player? Part painter, part engineer, and a whole lotta acrobat.
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