A master of pedal steel guitar, Buddy Emmons was born Buddie Gene Ammons on January 27th, 1937 in Mishawaka, Indiana. He was not only a magnificent player, but he also was a pioneer at modifying and enriching the sound of pedal steel guitar, adding pedals and changing the usual tuning to the instrument (for a while, he also had a company for building steel guitars).
Buddy Emmons joined Little Jimmy Dickens Band (called The Country Boys) in 1955. He was 18 at that time. In 1956, he joined Ernest Tubb and his band, called The Texas Troubadours. He stayed several years on and off, also starting a lenghty career as sessionman. In 1962, he joined Ray Price (his band was called Cherokee Cowboys). This was followed by Roger Miller Band in California. But after some time, Buddy returned to sessionwork in Nashville.
RICK NELSON BAND
This was the Rick Nelson Band in 1969:
RICK NELSON BAND #? |
1969 |
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Ricky Nelson † vocals | Allen Kemp † guitar | Buddy Emmons † steel guitar | Randy Meisner bass | Pat Shanahan drums |
Other info on members of Rick Nelson Band (I know up to 16 members) | |
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Already covered (1): | Tom Brumley |
To be covered (10): | John Beland, James Burton, Andy Chapin, Steve Duncan, Allen Kemp, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Steve Love, Randy Meisner, Ricky Nelson, Pat Shanahan |
Not enough info (4): | Tim Cetera, James Kirkland, Doug Lavery, Phil Volk |
LINDA RONSTADT BAND
This was the band that appears with Linda Ronstadt in the DVD Johnny Cash - a concert behind prison walls, recorded at Tennessee State Prison, Nashville in 1976:
LINDA RONSTADT BAND #? |
1976 |
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Linda Ronstadt vocals | Andrew Gold † guitar, vocals | Bob Warford guitar | Buddy Emmons † steel guitar | Kenny Edwards † bass, vocals | Kenny Buttrey † drums |
Other info on members of Linda Ronstadt Band (I know up to 67 members) | |
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Already covered (3): | Kenny Buttrey, Kenny Edwards, John Guerin |
To be covered (63): | Peter Asher, Jeff ´Skunk´ Baxter, John Beland, Ed Black, Karla Bonoff, Mike Botts, Mike Bowden, Richard Bowden, John Boylan, Rosemary Butler, Chris Darrow, Dan Dugmore, Liza Jane Edwards, Joe Ely, John Forsha, Don Francisco, Glenn Frey, Bob Glaub, Andrew Gold, Jimmy Greenspoon, Don Grolnick, Gib Guilbeau, Jeff Hanna, Glen D Hardin, Doug Haywood,... up to 63 musicians. |
DANNY GATTON BAND
Danny Gatton assembled a new band (baptized as Redneck Jazz Explosion) when he teamed with Buddy Emmons:
DANNY GATTON BAND #? |
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Danny Gatton † guitar | Buddy Emmons † steel guitar | Steve Wolf bass | Scott Taylor drums |
Other info on members of Danny Gatton Band (I know up to 6 members) | |
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Not enough info (5): | Danny Gatton, Dick Heintze, John Previti, Scott Taylor, Steve Wolf |
EVERLY BROTHERS
This was the fantastic edition of the Everly Brothers Band around May 1997:
This was the Everly Brothers Band around July 2001:
Buddy Emmons has passed away on July 29th, 2015 in Hermitage, Tennessee.
   12 BANDS (WITH 47 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
   6 ALBUMS FOR 5 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
   3 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
   150 SESSIONS (FOR 103 ARTISTS):
EVERLY BROTHERS #? |
1997 |
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Don Everly vocals, guitar | Phil Everly † vocals, guitar | Albert Lee guitar | Buddy Emmons † steel guitar | Phil Cranham bass | Pete Wingfield keyboards |
Tony Newman drums |
This was the Everly Brothers Band around July 2001:
EVERLY BROTHERS #? |
2001 |
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Don Everly vocals, guitar | Phil Everly † vocals, guitar | Jamie Hartford guitar | Buddy Emmons † steel guitar | Phil Cranham bass | Pete Wingfield keyboards |
Tony Newman drums |
Other info on members of Everly Brothers (I know up to 22 members) | |
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Already covered (2): | Mark Griffiths, Martin Jenner |
To be covered (11): | John Barbata, Lindsey Buckingham, Phil Everly, Jim Gordon, Graham Jarvis, Albert Lee, Larrie Londin, Tony Newman, Waddy Wachtel, Pete Wingfield, Warren Zevon |
Not enough info (8): | Jerry Allison, Phil Cranham, Sonny Curtis, Don Everly, Gene Gunnels, Jamie Hartford, Bob Knigge, Terry Slater |
Buddy Emmons has passed away on July 29th, 2015 in Hermitage, Tennessee.
   12 BANDS (WITH 47 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
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Cherokee Cowboys |   | 6 RECORDINGS:
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Buddy Emmons Band |   | 20 RECORDINGS:
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Everly Brothers |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Danny Gatton Band |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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Ferlin Husky Band |   |  
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George Jones Band |   |  
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Roger Miller Band |   |  
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Rick Nelson Band |   |  
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Linda Ronstadt Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Swing Shift Band |   | 7 RECORDINGS:
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Ernest Tubb Band |   | 7 RECORDINGS:
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   6 ALBUMS FOR 5 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
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Lenny Breau Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Don Everly Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Phil Everly Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jack Greene Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Albert Lee Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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   3 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS |
VVAA |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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   150 SESSIONS (FOR 103 ARTISTS):
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John Anderson Band |   | 4 RECORDINGS:
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Bobby Bare Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bobby Barnett |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Ronee Blakley Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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The Bluegrass Alliance |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Brewer & Shipley |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Marty Brown Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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The Buckaroos |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Wilma Burgess Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Sonny Burgess |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Gary Burton Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Tracy Byrd Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Byrds |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Kreag Caffey Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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J J Cale Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Larry Carlton Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Carpenters |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Milton Carroll |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Carlene Carter Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Cats |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Marshall Chapman Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ray Charles Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Mark Chesnutt Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Guy Clark Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Judy Collins Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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John Conlee |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jimmy Crawford Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Marcel Dadi Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Skeeter Davis Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Sandy Denny Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jackie DeShannon Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Doug Dillard Band |   | 5 RECORDINGS:
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The Dillards |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Denny Doherty Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Duane Eddy Band |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Jose Feliciano Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jonas Fjeld Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Don Francisco Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Lefty Frizzell Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Russ Giguere Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Vince Gill Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Mickey Gilley |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Curtis Gordon |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Arlo Guthrie Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Sammy Hall Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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John Hartford Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Alexander Harvey Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bryn Haworth Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Levon Helm Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Judy Henske Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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John Hughey Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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John Hurley Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jericho Harp |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Sammy Johns Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Denny Laine Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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k d Lang Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Billy Larkin Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Brenda Lee Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Laurie Lewis Band |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Longbranch Pennywhistle |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Henry Mancini Orchestra |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Manhattan Transfer |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Benny Martin Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Dewey Martin Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Pete McCabe Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Charlie McCoy Band |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Roger McGuinn Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Katy Moffatt Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Larry Murray |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Willie Nelson Band |   | 5 RECORDINGS:
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Mickey Newbury Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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NRBQ |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Kenny O´Dell Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Odyssey |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ozark Mountain Daredevils |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Michael Parks Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Gram Parsons Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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David Patton Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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John Phillips Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Curtis Potter Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jeanne Pruett Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jim Pulte Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Hargus Pig Robbins Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Rowan Brothers |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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John Wesley Ryles Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Gove Scrivenor Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Seals & Croft |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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John Sebastian Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Sego Brothers And Naomi |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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T G Sheppard Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Paul Siebel Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Judee Sill Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Nancy Sinatra Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ricky Skaggs Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Sonny & Cher |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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John Stewart Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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George Strait Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Jim Sullins Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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William Truckaway Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Porter Wagoner Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Billy Walker Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Faron Young Band |   | 5 RECORDINGS:
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Steve Young Band |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 6
From the superb site Knights in Blue Denim: The British Blues Scene '68 - '70 (by Christer Fridhammar & Vanja), we have:
From the great site DME (by Dmitry M. Epstein), we have fantastic interviews:
From the comprehensive Rockpalast site (by Michael Marsch), we have:
Wikipedia doesn´t want to include links to this website, but I won´t do the same with them. So, from the great Wikipedia, we have:
RELATED VIDEO LINKS: 22
Disclaimer: I don´t own or upload any of the videos linked here. I just include links to live videos that are already available, in order to show the work of this musician. Anyway, if someone feels that some link shouldn't be included, please write me at the email address shown below. And if you know of more videos featuring Buddy Emmons, please, also write me with the link.
- Buddy Emmons - Jam Buddy Emmons jamming with friends. (Resolution: 480)
- Helen Cornelius - Unknown Title Helen Cornelius on TV (Resolution: 480)
- Becky Hobbs - Unknown Title Becky Hobbs live on TV (Resolution: 480)
- Patti Loveless - Lonely Days, Lonely Nights Patti Loveless live (Resolution: 480)
- Lisa Silver - Unknown Title Lisa Silver on TV (Resolution: 480)
- Ernest Tubb - Drivin´ Nails In My Coffin Ernest Tubb live on TV in 1961. (Resolution: 720) (HQ)
- Buddy Emmons - Four Wheel Drive Buddy Emmons on TV in 1965. (Resolution: 360)
- Ray Price - City Lights Ray Price live on TV (Resolution: 480)
- Linda Ronstadt - Love Has No Pride Linda Ronstadt live in 1976.
- Linda Ronstadt - You´re No Good Linda Ronstadt live in 1976. Superb. (Resolution: 240)
- Linda Ronstadt - Silver threads & golden needles Linda Ronstadt live in 1976. Great quality. (Resolution: 480)
- Danny Gatton - Canadian Sunset Redneck Jazz Explosion live on December 1978 (Resolution: 480)
- Danny Gatton - Orange Blossom Special Redneck Jazz Explosion live in December 1978. Awesome! (Resolution: 480)
- Danny Gatton - Song Of India Redneck Jazz Explosion live on December 1978 (Resolution: 480)
- Buddy Emmons - Once Upon A Time In The West Buddy Emmons & Phil Baugh live with the Cameron Jazz Orchestra (Resolution: 240)
- Buddy Emmons - Take Me Out To The Ball Game Buddy Emmons & Phil Baugh live with the Cameron Jazz Orchestra (Resolution: 240)
- Buddy Emmons - Killer Joe Buddy Emmons & Phil Baugh live with the Cameron Jazz Orchestra (Resolution: 240)
- Buddy Emmons - Steel Guitar Rag Buddy Emmons & Phil Baugh live with the Cameron Jazz Orchestra (Resolution: 240)
- Buddy Emmons - Shadow Of Your Smile Buddy Emmons & Phil Baugh live with the Cameron Jazz Orchestra (Resolution: 240)
- Buddy Emmons - Rehearsal Buddy Emmons rehearsing in 1997. 1 hour long!! (Resolution: 480)
- Laney Hicks - Unknown Title Laney Hicks with Buddy Emmons live in 2006. Beautiful! (Resolution: 240)
- Buddy Emmons - Tribute Concert Tribute concert to Buddy Emmons in September 2013. Fantastic and very long! (Resolution: 360)
Featuring: Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Buddy Emmons, Edgar Meyer, Mark O´Connor.
Featuring: Helen Cornelius, Buddy Emmons. Rest of the band unknown to me.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Becky Hobbs. Rest of the band unknown to me.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Patti Loveless. Rest of the band unknown to me.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Lisa Silver. Rest of the band unknown to me.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Ernest Tubb. Rest of the band unknown to me.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons. Rest of the band unknown to me.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Shorty Lavender, Ray Price, Pete Wade. Rest of the band unknown to me.
Featuring: Kenny Buttrey, Kenny Edwards, Buddy Emmons, Andrew Gold, Linda Ronstadt, Bob Warford.
Featuring: Kenny Buttrey, Kenny Edwards, Buddy Emmons, Andrew Gold, Linda Ronstadt, Bob Warford.
Featuring: Kenny Buttrey, Kenny Edwards, Buddy Emmons, Andrew Gold, Linda Ronstadt, Bob Warford.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Danny Gatton, Scott Taylor, Steve Wolf.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Danny Gatton, Scott Taylor, Steve Wolf.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Danny Gatton, Scott Taylor, Steve Wolf.
Featuring: Phil Baugh, Buddy Emmons. Rest of the orchestra unknown to me.
Featuring: Phil Baugh, Buddy Emmons. Rest of the orchestra unknown to me.
Featuring: Phil Baugh, Buddy Emmons. Rest of the orchestra unknown to me.
Featuring: Phil Baugh, Buddy Emmons. Rest of the orchestra unknown to me.
Featuring: Phil Baugh, Buddy Emmons. Rest of the orchestra unknown to me.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Gregg Galbraith, Bobby Regot, Roy Rosetta, David Russell, David Smith.
Featuring: Buddy Emmons, Laney Hicks. Rest of the musicians unknown to me.
Featuring: Dan Dugmore, Duane Eddy, Buddy Emmons, Steve Fishell, Byron House, Dean Miller, Greg Morrow, Buck Reid, Leon Rhodes, Hargus Pig Robbins, Guthrie Trapp, Tommy White. Probably some more unknown to me.
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Buddy Emmons mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Buddy Harman (37)
Grady Martin (34)
Hargus Pig Robbins (28)
Harold Bradley (25)
Floyd Cramer (23)
Kenny Malone (23)
Joe Osborn (23)
Ray Edenton (21)
Larrie Londin (21)
Reggie Young (19)
James Burton (17)
Tommy Jackson (17)
Henry Strzelecki (17)
Jim Gordon (16)
Charlie McCoy (16)
Buddy Spicher (16)
Hank Garland (15)
Johnny Gimble (15)
Chet Atkins (14)
Anita Kerr (14)
Bob Moore (13)
David Briggs (12)
Jerry Carrigan (12)
Chris Ethridge (12)
Karl Himmel (12)
Russ Kunkel (12)
Dale Sellers (12)
Owen Bradley (11)
Lloyd Green (11)
Jim Horn (11)
David Hungate (11)
Jordanaires (11)
Larry Knechtel (11)
Mike Leech (11)
Terry McMillan (11)
Pete Wade (11)
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