Wanted to shine a light on a guitarist many folks may not know

[The Polack MSgt]

Country, Jazz, Western Swing, Rockabilly wizard Hank Garland

If you know just one of his songs, it's probably this song - "Sugarfoot Rag"

He was a mainstay picker at the Grand Ol' Opry for years and he played with all the golden age stars, here's a solo piece

Here he is backing a legend (sorry about the sound quality)

Here he is backing a legend (with better sound quality)

Last one. Straight jazz ensemble piece - That's Gary Burton on Vibraphone

[JohnnyRingo]

1. Always happy to find rare talent.

Like most, I know "Sugarfoot", but had no idea who was plucking the strings.
Thanx for posting!

On edit:
This is most appropriate as I'm getting ready to go to the Rockabilly Ruckus today in NE Ohio, a three day mix of vintage rat rods, rockabilly music, and airbrush art. People dress in period and there's a pin up beauty contest, a little greaser contest, and the Motorcycle Wall Of Death. I have to find my Torque Bros shirt.

[Hotler]

2. Thank you...

[griffi94]

3. The Sugarfoot Rag

This is off topic but Check out the solo in this Doc Holiday song.
It starts at 1:24.

[The Polack MSgt]

4. I like it. Thanks Griffi

[thucythucy]

5. All of these are great

but the Patsy Cline was absolutely wonderful!

And the mix of her voice and Garland's guitar can't be beat.

[The Polack MSgt]

6. +++

Absolutely thucythucy

[argyl]

7. Garland and Billie Byrd helped Gibson design a guitar.

Called the Byrdland to honor both guitarist's input into the design it was a different guitar indeed.
It was a thin line hollow body, thinner than other hollow body guitars at the time.it only had an overall depth of
2 1/4" inches, much thinner than Gibson's popular hollow body archtop of the day,the L-5, which had a depth of 3 3/8" overall.
And it had a scale of 23.5". Gibson's always had a shorter scale than Fender, 24.9" to 25.4". But 23.5"? That made for some real string bending.
One drawback to its popularity was the neck width of
1 5/8" instead of the standard Gibson 1 11/16" width at the neck.
It was first produced in 1955. From then until 1960 a rounded Venetian single single cutaway was used. From 1961 to 1969 a sharper edged Florentine cutaway was used. They went back to the Venetian cut after that.
They were last made regularly in 1976 but can still be ordered as a Vintage.
So Byrd and Garland put some real thought into the guitar that would carry their name.

[The Polack MSgt]

8. Thank you Argyl

I didn't know he helped create the guitar, I did know he played one but didn't make the connection

[argyl]

9. Anything for a fellow music enthusiast.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. I've Read That Before

As I recall, either Hank or Billy had smallish hands, so the narrower neck suited them.
My wife has bought me a dozen books on guitar history, with most of them focusing on electrics.
I know more junk about guitar history than I even wanted to!
I'm thinking Les Paul next year, just to have one. But, I'm really locked into the longer scale with the higher string tension. Nearly everything I have has a Fender length scale, no matter how tricked out.

[argyl]

10. Hank does some really scorching lead on this.

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He's one of the greats.