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Biography
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Bobby Garrett
Effective period / Period of releases: 1963 - 1985
Steel guitaristborn 22 March 1935, Dallas, Tx
died 24 April 1999, Tyler, Tx
Played with Hank Thompson. Also worked with Jim Reeves, Ernest Tubb, George Jones, Bob Wills, George Morgan and Ray Price. He is credited with adapting the Merle Travis finger style to the steel guitar and became known as ‘the King of Thumb Style’. Was elected to the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1995.