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The Steel Guitar Hall of Fame is an organization established in the United States in 1978 to recognize achievement in the art of playing the steel guitar. The organization's stated purpose is: To establish a Hall of Fame and Museum to support the art, popularity, and prestige of the steel guitar, to honor those musicians and composers who have ...
The International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. Since the cancelling of Scotty’s International Steel Guitar Convention 2016, the Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame has to adapt. The HOF’s newest inductees, Del Mullen and Neil Flanz, were inducted during the Denver show on June 12th 2016.
Steel guitarist Donald “Don” Hugh Helms was well known for his work with Hank Williams’ Drifting Cowboys. In 1984, he was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. Helms played steel guitar on more than 100 Hank Williams songs, including ten of the country singer’s eleven number-one singles.
The Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame was started in 1985; its first two inductees were Bobby Garrett and Bud Carter. The inductees in 1986 were Maurice Anderson and Jimmy Day. There are currently 36 living members of the TSGHoF, (at least as of Sunday March 10 ), out of a total of 75 inductees.
There are many players who are qualified to be inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame. Applications have continued to be received over the years. The nominating committee is being regenerated. Since the induction of Neil Flanz in 2016, the SGHOF has become “International” (Neil was Canadian).
SIEBERT, Johnny - Although he is a member of the Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame, not too many people know that he played Steel Guitar for Carl Smith on most of his big hits in the 1950's.
For his pioneering accomplishments, Drake is the first steel guitar player to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Roddis Franklin Drake was born October 8, 1932, in Augusta, Georgia, the son of Pentecostal preacher John Drake and Nora Blevins Drake.