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Also known as Jerry Lee Bird

American basketball player (1935-2017)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1973-07-11

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
29,960
Total plays
200,758

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steel guitarRetroslide-guitarAllcountry

Jerry Byrd (born in Lima, Ohio on March 9, 1920; died April 11, 2005) was a musician who played Lap steel guitar in country and Hawaiian music. His interest in the instrument began after a "tent show" when he was 12 and by 15 he was playing in bars. Although his initial interest was Hawaiian music much of his work was country and in 1944/1945 he joined the Grand Ole Opry. He was important to the early career of Dolly Parton being possibly the first to sign her. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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Sports profile

Sport
Basketball
Team
_Deceased Basketball
Nationality
United States

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Wikidata facts

Mass
210
Height
198
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date of birth
1935-02-02
date of death
2017-07-16
end of work period
1959-00-00
start of work period
1958-00-00
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