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Jerry Byrd

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Also known as Gerald Lester Byrd

American guitarist (1920-2005)

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • The Hawaiian steel guitar and its great Hawaiian musicians
  • It Was a Trip, On Wings of Music
  • Louisiana's best in high school football
  • Louisiana sports legends
  • Runners Whom Renown Outran

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1540
Active to
1623-07-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
29,960
Total plays
200,758

Tags

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jerry
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Ohio
Place of death
Honolulu
Occupation
musician
Instrument
voice
Record label
Decca
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cause of death
Parkinson's disease
date of birth
1920-03-09
date of death
2005-04-11
medical condition
Parkinson's disease
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1935-00-00
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