{"id":1323,"date":"2014-05-31T17:32:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T22:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:12:07","slug":"gary-hayes-country-salutes-weldon-myrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=1323","title":{"rendered":"Steel Guitar Legend Weldon Myrick Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/01myrick2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3043\" src=\"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/01myrick2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"01myrick2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/01myrick2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/01myrick2-136x102.jpg 136w, https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/01myrick2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I learned this morning that Country Music Legend and Steel Guitarist Weldon Myrick<br \/>\nis having some serious health issues that I cannot comment on right now<br \/>\nbut I felt the need to write a salute to honor his contributions to country music.<\/p>\n<p>I was going to begin a NEW series next week featuring steel guitarists that are<br \/>\nsort of &#8220;off the radar&#8221; of mainstream.<br \/>\nI use my website to feature the local talent and the independent bands..I&#8217;m not trying<br \/>\nto analyze what corporate radio is doing or where is Country Music on radio?<br \/>\nI have KNOWLEDGE and FACTS and I want to feature people who gave their lives<br \/>\nto the proliferation of Country Music.<\/p>\n<p>He was born on April 10th 1939 in Jayton Texas and from a very early age<br \/>\nhe loved music.<br \/>\nHis older brother began playing the steel guitar and was called to serve<br \/>\nin the military and in his absence Weldon began playing it.<br \/>\nHis first band was Henley Diggs and The Double Mountain Boys and they had<br \/>\na short radio show on Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>His first Nashville trip was in the 1950&#8217;s and he moved to Big Springs Texas<br \/>\nin the late 50&#8217;s.<br \/>\nHe was brought to Nashville by legendary producer Ken Nelson along with<br \/>\nthe Ben Hall Trio.<\/p>\n<p>He started going to the Opry to see if anyone would let him play.<br \/>\nNow, back then the Opry had an open door policy.<br \/>\nAnd soon after Whispering Bill Anderson allowed Weldon to play.<br \/>\nAnd thusly it lead to him playing with a young girl Bill found<br \/>\nnamed Connie Smith.<br \/>\nBob Ferguson was another legendary producer that loved Weldon&#8217;s playing<br \/>\non &#8220;Once A Day&#8221; which Anderson wrote.<br \/>\nThe calls started flooding in and he left the road to pursue session work<br \/>\nand asked Hal Rugg who was the only permanent player on the Opry if he could<br \/>\nalso play in the house band.<br \/>\nOtt Devine who was the Opry manager back then happily accepted Weldon.<br \/>\nAnd Weldon Myrick played on the Opry for over 34 years.<br \/>\nOn February of 1998 Weldon played his last Opry show and retired.<\/p>\n<p>I am going to include this list of artists I have connected Weldon Myrick to.<br \/>\nI found some of it on his webpage and some I found on vinyls.<\/p>\n<p>Acuff, Roy<br \/>\nAllen, Deborah<br \/>\nAllen, Jr., Rex<br \/>\nAmbrose, Steve<br \/>\nAnderson, Bill<br \/>\nAnderson, Eric<br \/>\nAnderson, John<br \/>\nAnderson, Lynn<br \/>\nAnderson, Sharon<br \/>\nAnthony, Ray<br \/>\nArea Code 615<br \/>\nAtkins, Chet<br \/>\nBaez, Joan<br \/>\nBagwell, Wendy<br \/>\n&amp; The Sunliters<br \/>\nBall, Ace<br \/>\nBandana<br \/>\nBandy, Moe<br \/>\nBarber, Glenn<br \/>\nBare, Bobby<br \/>\nBarlow, Jack<br \/>\nBegley, Philamena<br \/>\nBenny Hall Trio<br \/>\nBerry, Wayne<br \/>\nBond, Johnny<br \/>\nBooth, Larry<br \/>\nBowling, Roger<br \/>\nBoxcar Willie<br \/>\nBrewer &amp; Shipley<br \/>\nBrody, Lane<br \/>\nBrown, Jann<br \/>\nBrown, Jim Ed<br \/>\nBrown, T. 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