From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Sun Jan 27, 2002  2:30 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Buddy Emmons

BUDDY EMMONS

Born 27 January 1937, Mishawaka, Indiana

Buddy Emmons is generally considered to be one of America's
finest steel guitar players. He fell in love with the instrument at age
eleven when he received a 6-string lap steel guitar as a gift. In 1956,
Emmons went to Detroit to fill in for Walter Haynes during a performance
with Little Jimmy Dickens and soon afterward he was invited to join
Dickens' Country Boys. He appeared with them on the Grand Ole
Opry and recorded a few singles that included "Buddy's Boogie" (1957).
In 1957, he and Shot Jackson built a steel guitar from scratch, the Sho-Bud,
and Emmons subsequently gave his name to a steel guitar company.
He played with Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours (1957-1962), Ray
Price's Cherokee Cowboys (1962-1968) and later in the backing groups
of Roger Miller, Emmylou Harris and The Everly Brothers (from 1993).
He has played on countless Nashville sessions, not only with many famous
country artists, but also with Duane Eddy (the "Twang A Country Song"
album, 1963), Rick Nelson, Mickey Gilley, Manhattan Transfer and
many others. Among his credits are the classic albums "G.P." (Gram
Parsons) and "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" (Judy Collins).
Throughout the '90s he continued to do session work. He has also
released several solo albums, especially in the seventies, mostly for
small labels.

Official website: http://www.buddyemmons.com
I'm not familiar enough with Buddy's solo work to recommend a CD.
Anyone else?