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Jerry Byrd Master of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar

Articles and information about Hawaiian steel guitar player Jerry Byrd.
Facts About Jerry Byrd
  • Full Name: Gerald Lester Byrd
  • Birth Date: March 9, 1920 (Lima Ohio)
  • Died: April 11, 2005 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
  • Played with Ernie Lee's Pleasant Valley Boys
  • Played in Ernest Tubb's Band
  • Played the Nashville sound in the 1950's and 1960's
  • First Hawaiian music album was in 1951
  • It was called "Shores of Waikiki"
  • He moved to Hawaii in 1968
  • From then on he played exclusively Hawaiian music
  • Inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame inf 1978

    Articles About Jerry Byrd
  • Musicians Pay Tribute to Beloved Jerry Byrd
  • Steel Guitar Forum Jerry Byrd Bio
  • Wikipedia Jerry Byrd Profile
  • Mele.com Jerry Byrd Bio

    Jerry Byrd Recordings
  • On the Shores of Waikiki (Mercury/Wing)
  • Blue Hawaiian Steel Guitar (Mercury)
  • Byrd of Paradise (Monument)
  • Admirable Byrd (Monument)
  • Potpourri (Monument)
  • Memories of Maria, (Monument)
  • Polynesian Suite (Monument)
  • Burning Sand, Pearly Shells (Monument)

    See also:
  • Other Hawaiian Steel Guitar Musicians
  • Hawaiian Music Artists A to Z


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