| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Lee Moore | | Date: | Tuesday, August 29, 2006 00:04:26 (-0400) | | From: | Louise P. <Leap1234 @...net>
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| In reply to: | Message 4668 (written by Jim Warren) |
Wow, what great memories listening to Lee Moore. Also been wondering what
happened to Doc & Chickie Williams of the time too. They were also on WWVA
programs. They toured RI just about every year. Has anyone know of them or
where they are now? Love this list and all the info from it!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Warren" <dobro@adelphia.net>
To: "Resoguit" <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: [RESOGUIT-L] Lee Moore
> Lee Moore 9-24-1914 - 8-17-1997
>
>
>>I think he passed away in the late 90s.
>>Not sure if anyone remembers him, but he
>>was a radio disc jockey on Wheeling West Virginia's
>>WWVA program long ago.
>
> I remember him well. He was quite the charactor.
> He was a practical joker as well as an entertainer.
> I was ready to hit the stage one time, and I turned
> around to grab my Dobro, and it had disappeared.
> My heart came up in my mouth until I saw Lee peeking
> out from behind his car with it.
> He also used to make up personalized tapes of his
> music for people for a nominal fee, where he would
> play his guitar, sing, and converse with you between
> songs.
> He made me up a couple one time as a joke, on how
> to play the Dobro. He starts out telling how to hold the
> bar, and put on the picks, Then he says " Now Jim, if you listen close to
> old Lee Moore, maybe , just maybe,
> someday you will be able to play like me". He really was
> a funny guy.
>
>>There was a little dobro
>>flyer called "the dobro nut" in my scrapbook with him
>>on the cover and 2 round neck sho-bro guitars of his.
>>He had them both setup as guitars, not resos.
>>But, I think he did play reso stuff some, too.
>
> He did have a Sho-Bro squareneck which he would
> alternate playing with a regular flat-top guitar. He would
> accompany himself strumming chords on the Sho-Bro, and
> play some lead with it in between verses.
>
>>I think Beverly King put out the "dobro nut" booklet.
>>That's the only one I have though. It was
>>a pretty neat little paper/magazine.
>
> Yes it was. I have the whole collection of these. The name
> was changed after a time to "Resophonic Echoes", and a
> few years later to "Country Heritage"
> Bev was also a friend of Lee.
>
> I have an obituary that I can send off list to anyone who
> would like it. Jim Warren
>
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