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Musicians to jam July 13 By CARL E. FEATHER - Lifestyle Editor - cfeather@starbeacon.comStar Beacon Bobbe Seymour, who owns the world’s largest steel guitar shop, in Nashville, Tenn. Seymour grew up in rural western New York and, while stationed in Texas during military service, started playing steel guitar with western swing band greats like Bob Wills, Johny Lee Wills, Western Starlighters and Hank Thompson. In Nashville, he’s worked with Stonewall Jackson, Connie Smith, Billy Walker and Claude Gray. Ray Price hired Seymour for his band, which eventually led to studio work. His last on-the-road work was with Johnny Paycheck.
Sonny Curtis, a Chillicothe, native, hated the steel guitar’s sound as a teen-ager. But after hearing Jerry Byrd’s records and watching him play at dances, Curtis took an interest in the instrument and started practicing after the rest of his family went to bed. His first professional job was working with Bobby Bare at a local club. That job was followed by work with Johnny Paycheck and the Jones Boys, which played on the Jimmy Dean television show in 1964. He traveled with Georg Jones from 1964 to 1969, and, after Jone’s marriage to Tammy Wynette, with that duo until 1975. He stayed with Tammy’s solo act after their divorce until 1980. Mike Sigler started playing the steel guitar at the age of 10 and way playing clubs and square dances by the age of 12. He’s played for Holly Dunn, Ray Pillow, Lynn Anderson, Michael Martin Murphy and many others. His venues have included the Grnd Ole Opry, Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree and steel guitar shows around the nation. Herpy Wallace was also introduced to the instrument during his early adolescence and at the age of 15 was playing on local (Chattanooga, Tenn.) venues and a TV show. He went on the road shortly after high school and worked with Leroy VanDyke, Nat Stuckey, David Rogers, Donna Fargo, Jody Miller and Billie Joe Spears. He’s done more than 2,000 sessions and backed up many artists on tours and one-night shows. Wallace has 14 instrumental albums to his credit and averages 15 steel guitar shows annually. Don Burrows is also a celebrity in the steel guitar field, but in a behind-the-scenes role. He builds the instruments in his Rockwell Road shop. Burrows has custom-built more than two dozen steel guitars and recently shipped one to Austrailia. The Burrows expect all tickets for the show to sell out before the event -- tickets are being purchased by fans from as far away as Tennessee. To order, call Burrows at 992-6129, Howard Cosner at 224-0182 or Dorothy Sparks Corey at 964-3817. 
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