After Dickens dissolved his band in 1956, Emmons and fellow guitarist Shot Jackson formed the Sho-Bud Company, which designed and built steel guitars.

Christened the Country Boys, DickensвЂ™ band recorded several instrumentals, including three of EmmonsвЂ™ original compositions. As a teenager, he joined his first bands, relocating to Illinois then to Detroit, before moving to Nashville in 1955 to join Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy DickensвЂ™ band at 18 years old. Musician Buddy Emmons, widely regarded as the worldвЂ™s foremost steel guitarist, hailed for his unique playing style and innovations with regard to tuning, hasВ died at age 78.Д«orn Buddie Gene Emmons in Mishawaka, Indiana, and nicknamed вЂњthe Big E,вЂќ his guitar work was heard on countless recordings by acts ranging from Ray Price and Ernest Tubb, to Linda Ronstadt and the Carpenters.ДЄt 11 years old, Emmons studied on lap steel guitar at the Hawaiian Conservatory of Music in South Bend, Indiana, learning to play country music by listening to the radio.

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