Elmer Lee "Buddy" Charleton (March 6, 1938 – January 25, 2011), was an American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
ian and teacher.
Known primarily for his work as a
pedal steel guitar
The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...
ist in
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked ...
's Texas Troubadours band, Charleton played on numerous songs such as ''Waltz across Texas'' and instrumentals ''Cool it'', ''Honey Fingers'', ''Almost to Tulsa'' and ''Rhodes-Bud Boogie''.
When Buddy's touring career came to a close, he became involved with Billy Cooper's Music in Orange, VA working as a pedal steel instructor for many years. Buddy's teaching work greatly influenced the next generation of pedal steel guitarists.
References
External links
Official website of Buddy Charleton*
Pedal steel guitarists
1938 births
2011 deaths
20th-century American guitarists
American male guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
Guitarists from Virginia
Country musicians from Virginia
People from New Market, Virginia
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