Buddy Charleton

Biography

Elmer Lee "Buddy" Charleton (March 6, 1938 – January 25, 2011), was an American country musician and teacher. Known primarily for his work as a pedal steel guitarist in Ernest Tubb'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.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

57 releases · 24 albums · active 1963–2004

  • Performance · 89
  • Other credits · 8

Studios: Track Recorders · Blue Seas Recording Studios · House Of Music, West Orange, NJ · Dimension Sound, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

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