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.
Bio from Wikipedia
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.
Frequent collaborators
- The Texas Troubadours
- Texas Troubadours
- Various
- Willie Nelson
- Bill Kirchen
- Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours
- Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours
- Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard

