Jerry Byrd was a musician who played Lap steel guitar in country and Hawaiian music. His interest in the instrument began after a "tent show" when he was 12 and by 15 he was playing in bars. Although his initial interest was Hawaiian music much of his work was country and in 1944/1945 he joined the Grand Ole Opry. He was important to the early career of Dolly Parton being possibly the first to sign her.
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- Jerry Byrd was a musician who played Lap steel guitar in country and Hawaiian music. His interest in the instrument began after a "tent show" when he was 12 and by 15 he was playing in bars. Although his initial interest was Hawaiian music much of his work was country and in 1944/1945 he joined the Grand Ole Opry. He was important to the early career of Dolly Parton being possibly the first to sign her. He also was an educator of the steel guitar giving lessons to Jimmie Vaughan and Jerry Garcia among others. The list of artists that Byrd played or recorded with included Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Patsy Cline and Red Foley and countless others. In the 1970s he moved to Hawaii and worked on reviving Hawaiian steel guitar music, taking a great delight in giving lap steel lessons to the young musicians who showed interest in insuring that the lap steel remained an important instrument in Hawaiian music. While living in Hawaii (until his death), Byrd had a regular weekly gig with his great trio at the Royal Hawiian Hotel that lasted for years. Though Byrd often joked about pedal steel guitar players, he had nothing but the highest of praise for Buddy Emmons, saying he had taken the steel guitar to new places with his playing. He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1978 as # 1. He died of Parkinson's disease at 85.
- Gerald „Jerry“ Byrd war ein US-amerikanischer Countrysänger und Musiker. Er gilt als einer Pionier der Hawaiian Steel Guitar in der Country-Musik, da er neben Cliff Carlisle der erste Countrymusiker war, der diese erfolgreich einsetzte.
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- Jerry Byrd was a musician who played Lap steel guitar in country and Hawaiian music. His interest in the instrument began after a "tent show" when he was 12 and by 15 he was playing in bars. Although his initial interest was Hawaiian music much of his work was country and in 1944/1945 he joined the Grand Ole Opry. He was important to the early career of Dolly Parton being possibly the first to sign her.
- Gerald „Jerry“ Byrd war ein US-amerikanischer Countrysänger und Musiker. Er gilt als einer Pionier der Hawaiian Steel Guitar in der Country-Musik, da er neben Cliff Carlisle der erste Countrymusiker war, der diese erfolgreich einsetzte.
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