JUNIOR HUSKEY, Bassist

Roy Huskey, Jr.

Biography: Roy Milton Huskey was a prominent American upright bass player in country music from Nashville, Tennessee. Huskey performed alongside musicians such as Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, George Jones, Steve Earle, Doc Watson and many others. His father, Roy Madison Huskey, Jr.,... Show More

Born: December 17, 1956, Nashville

Died: September 06, 1997 (age 40)

Hallo Heino,

Ich nehme an, den suchst Du, auch wenn er erst 1956 geboren wurde,
Gruss Billy

xx

hier also noch der alte "Junior"


Birth: 1928
Sevier County
Tennessee, USA
Death: 1972 (auf dem Grabstein sieht es allerdings nach 1971 aus)
Nashville
Davidson County
Tennessee, USA

Well known session musician as well as Grand ole Opry musician. Got his start in Knoxville on the radio station WNOX at the "Mid-day Merry-go-round.
Junior was a member of the Musicans Union for 20-years and played bass on the WSM Grand Ole Opry for 18-years until his passing.
He married Ruth Maude Randolph of the Randolph Family Band aka 'The Hub Spinners', in 1948, which also played on WNOX until the two oldest girls Geneva and Ruth were married.
They had two sons Steven Ray and Roy Milton.

Heino,
Der alte Junior Huskes - Roy Madison Huskey jr. - spielte zum Beispiel auch auf Eddie Wilson (Armin Edgar Schaible)) seiner Aufnahme "Dankeschön, Bitteschön, Wiederschön" in Nashville den Bass.
Sein Sohn Junior Huskey - Roy Milton Huskey jr.

Mit Tommy und Goldie Hill.

Der Sohn war bei dem Meisterwerk der Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" dabei.