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Janice Brooks
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Country Weakly/Bleakly. I don't know anyone with that publication but i have a friend at Music City News
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This week's "Country Weekly" (dated Jan 11, 2000) has a page dedicated to the memory of country artists who died in 1999. They were nice enough to say a few words about Jimmy Day and Roy Wiggins, and included these pictures:
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Image Jimmy's name on Little Roy's picture, Randy Howard's name on Jimmy's picture - OH MY! Image

Here's the text about our heros: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>In January, virtuoso pedal steel guitarist Jimmy Day died of heart failure. The popular Day played on recording sessions with Ray Price, Willie Nelson and Charlie Parker, and also served a long stint in Jim Reeves' band. ...

In August, Ivan "Little Roy" Wiggins, longtime steel guitarist for Eddy Arnold, passed away. ...</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Did Jimmy really record with Charlie Parker? I'd like to hear that!

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"Country Weakly" strikes again!
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Post by Al Udeen »

Just goes to show how people who dont know a steel guitar from an ear of corn think! "whats that thing your playing?"
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Come now, guys. You really don't expect everyone to obsess over these contraptions like we do, do ya?

Country "Weakly"... I love it!
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Post by Andy Alford »

Its not just the Country Weekly.I have seen very little info.on Roy Wiggins on the forum.I have ask questions about Roy and two people have helped.I am young but I will take Little Roy Wiggins any day over any steel player.Maybe the guy who wrote asking who was little Roy Wiggins sayed it all on the forum.
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Hey the picture good. Image

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Perhaps they misinterpreted "Jamming with Byrd" ?
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I got a reply back to my letter that they had heard about the errors.