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'''Billie "Tiny" Moore''' (May 12, 1920 – December 15, 1987) was a [[Western swing|Western swing musician]] who played the [[electric mandolin]] and [[fiddle]] with Western swing legend [[Bob Wills]] and the [[Texas Playboys]] in the 1940s. |
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'''Billie "Tiny" Moore''' (May 12, 1920 – December 15, 1987) was an American [[Western swing]] musician who played the [[electric mandolin]] and [[fiddle]] with [[Bob Wills]] and the [[Texas Playboys]] in the 1940s. He played with [[The Strangers (American band)|The Strangers]] and [[Merle Haggard]] during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McCall |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=untabCgOVkgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA356&hl=en |title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music |last2=Rumble |first2=John |last3=Kingsbury |first3=Paul |date=2004-12-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977055-7 |page=356 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Moore was born in the [[Gulf Coast]] town of [[Port Arthur, Texas]], in 1920. His primary instrument was electric mandolin.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tiny Moore |url=http://www.emando.com/players/Moore.htm |access-date=1 June 2011}}</ref> While a member of the Texas Playboys from 1946 to 1950, he played Gibson electric mandolins: at first an EM-125, and sometime after 1948, an EM-150.<ref>{{cite web |last=McPeters |first=Buddy |title=Johnny Gimble, Tiny Moore and Gibson EM-150 Electric Mandolins |url=http://www.vintagemandolin.com/em150_history.html|access-date=1 June 2011}}</ref> Although these are 8-string mandolins, Moore used four single strings instead of pairs. This made his mandolin sound like an electric guitar. In 1952, he commissioned a five-string electric mandolin from [[Paul Bigsby]]. Moore was playing in a band led by Bob Wills' brother, Billy Jack. The Bigsby 5-string mandolin had single courses of [[strings (music)|strings]] (rather than the paired courses on a standard mandolin) and added a low C string to the standard [[Musical note|G, D, A and E]]. This tuning actually gives the instrument a wider range of notes than a guitar.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carter |first=Walter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_HNEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA75&hl=en |title=The Mandolin in America: The Full Story from Orchestras to Bluegrass to the Modern Revival |date=2016-12-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-7927-8 |page=75 |language=en}}</ref> |
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In the mid 1960s he taught group guitar lessons at the local [[YMCA]] in [[Sacramento]], [[California]]. He taught every style of music from [[Old Timey]] folk to [[The Beatles]]. He also operated [[Tiny Moore Music]], a music store in Sacramento, and sold copies of the Bigsby mandolin built by [[Jay Roberts]] of [[Yuba City]]. |
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In the mid-1960s he taught group guitar lessons at the local YMCA in Sacramento, California. He taught every style of music. He operated Tiny Moore Music, a music store in Sacramento, and sold copies of the Bigsby mandolin built by [[Jay Roberts]] of [[Yuba City]]. In the 1970s he made two albums with for Kaleidoscope Records: ''Tiny Moore Music'' and ''Back to Back'', a duet album with [[Kenneth C. Burns|Jethro Burns]]. In 1999, Moore was posthumously inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in as a member of [[Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tiny Moore |url=https://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org/tiny-moore |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=mogc |language=en}}</ref> |
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In the 1970s he was part of [[The Strangers (country band)|"The Strangers"]], which was [[Merle Haggard|Merle Haggard's]] band. During that decade he also made two recordings with [[David Grisman]] for [[Kaleidoscope Records]]: "Tiny Moore Music" and "Back to Back," a [[duet]] album with [[Kenneth C. Burns|Jethro Burns]]. |
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Latest revision as of 01:13, 25 April 2024
Billie "Tiny" Moore (May 12, 1920 – December 15, 1987) was an American Western swing musician who played the electric mandolin and fiddle with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in the 1940s. He played with The Strangers and Merle Haggard during the 1970s and 1980s.[1]
Career[edit]
Moore was born in the Gulf Coast town of Port Arthur, Texas, in 1920. His primary instrument was electric mandolin.[2] While a member of the Texas Playboys from 1946 to 1950, he played Gibson electric mandolins: at first an EM-125, and sometime after 1948, an EM-150.[3] Although these are 8-string mandolins, Moore used four single strings instead of pairs. This made his mandolin sound like an electric guitar. In 1952, he commissioned a five-string electric mandolin from Paul Bigsby. Moore was playing in a band led by Bob Wills' brother, Billy Jack. The Bigsby 5-string mandolin had single courses of strings (rather than the paired courses on a standard mandolin) and added a low C string to the standard G, D, A and E. This tuning actually gives the instrument a wider range of notes than a guitar.[4]
Western swing is a hybrid of country, blues, and jazz; Moore's style of playing draws from all of these sources. Moore and his Bigsby mandolin were identified with each other for the remainder of his career.
In the mid-1960s he taught group guitar lessons at the local YMCA in Sacramento, California. He taught every style of music. He operated Tiny Moore Music, a music store in Sacramento, and sold copies of the Bigsby mandolin built by Jay Roberts of Yuba City. In the 1970s he made two albums with for Kaleidoscope Records: Tiny Moore Music and Back to Back, a duet album with Jethro Burns. In 1999, Moore was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in as a member of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ McCall, Michael; Rumble, John; Kingsbury, Paul (December 16, 2004). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-19-977055-7.
- ^ "Tiny Moore". Retrieved June 1, 2011.
- ^ McPeters, Buddy. "Johnny Gimble, Tiny Moore and Gibson EM-150 Electric Mandolins". Retrieved June 1, 2011.
- ^ Carter, Walter (December 1, 2016). The Mandolin in America: The Full Story from Orchestras to Bluegrass to the Modern Revival. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4930-7927-8.
- ^ "Tiny Moore". mogc. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
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