Red Rhodes Velvet Hammer In a Cowboy Band 1973 Original Custom Promo mostly M-

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Red Rhodes ~ Velvet Hammer In a Cowboy Band

• 1973, 1st and Original, Custom Label Promo pressing.
  
• Made in the U.S.A.
  
• Countryside / Elektra Records ~ CS-102 STEREO
  
• Vinyl is VG++ to Mint-, mostly Mint-; some very faint, low-level minor background wear, clicks and ticks; a few, ver faint, very minor, small paper inner-sleeve marks.
  
• Labels are VG++ or better with a few, faint spindle-marks and some minor manufacturer imperfections.
  
• Cover is VG+ with bends, creases and damage on the top-right corner. Other minor corner-bends wear. Promo-hole on uppper-right; minor cover wear, minor edge wear and indentations.
  
• Includes custom inner-sleeve, VG++ with two split-seams, left and right sides, approx. 2" each.
  
• Out of print, Original, Custom promo Album.
  

"Red Rhodes was one of the most versatile steel guitarists in country music. Born Orville J. Rhodes in East Alston, IL, his mother taught him to play the dobro when he was only five; at 15, he switched to the lap steel guitar, using a homemade stand. He played his first professional gig alongside his stepfather before moving to L.A. in 1960 to do session work. Eight years later, he was one of the most in-demand sessionmen on the West Coast and played with artists like the Byrds. Rhodes and his band played at the Palomino in L.A. during the late '60s and worked on various Michael Nesmith sessions, which led to occassional work as a steel player for the Monkees. He remained with Nesmith through both incarnations of the group, and continued his session work throughout the '70s, appearing with James Taylor, John Phillips, the Carpenters, Carole King, Chilli Willi & the Red Hot Peppers, and Seals & Crofts. He has released a few solo albums, including Red Rhodes' Steel Guitar (1979) and Fantastic Steel Guitar (1980). Rhodes' playing was limited in the '80s and early '90s by the rheumatoid arthritis that affected the use of his hands. He devoted his time instead to his amp shop, occasionally making appearances at the International Steel Guitar Festival. In 1995, he played on Nesmith's Tropical Campfires album and toured with him. Shortly after he completed the tour, he fell ill, succumbing to interstitial lung fibrosis on August 20, 1995. "

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