Not many remember him now but he had several cross over "pop" hits in the 50's, like:



http://www.tennessean.com/s...es-dead-86/80556058/

RIP

Not many know that he was also very good on the guitar. He released 1 instrumental album featuring just his guitar...no vocals. I first heard it on loan from the public library in 1977.

http://www.countrynoise.net...tars-of-sonny-james/

quote Originally posted by texasfiero: Not many know that he was also very good on the guitar. He released 1 instrumental album featuring just his guitar...no vocals. I first heard it on loan from the public library in 1977.

He must be one of those Nashville Cats.

According to the article in the "Tennessean", he received his first mandolin at age 3.

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Took me back to my teenage years!