Tiny Moore
Billie "Tiny" Moore (May 12, 1920 – December 15, 1987) was an American
Texas Playboys in the 1940s. He played with The Strangers and Merle Haggard during the 1970s and 1980s.[1]
Career
Moore was born in the
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
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.[5]
References
- 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.
- ISBN 978-1-4930-7927-8.
- ^ "Tiny Moore". mogc. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
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