George Shuffler was an American bluegrass guitar player and an early practitioner of the crosspicking style.
16 Facts About George Shuffler
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George Shuffler was a 2007 recipient of the North Carolina Heritage Award and in 2011 was elected to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
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George Shuffler was born in Valdese, North Carolina, United States, on April 11,1925.
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George Shuffler found out that one of his neighbors, Jack Smith, knew some chords on a guitar, and so he tracked him down.
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Smith showed him three chords, G, C, and D Shuffler went home that night practicing the three chords over and over, afraid that he would forget them.
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When he got home his mother was singing an old song called "Birmingham Jail", and George Shuffler started accompanying her, encouraging her to sing until she was hoarse.
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At first, George Shuffler was afraid, thinking that his homemade chords would make him look foolish, but he soon discovered that they were the same shapes his more experienced neighbor was making.
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When his father traded the guitar for a new pistol, George Shuffler went out and purchased a new one with his carefully saved money.
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Over time George Shuffler began to develop a reputation as a good guitar and bass player.
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George Shuffler played in local talent shows, and played and sang in local churches.
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One night, right after the end of World War II, George Shuffler went to Granite Falls to see the Bailey Brothers, and when their backup band didn't show, he volunteered to play bass for them.
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One year, money was so tight that Ralph Stanley sold off his whole herd of cattle to keep the band going, and George Shuffler quit the band on several occasions, only to be lured back by raises of fifteen or twenty dollars.
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George Shuffler eventually quit the music business "for good", and when his wife Sue expressed her incredulity at the idea, he sold all of his instruments to prove he was really done.
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George Shuffler released a few gospel albums, and had a big hit "When I Receive My Robe and Crown", which stayed on the gospel charts for eleven months.
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George Shuffler died on April 7,2014, five days before his 89th birthday.
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George Shuffler created a style that allowed him to keep the rhythm and play a lead melody at the same time.