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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Willie Dixon, Shug Fisher, Bill Black, Tony Levin, Max Stern, William Herbert York, Carl Frederick Tandberg, John Jorgenson, Richard Davis, Louis Johnson, Derrick Hodge, Thelma Terry, Edgar Meyer, Roy Mitchell-Cardenas, Bob Moore, Jeff Irwin, Robert Sledge, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Makanda Ken McIntyre, John Clayton, Brent Harding, Viktor Krauss, Jay Leonhart, Roy Huskey, Jr., Lee Rocker, Fred Hopkins, Nick Monteleone, Tony Garnier, Gary Peacock, Ray Campi, Marshall Grant, Olly Wilson, Jimmy Woode, P-Nut, Reid Anderson, Eric Judy, Charnett Moffett, Frederick Zimmermann, Tillman Franks, Missy Raines, James Cammack, Tom V. Ray, Tom Gray, Dennis Trembly, Benjamin Levy, Jennifer Leitham, Herman Wright, Hub, Terry Plumeri, Mark Robertson, Stan Puls, Leonardo Valvassori, Michael Lewis, Stuart Sankey, Tom Fowler. Excerpt: Shug Fisher (September 26, 1907-March 16, 1984), born George Clinton Fisher, Jr., was an American character actor, singer, songwriter, musician and comedian. During a 50-year career, he appeared in many Western films, often as a member of The Sons of the Pioneers in Roy Rogers serials. Fisher also had supporting roles on many TV shows, most frequently on Gunsmoke and The Beverly Hillbillies. His comic trademarks included his ability to stutter at will and his bemused facial expressions. Fisher was born in Grady County, Oklahoma in Tabler (near Chickasha) into a farming family, the son of a Scots-Irish father and part-Choctaw mother and the youngest of four children. He gained the nickname "Shug," short for sugar, at a young age which he explained, "My mama gave it to me 'cause I was such a sweet baby." In 1917, the family moved by covered wagon to Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, near Indianola. Soon thereafter, Fisher was drawn to the mandolin and the fiddle. His father refreshed his own fiddling ability and F...
