Duane Marrs Memorial
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Duane Marrs ...November 24, 1935-January 22, 2008
Duane Marrs was the most endeared man I've ever known. I have never heard an
unkind word about him, nor had I ever heard him utter a bad thing about anyone else.
He always looked to help others; so as amazing as his mechanical and design skills
were in the steel guitar industry, his life was much broader than that. This wonderful
man will be loved and missed by all who knew him.
When Duane submitted the photo-cell volume pedal to Shot Jackson in about 1963,
Shot recogonized the brilliant mind of Duane, and it was that, that got him the job at
Sho-Bud. The photo-cell pedal never went into production; because of the
inconvenience of plugging it in at the Opry. In addition to this pedal, Duane was the
inventor of the pack-a-seat that steel players use today. Duane went on to do much
of the design work at Sho-Bud, along with David Jackson, Harry Jackson and Paul
Franklin.
Duane played steel guitar 50+ years, he began playing while living in Oklahoma.
Duane toured and played with several artists including Wanda Jackson and Pee Wee
King.
If anybody has any photos they would like to have added to this page, please e-mail
them to us. (Click on photos to enlarge)
Duane Marrs was the most endeared man I've ever known. I have never heard an
unkind word about him, nor had I ever heard him utter a bad thing about anyone else.
He always looked to help others; so as amazing as his mechanical and design skills
were in the steel guitar industry, his life was much broader than that. This wonderful
man will be loved and missed by all who knew him.
When Duane submitted the photo-cell volume pedal to Shot Jackson in about 1963,
Shot recogonized the brilliant mind of Duane, and it was that, that got him the job at
Sho-Bud. The photo-cell pedal never went into production; because of the
inconvenience of plugging it in at the Opry. In addition to this pedal, Duane was the
inventor of the pack-a-seat that steel players use today. Duane went on to do much
of the design work at Sho-Bud, along with David Jackson, Harry Jackson and Paul
Franklin.
Duane played steel guitar 50+ years, he began playing while living in Oklahoma.
Duane toured and played with several artists including Wanda Jackson and Pee Wee
King.
If anybody has any photos they would like to have added to this page, please e-mail
them to us. (Click on photos to enlarge)
