Event Description
On June 2,2025 Music Monday of The Ozarks will present the history of the steel guitar in the Ozarks. These three gentlemen will discuss the effect the steel guitar had on the music of the Ozarks. Come join us in June 2,2025 at the Elks club
Roger Blevins – is regarded as one of the best steel players in the country and was a staff musician at KWTO, the Jubilee home radio station.
Mike McGee – from beginning in ’74 with his first introduction to pedal steel , within one year , 1975, he was working in a band
that backed up folks like Johnny Russell ,Mel Street ,Jerry Wallace , Nat Stuckey, and Bob Luman. Again, he had
only been on steel one year and then was with Stan Hitchcock for 3 yrs and then did a 3 yr stint as staff steel player
at the Hee Haw Theater in Branson where he met the entire crew of Hee Haw…..Archie Campbell , Gordy Tapp , and of
course, the Honeys. nurse Goodbody , Gunilla Hutton and all the rest.
Bob Diekmeier – owner and operater of the GFI steel guitar factory in Marshfield, MO. began working for Gene Fields in 1992 and learned every aspect of producing GFI pedal steel guitars. Bob took over the business after Gene passed away. Gene Fields learned from the ground up co-designing for Leo Fender, building bass and steel guitars.