Buddy Emmons & Jeff Newman - RIP

I'm deeply saddened by the lost of my mentor and teacher, Buddy Emmons. I studied under Buddy's teaching at Jeffran College of Steel Guitar, Nashville Tenn in 1983 and 1984. Words can't describe the privilege of learning from "The World's Foremost Steel Guitarist". Here's some pictures from those days:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/11725703@N02/albums/72157656154962989 and
https://www.flickr.com/photos/11725703@N02/albums/72157656551813022

More details...
http://banjoboyd.com/musicblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Buddy-Emmons-Virtuoso-o..1.pdf

And I forgot to blog about the death of Jeff Newman. Jeff perished in an ultra-light airplane crash in 2004. I had previously attended his school in 1980. I can't begin to tell you how great of a teacher he was. I've never learned so much steel guitar and music theory in my life. Jeff was the World's Foremost Pedal Steel Guitar teacher. He was the first to ever develop modern instructional material for the pedal steel.  Jeff and I both enjoyed flying airplanes. Jeff also flew RC airplanes.  I miss Jeff...