Eddie Peabody

Eddie Peabody (born February 19, 1902 in Reading, Massachusetts - dead November 7, 1970 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Covington, Kentucky.

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February 19 - 1902 - Reading, Massachusetts - November 7 - 1970 - Covington, Kentucky

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Universally considered as the best plectrum banjo player of all times.

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His career started during World War I (he fibbed about his age and he was enlisted in March 1917) playing violin, mandolin, guitar and banjo for his U.S. Navy buddies, becoming known as the "Happiness Boy".

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World War I - Violin - Mandolin - Guitar - Banjo - U.S. Navy

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He got into show business in 1921 after getting off the S-14 submarine.

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His career last till the very end of his life.

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He developed with the Vega Banjo Co. of Boston a new type of banjo, called Vegavox and, first with Fender Co. and then with Gretsch, a special type of electric guitar called Banjoline.

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Vegavox - Banjoline

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