I just found out that one of the greatest guitar players of all time had a stroke in 2023 and will never play again. If you’ve never heard of Clint Strong he was very influential to all us Nashville players, played for Merle Haggard and so much more…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=6hv7vHuENN8&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR31pJ-claq65FRIX3mbJGmICTxlfDpsVOppr3yHDSRfHhdu4aY7bS-T4zQ_aem_AZcKhEHP2Iw-KKKJzYrOMna8GPLUEM1CEdNBbzElvSda0dk9NnCbpq6o4WYzK0keIXYF5GPZ2rF0W-bA
The Promiseland is the thirty-third studio album by American country music singer Willie Nelson. It reached No. 1 on the US Country Albums chart. He was backed by Clint Strong (guitar,) Mark Yeary (keyboards,) Dennis Hromek (bass,) Biff Adam (drums,) and Jimmy Belken (fiddle) of The Strangers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promiseland
(We looked for more on Mr. Strong. While there were several Wikipedia articles that mentioned he had played on lots of albums, there were no articles in particular on Mr. Strong).
Photo: Clint Strong
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