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Hal Rugg Fan Page Welcome to the Fan Page for the Great Hal Rugg! Harald "Hal" Rugg
July 21, 1936 - August 9, 2005. He was born July 21, 1936 in New York City, NY.

Legendary steel guitarist, Hal Rugg, passed away in Tucson with loved ones at his side Tuesday morning, August 9, 2005 after an extended battle with lung cancer. At an early age, he moved to Tucson with his mother, where he atteneded the Arizona Desert School. He began his music career in Tucson, Az in the early 50's. He married his devoted wife Vivian Deans in 1957. In 1959, he moved to Minneapol

is, MN and worked the Flame Club with Dave Dudley. He met Grand Ole Opry acts like Boby Lord and Billy Grammer, who encouraged him to move to Nashville in 1961. He worked the road with many Opry acts such as Jean Shepard, Stonewall Jackson, Bill Carlisle, and Leroy Van D**e. Hal joined the George Jones Band in 1963 and did his first recording session. Soon after his first session, he was too busy with recording to work the road. In 1963, he joined the staff band at the Grand Ole Opry where he performed until 1979. He also worked television with the Wilburn Brothers, where he met producer Owen Bradley. As a result he recorded with the Wilburn Brothers and Loretta Lynn. A partial list of show he played on are Good Ole Nashville Music, Country Junction with Eddie Hill, The Jimmy Dean Show, Music Hall America and for seven years in the 1990's, The Statler Brothers Show. He was also the steel guitarist for several annual awards shows as a result of his relationship with Bill Walker, who produced the Statler Brothers Show and several Capitol Records artists such as Donna Fargo and Roy Clark. Hal was inducted into The Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1989. Hal plyaed on many hit records for artists such as Billy Walker, Jean Shepard, Ray Pillow, Nat Stuckey, Porter Wagoner, Sammi Smith, Ray Stevens, Ronnie Milsap, Ray Price, Barbara Mandrell, K.D. Lang, Eddie Rabbit, Johnny Russell, Joan Baez, Ricky Van Shelton, Sammy Kershaw, and Steve Wariner. Hal's contributions to the music of these artists and his innovative playing style have firmly placed him at top of recorded history for his insturment with only a select few. His influence is immeasurable among his playing peers. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Vicky He is survived by four children, Theresa Louise Pierce, Thomas Joseph Rugg, Tammy Lee Klinefelter [husband, Jack Klinefelter], and Tracy Lynn Rugg; six grandchildren and on great-grandchild. Hal's later years were spend with his partner and companion, Joan Van D**e and his daughter Tammy and her family, in the Catalina Foothills Mountains that he loved. Thank you for joining the Hal Rugg fanpage, and help us keep is music alive!
-God Bless :]

25/09/2022

We are with $250 of our goal so please consider a gift of any size by donating at: mattysvision.com

Small contributions add up!
Thanks to Kim and Mark Montgomery for their donation, they have been very generous. Also Judy, Joey at Prospects International and Sherry and anyone I forgot to mention. Ya’ll make our support of the visually impaired possible!!!

Thanks Sherry and Miller piano who were GREAT hosts last evening. Streaming shows are tricky so thanks to her daughter, Dakota, for the tech support!

Come on family and friends…
15 bucks here and 20 there and we’ll be able to gift the drum set to the Tennessee School for the Blind!

Have to jump on here to honor and wish THIS man a Happy Happy Father’s Day in Heaven .... you were my BEST friend ever !...
20/06/2021

Have to jump on here to honor and wish THIS man a Happy Happy Father’s Day in Heaven .... you were my BEST friend ever !!! Thank you for such a wonderful life ..... travelin’ to places people dream of .... meeting people ... people only dream of .... horses.... life lessons ...learning to live after Mom passed on ... and most of all teaching me that Jesus Christ is.....THE Way ... THE Truth and THE Life ..... I miss you more everyday.... I love you Papa .... save me a seat right in between you and Mom ... ❤️🙏🏻😘

Best Buds hangin’ after dinner out ... guess the gals said hold these ... and they did .... pretty sure my Mom took the ...
08/03/2021

Best Buds hangin’ after dinner out ... guess the gals said hold these ... and they did .... pretty sure my Mom took the pic.... 😂😂

Well FB land.... back at it .... it’s been a long.. MUCH needed... 2 year hiatus but I have missed many of my friends .....
01/03/2021

Well FB land.... back at it .... it’s been a long.. MUCH needed... 2 year hiatus but I have missed many of my friends .... that along with my husband Jack Klinefelter asking me to commit more to the growth of Mattysvision .. the Foundation for my father Hal Rugg and my grandson Matthew ... I agreed. Together we have a new FB page for Mattysvision!! Please take a minute to look it up and “like” it ... also Jack has a new artist page named Papajacksongs and I’m sure he would appreciate a like also ... by linking all of these together along with the Hal Rugg Fan Page we are hoping to reach as many folks as possible . Our plan is to very soon begin live streaming music .. hits my Dad played on ... tunes written by Jack and along with us, will be asking folks to come and sit in with us especially friends of Dads who can also share stories and memories.... we also plan to upload to YouTube everything recorded .... needless to say we are VERY excited ... playing live is still THE best ... but this keeps us going as we travel back and forth to Tucson to be with our family and with God’s blessing finally landing there where our hearts never left with the selling of Dads home he left me and has been our home off and on for years, by March of 2022... coming back to Nashville , A LOT of hard work and living in Dads house has allowed us to become completely debt free so I am super excited to be able to have something of OUR own..... and of course, back into horses as the kids are so excited to learn to ride.. oh how I have missed it ... a much more simple life ... land .... peace .... abundant blue skies family/grands ..and doing what we feel we have been called to do .... helping those who are visually impaired, thru ours and Dads music, which is SO important to them.. 2 weeks ago my Lil Hero turned 10 and I couldn’t be more proud of his progress ... along with his 3 siblings they are growing up fast so the time is now to do all we can do... many thanks to all who have messaged me ... kept in touch and have already helped me spread the word about the new page ... I have missed seeing pics and post of friends.... family .... and fans of my Dad ... so ... moving forward I will continue to post and keep up to date Mattysvision and our music endeavors also my personal page ....our video/ audio equipment arrives soon... after installation we will be up and running ... we are both excited ...so friends....be on the lookout for some super good music and stories... and yes I have to include a couple pics of Matthew and more..😊 ... anyone who knows me knows my Grands have my ❤️.... peace and love to all❤️

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