John Hughey
John Hughey (December 27, 1933 – November 18, 2007) was an American musician. He was known for his work as a session pedal steel guitar player for various country music acts, most notably Vince Gill and Conway Twitty. A member of the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, Hughey was known for a distinctive playing style called "crying steel", which focused primarily on the higher range of the guitar.
Biography
John Hughey was born December 27, 1933 in Elaine, Arkansas. He began playing guitar at age nine, when his parents bought him an acoustic guitar from Sears. In the seventh grade, he befriended a classmate named Harold Jenkins, who would later become a prominent country singer under his stage name Conway Twitty. (Hughey and Jenkins also attended high school together.)
Influenced by Eddy Arnold's steel guitarist, Little Roy Wiggins, Hughey asked his father to buy him a lap steel guitar. Along with Jenkins and other high school friends, Hughey performed in a local band called the Phillips County Ramblers. Hughey first played professionally as a member of Slim Rhodes and The Mother's Best Mountaineers, a Memphis, Tennessee-based band. After leaving this band, Hughey joined Twitty on the road as his pedal steel guitarist, and backed Twitty from 1968 to 1988. He also recorded with various other acts, such as Marty Stuart, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, and Dickey Betts. By the 1980s, he began playing for Loretta Lynn, then moved on to play steel for Vince Gill for twelve years. Hughey was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1996. In the 2000s, he and several other Nashville musicians formed a Western swing band called The Time Jumpers, who performed every Monday at a club in Nashville.
John Hughey (Medal of Honor)
John P. Hughey (1836-1900) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Hughey was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1836 and entered service in Anna, Illinois. He died in Fulton County, Kentucky. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on April 6, 1865, while serving as a Corporal with Company E, 67th Pennsylvania Infantry, at the Battle of Sayler's Creek, in Virginia. Hughey won his medal for capturing the battle flag of the Confederate States Army's 38th Virginia Infantry. His Medal of Honor was issued on May 3, 1865.
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Best Man I Can Be
by: Ginuwineyeah this is for my brothers in the hood
and the high risers, on the mansions with the maids
we gotta come together, come on y'all
Case, Ginuwine, Tyrese and me R.L.
help me sing it falles, yeah
CASE
I'm sitting here alone
trying to face another day
gotta stay stong, hmm
to endure this pain
R.L.
I'm dealing with right now
it flipped my whole life upside down
i don't want your help
i d'n't need your sympathy, no
what can a brother do for me?
(see he can help you up when you are down)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can be your eyes when you can't see)
what can a brother do for me
(he can help you be the best man i can be)
(oh i can be, i can be, oh i can be, i can be)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(oh yeah, yeah.yeah)
TYRESE
(be the best man)
i made a big mistake
and i'm feeling so ashamed
and i don't want to lose my friendship over it
i've gotta keep the faith, yes i do
GINUWINE
cause i'm still your boy.i've got your back
that'll never, never, never.never gonna change
so i can just cite the truth
and keep smiling in your face
what can a brother do for me?
(he can help you up when you are down)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can be your eyes when you can't see)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can help me be the best man i can be)
(i can be.i can be, oh i can be, i can be)
TYRESE
i keep struggling but i'm trying my best
i got to face this with my own confidence
lord help me to forgive and forget
can you please help me to be a better man?!
R.L.
for the rest of the darkest nights
shines the brightest sun
i ain't the man i used to be
i'm better than before
what can a brother do for me?
(he can help you up when you are down)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can know the wrong to make it right)
what can a brother do for me?
(he can be your eyes when you can see)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(i can be, i can be, i can be, i can be)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(i can be, i can be, i can be, i can be)
he can help me be the best man i can be
(i can be, whoa i can be, oh i can be, oh i can be)
help me be the best man i can
CASE
cause he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
yes he's is my brother, brother, brother, brother
R.L.
sees when i'm down on my luck and
Car ain't running, women done left me
i ain't got nothing and it's cold outside
he'll give me a ride
when it's late at night
cuz he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
see sometime i might go astray but he'll lead me back the right way
and tell me everything's okay
cuz he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
brother, brother, brother, brother
oh i know sometimes you'll need me and i got your back
oh cuz i know you got mine
cuz you're my brother
and i love you, love you, love you
you can count on me, sing it
Case, Tyese and G, and are my brother, brother, brother
TYRESE
R.L. oh my brother
late up at night
if you need a helping hand just call on me
talking about my brothers, brothers, brothers
all across the world, my brothers yeah