caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place label background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
buddy ernest tubb show . charleton performing '' cool it '' on the 25 january 2011 locust grove , virginia , united states 1962 -- 1973 new market , virginia , united states decca , bear family records non_vocal_instrumentalist 06 march 1938 pedal steel guitar country , country jazz buddy-charleton-1 . png buddy charleton
 elmer lee charleton , jr musician , music teacher
buddy charleton

elmer lee `` buddy '' charleton -lrb- march 6 , 1938 -- january 25 , 2011 -rrb- , was an american country musician and teacher .
known primarily for his work as a pedal steel guitarist in ernest tubb 's texas troubadours band , charleton played on numerous songs such as `` waltz across texas '' and instrumentals `` cool it '' , `` honey fingers '' , `` almost to tulsa '' and `` rhodesway boogie '' .
