associated_acts death_date article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
lefty joe venuti , roy clark frizzell , porter wagoner , red foley , 30 april 1998 curly chalker
 curly chalker non_vocal_instrumentalist 22 october 1931 pedal steel guitar country , jazz enterprise , alabama , u.s. harold lee chalker musician , session musician
curly chalker

harold lee chalker -lrb- october 22 , 1931 -- april 30 , 1998 -rrb- , better known as curly chalker , was an american country and jazz musician and pioneering pedal steel guitarist .
born in enterprise , alabama , chalker began playing the lap steel guitar while still in his teens and made his professional debut in the nightclubs of cincinnati , ohio .
