About Fred Paul Hedges
Lived 1921 – 1999 (aged 78). Fred Paul Hedges was a musical instrument maker.
Career Hedges was a long-time friend of Grand Ole Opry star Billy Grammer who hired Hedges to help establish Grammer and J.W. Gower's newly formed guitar company. In the 1960s, Hedges helped make finishing touches to the guitars and set up machines to mass-produce acoustic guitars for Grammer & Gower Guitar Co. in Nashville. Fred Hedges is credited for hundreds of people learning to play the guitar and other stringed instruments in Nashville, Tennessee. However, due to poor health, Hedges stepped back not long after opening and his sons took over.
Personal life He has two sons, George and Richard, and three daughters, Gail Harrison, Pauline Williams, and April Hedges. Hedges died on June 19, 1999, in Durham, North Carolina.
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Who was Fred Paul Hedges?
American guitar maker
When was Fred Paul Hedges born?
Fred Paul Hedges was born on 27 March 1921.
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Fred Paul Hedges died on 19 June 1999.
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Fred Paul Hedges was a musical instrument maker.
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