About Jack Shook
Lived 1910 – 1986 (aged 75–76). Jack Shook was a guitarist.
Jack Shook (born Loren Shook; September 11, 1910 – September 23, 1986) was an American guitarist and a Grand Ole Opry star.
He was a native of Decatur, Illinois. He was raised in Kansas and Missouri.
He started at WSM, Nashville as a staff musician in 1934 and headed the Missouri Mountaineers on the Grand Ole Opry during the later part of the 1930s. He played guitar with many jazz and pop acts of his day including Kate Smith, Bob Crosby, Paul Whiteman and others. He was a left handed guitarist and was one of the originators of the Nashville sound style of recording.
Shook retired from WSM in 1982
Shook died of cancer on September 23, 1986, in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Who was Jack Shook?
American guitarist
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Jack Shook was born in 1910.
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Jack Shook died on 23 September 1986.
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Jack Shook was a guitarist.
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