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Daffan Obit

NPR
Published October 7, 1996 at 11:00 PM CDT

An appreciation of the songwriting talent of Ted Daffan (DAH-fan), one of honky tonk's pioneers. He played the steel guitar... and in 1934 he signed on with The Blue Ridge Playboys and started writing songs, including the first trucker number "Truck Driver's Blues." He wrote other honky tonk hits for various artists.

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