Jack Shook

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.[1] He was raised in Kansas and Missouri.

He started at WSM, Nashville as a staff musician in 1934[2] and headed the Missouri Mountaineers on the Grand Ole Opry[3][4] during the later part of the 1930s.[5][6] He played guitar with many jazz and pop acts of his day including Kate Smith, Bob Crosby,[7] Paul Whiteman[8] and others.[1] In 1939, the Missouri Mountaineers were one of the first Opry acts to be on the NBC Opry radio show called The Prince Albert Show.[1] Shook served in the army during the 1940s and then returned to Nashville to form Jack, Nap and Dee along with singer Dee Simmons.[9] He was a left handed guitarist and was one of the originators of the Nashville sound style of recording.[8]

In 1950, he released the title Written Guarantee with Owen Bradley and His Quintet.[2] Covers by Shook included Birmingham Bounce, Give Me a Little Old Fashioned Love, Goodnight Irene, I'm Moving on, Mule Bookie, Say When, There's a Little White House, and Wabash Blues.[10]

Shook retired from WSM in 1982[5] and died in Donelson Hospital of cancer in 1986.[1]

He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on February 2, 1935.[11]

Shook died of cancer on September 23, 1986, in Nashville, Tennessee.[8]

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  2. ^ a b "Jack Shook | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  3. ^ "Jack Shook and the Missouri Mountaineers". www.rusc.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  4. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1975-09-06). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ a b "Jack Shook". Country Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  6. ^ Rosenberg, Neil V.; Wolfe, Charles K. (2007). The Music of Bill Monroe. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03121-2.
  7. ^ Thompson, E. D. (2003). Nashville Nostalgia. Westview Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN 978-0-9744322-3-6.
  8. ^ a b c Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1986-10-04). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. 2012-02-01. ISBN 978-0-19-992083-9.
  10. ^ "Cover versions by Jack Shook | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  11. ^ Roland, Tom. "RolandNote.com: The Ultimate Country Music Database". www.rolandnote.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.