- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Lewis Byrd
- Billy Byrd was born on February 17, 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Glenna C. Byrd. He died on August 7, 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- SpouseGlenna C. Byrd(? - August 7, 2001) (his death, 4 children)
- Gibson Byrdland guitar
- Designed the Gibson Byrdland guitar with his close friend Hank Garland.
- Served in the U.S. Navy as a cook on a destroyer
- He spent many years performing with legends such as Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Burl Ives, Eddy Arnold, George Hamilton IV, George Morgan, The Lennon Sisters, Carl Smith, Ferlin Husky, Marty Robbins, Tex Ritter, Little Jimmy Dickens, Martha Carson, and a host of others.
- Eric Clapton played and owned a Gibson Byrdland Guitar designed by Byrd and Hank Garland.
- Rockstar Ted Nugent plays a Gibson Byrdland designed by Byrd and Hank Garland.
- Recounting a session with Hank Garland and some of Stan Kenton's group for Country Music Magazine: I remember they were playing 'Back Home Again In Indiana.' Hank flew in there, and their yes got as big as quarters. They just couldn't believe what they were hearing.
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