Joe Penny

Rockabilly cat Joe Penny was born Joseph Pennington in Plant City, FL, on January 15, 1928. Taught to play guitar by his mother, he joined his first group, the Sons of the South, at the age of 16, and after high school he relocated to San Angelo, TX, to play with the Western swing combo Dub Adams & the K-Bar Ranch Hands. Through a mutual friend he met country icon Hank Williams, joining his backing unit the Drifting Cowboys in 1947 for seven dollars a show. Nicknamed "Little Joe Pennington" by Williams in response to his diminutive size, the guitarist soon renamed himself Joe ...