Leon Rhodes has worn a lot of hats during his long and successful career in the music business. He%u2019s played drums, mandolin, bass, guitar, been a bus driver, an %u201Caccountant,%u201D a singer, a songwriter and undoubtedly he%u2019s held a few other occupations. From his early days on the Big D Jamboree to his nearly seven-year stint with Country Music Hall of Fame member Ernest Tubb, to his 20-year gig on %u201CHee Haw%u201D to his continuing affiliation with the Grand Ole Opry, Rhodes has seen and done just about everything the country music business can offer. He is one of the seven wonders of country music guitar playing, the Collosus of Rhodes. Guitar players seem to have established a holy trinity of country guitar in which the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are Doc Watson, Leon Rhodes, and Grady Martin. As a member of what is considered the classic lineup of Ernest Tubb & the Texas Troubadours, Rhodes already had a secure place in the genre's history, but factor in his countless recording sessions for other country legends and nearly four decades of action in the Grand Ole Opry house band and you have a guitarist whose presence and influence are simply massive. This "ain't no" picker has played on dozens of great country albums by artists such as Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, George Strait, and Jean Shepard. In other words, the existence of a country record collection without a Leon Rhodes guitar solo in there somewhere is an impossibility, pure and simple