- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHerschel Lee Sizemore
- Herschel Sizemore was born on August 6, 1935 in Sheffield, Alabama, USA. Herschel was married to Joyce. Herschel died on September 9, 2022 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
- SpouseJoyce(1954 - September 9, 2022) (his death, 3 children)
- After the Dixie Gentlemen broke up he joined Bobby Smith & the Boys from Shiloh.
- When he was 14 years of age, he got his first paying musical job playing with Ned Campbell & the Sunnyside Playboys.
- His early influences were his mother, a very good self-taught guitarist in a style that, while likened to that of Mother Maybelle Carter, actually preceded her, and old-time fiddler Hugh McCormick.
- From 1967 to 1969 he worked with Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys.
- To support his family he held a full-time job at Purolator Courier.
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