MOORE, TINY
(1920–1987)
MOORE, TINY (b. Billie M., Hamilton County, Tex., May 12, 1920–December 15, 1987) WESTERN SWING pioneer and MANDOLIN virtuoso Tiny Moore was rediscovered during the mandolin craze of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Moore was raised in Port Arthur, Texas, and initially studied violin. He began playing mandolin after hearing Leo Raley , then mandolinist for Cliff Bruner 's Western Wanderers . Raley was perhaps the first mandolinist to play an amplified instrument, inspiring Tiny to take up an…