Barney Liddell

Barney Liddell (August 13, 1921 – May 5, 2003) was an American born big band musician from television's The Lawrence Welk Show, his instrument was the trombone. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana; Barney was the oldest of eleven children. When he entered Horace Mann High School, he was eager to study music and play the saxophone for the school band but they were out of saxes. His second choice was the trumpet, they too were out, so eventually he settled on the trombone and began to practice hard on that instrument, like his idol Tommy Dorsey. After graduating from high school in 1939, he attended the University of Notre Dame and spent three semesters at the University of Chicago studying engineering. Liddell entered the Army where for the...