Unless you lived in western Oregon in the late 1960s and '70s or the 1990s, you probably have no idea who Buddy Fite was. I bumped into his jazz guitar playing by accident last week on YouTube and was astonished. So I did a little research in old newspapers.
Born in Vancouver, Wash., in 1938, Ronald "Buddy" Fite weighed in at 285 pounds and stood more th…
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