Guitarist from the West Texas / Oklahoma area. Born April 13, 1939 in Pleasant Hill, Oklahoma. Starting in 1955, he played in the trio “Buddy, Bob & Larry” with Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery. He also recorded with Buddy Holly and briefly played with The Crickets in the 1960s. He formed the Lubbock area band Four Teens and worked as a session musician at at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico. Welborn died at his home in Oklahoma on July 31, 2022 at age 83.