[1] Aside from Wills and Haggard, he recorded with Leon McAuliffe, Tiny Moore, Willie Nelson, Joe Venuti, and Asleep at the Wheel.
While recording "Ida Red", he told Shamblin to put a lot of runs in his rhythm chords to keep up with the bassist.
Shamblin incorporated a big band style similar to Freddie Green's with the Count Basie Orchestra.
His acoustic, single string, lead guitar work in the 1930s resonated with the influence of Lang and Django Reinhardt, while his brief chord solos evoked the harmonies of George Van Eps.
He served for four years and was a lieutenant in the Service Battery 924th Field Artillery 99th Infantry Division Third Army in the European Theater of War and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
After playing with Leon McAuliffe's Western Swing Band in Tulsa, he returned to the Texas Playboys in September 1946 in Fresno, California.
After two years with the Nix band, he returned to Tulsa, managed a convenience store, and attended night school to earn a license in accounting.
[2] In the 1980s, Eldon, along with Leon McAuliffe and Junior Brown taught music at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma.
Shamblin recorded 'S Wonderful: Four Giants of Swing by Joe Venuti with Jethro Burns and Curly Chalker.
[citation needed] Shamblin declined and sold the instrument to legendary Rock and Country Promoter Larry Shaeffer, a good friend of Eldon's and owner of Cain's Ballroom and Little Wing Productions.
He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 with Bob Wills and a select group of Texas Playboys.