Leo "Zeke" Manners (October 10, 1911 - October 14, 2000) was an American country musician. == Life and career == Manners was born in San Francisco but raised in Los Angeles, where he attended Fairfax High School and learned to play fiddle, banjo, and piano. He played in a traveling revue for a time before joining several Western swing groups. In the 1930s he came to lead a group called The Beverly Hill Billies, who were a popular radio attraction... [more on Wikipedia]