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Topic: Lorretta's...Fontana CA |
Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2004 6:18 pm |
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Last weekend my band was getting paid great money to wear tuxedos and play "Fly Me to The Moon" and "New York New York" for happy rich country club folks in Palm Desert (yes, money DOE'S buy happiness...)
This weekend we're making $62.50 at the infamously smokey and sleazy Lorretta's lounge in Fontana CA playing "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Tush" etc. for drunk truckers, hookers, and tweekers....but between those tunes, we get to play some great country jazz, swing & R&B. There's no business like...yada yada! C'mon down to the last real honky tonk in Southern CA. |
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Herman Visser
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Rohnert Park, California, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2004 10:13 pm
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| Rick :Next time Im in S Cal got to check you gugs out. Used to live in your neck of the woods. Off of Scott rd in Memiffe Been up here for about 5yrs and love it.Couldnt take the heat any more. Maybe get a few beers in Sun City there used to be a little country bar, cannt think of the name right now. JUST A THOUGHT |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 17 Nov 2004 4:25 am
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| Good ol' southern California; years ago I was doing a little picking in a place in Riverside and some of the guys on my aircrew had come to listen to the band. When I looked up after one number, they had left and the place was crowded with a biker group and some of the Calif Highway Patrol; what a night. Ah, the good ol' days...... |
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Wally Maples
From:
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2004 5:22 pm
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| AH yes So Cal. Used to play all around Rubidoux, Corona, Berdo,March AFB and at Danny's club with the great Art Sanchez. |
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Chuck Campbell
From:
Manassas, VA, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2004 7:19 pm
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| Lots of great places to play in the 60’s. Played Grans, in Redlands, Arthur’s in Riverside, Ollie’s or was it Oakieville in Fontana. Loved the all night jam sessions on weekends. I remember a steel player Dick Stubbs. He played a triple neck and used no picks. Great player. Remember the Never Again Club in Lapuente and Vern Stovall and Phil Bahl. I’m doing the best I can spelling with my West Virginia education. |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 18 Nov 2004 4:27 pm
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| I remember Dick Stubbs. Jay Dee and I dropped in there one night. |
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