Stage Names You'd Like To Use

About Steel Guitarists and their Music

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Johnny Baldwin
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Post by Johnny Baldwin »

Hoof Hearted
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Post by K.J. Tucker »

John Roche wrote:Richard Head

I went to high school with him he was a real

Dick !

Later

Tuck
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I. M. Slow
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Slim Lattimer
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Post by Slim Lattimer »

Hub Kapp and the Wheels were true proto-punks.

The Wheels wore dark sunglasses, black berets and sullen expressions and adopted the punky pseudonyms Rip Kord (Condello), Ry Krysp (bassist Bob Dearborn) and Ty Klyp (drummer Rich Post). Occasionally they were joined on stage by fourth Wheel Terry Kloth (keyboardist Ted Harpchak).

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Formatting screwed up--deleted.
"Gopher, Everett?"
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Jimmy Walker & The Runabouts.
James Gang
Diamond Jim
Jimmy Dollar
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Last but not least, SLIM JIM.
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Robin Banks
Hugh Jorgan

ha ha
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Girl singer in a Country Coverband from Tulsa- "Carrie Oakie"
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By the way, I'm trying to hire a new piano player. Does anyone know anything about any of these players?

Bea Toven
Joe Pan
Chuck Kowsky
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StuPac Shakur :lol: :lol: :lol:
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If I ever got to work in England,I'd have to use the name Jack Ketch.
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Post by Gus York »

Just came across this name thing (I'm slow on the uptake)

Nervous 'jazzer' steel player - 'SKID' MARKS

Swedish part time barman/steel player - LARS TORDERS

Fast Vietnamese steel player - 'PIK' BLOK

Newly wed female steel player Mrs TURNA ROUND nee LEVER

After the show inexperienced steel player introduces himself to experienced pro Yugoslav picker and says 'HOWDY- DEFIK DEDODAT' and asks him HOW THE bleep HE DID THAT!

French steel player and part time child molester - PIERRE DePHILE!

Steel player with bad breath - HAL.E.TOWSIS

Best ever Band name I've heard ( actually existed ) All decorators I reckon!

- 'MATT VINYL AND THE UNDERCOATS' (Marvellous)

That's enough for now..... Gus.
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I worked with a guy called "Beruda Swartz"........always thought he needed a group called "Florieda Kees".

I saw a reference to "Elmer Fudpucker".........he had a brother "Ferd Fudpucker"....
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Years ago I was part of a duo called 'Novak and Goode'. Realising that we were still lacking something, we enlisted the aid of UK '50s singing star, Tommy Steele.

After that we were 'Steele Novak and Goode'......
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I was the instigator in starting a local band that we called "The Rusty Spurs"......everybody was over 60.
The keyboard man always introduce me as the "Rusty Spur" then I had my back operated on and they removed the spurs from my spine.
Charlie gets great fun of telling about my operation and that I am now just "Rusty".......but he won't tell me how he means that. :lol:
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My favorite band I ever played in was, for real::

Melodious Thunk

We were a jazz/funk/blues group complete with a nice horn section.

Phil
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Slyde & the Family Steel
Dennis
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I haven't kept up with all the post lately, but I think I like the sound of "Bud Picker" if know-one has used it.
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"Blind Lemon" Pledge

Or has somebody taken it?
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In the 1950's in Billings MT. my Dad played for a man named Nash. The Band--- Nash's Rambling Ambassadors
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Post by Bill McKillop »

What about R Stornoway?
Bill Bassett
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Chief Engineer

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Years ago, while playing at a fancy arabian horse breeders convention, one of the guys came across an arabian language phrase book. Now, because I was the one guy in the band that was always fixing things, I was considered the chief engineer, that is until we found that translates into:

Baashmoon Handeese

(Not sure of the spelling anymore, just sound it out.)
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Will Hart
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Post by Will Hart »

Got an Xmas present last year from a Spanish member of my crew who spelled my name Wheel Heart. Couldn't resist. Been my stage name ever since
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Post by Danny Hall »

There's a minor character in a Thomas Pynchon novel named Dewey Gland. I've always been fond of that name but my wife doesn't think much of it. Another character in the same novel is named Sir Timothy Dodson-Truck. A guy could work around that one in all kinds of ways.
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Post by Jim Lindsey (Louisiana) »

Years ago I met a guitar player who's actual legal name was ... Lincoln Mercury.

As far as myself, I used to really be into the King Arthur legends and the band I was with, finding this out, started calling me Excalibur Steel. It was a nickname that stuck with me for a very long time and it still creeps up once in a while.
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