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Topic: The Band leader |
Bob Cox
From:
Buckeye State
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 6:34 pm |
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| How many steel players are the leader of the band you play in?.I am our band leader, and we have two lead guitars.A fiddle,drummer and Bass ,a sound man with tin ears and a producer with z truck drivin background .If the song is to fast they look at me,If it is to slow they look at me,If someone forgets their part they look at me to play it,if their is a good lookin girl singin they look at her! |
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Ted Solesky
From:
Mineral Wells, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 7:15 pm
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| Bob, I take my hat off to you. I tried having a band and it was super stressful. You had 4 different personalities to contend with plus try to keep the club owner happy. A real headache. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 8:03 pm
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I'm the leader of my Hawaiian Band called "The Island Echoes". It's a 3-piece band with me on Hawaiian Steel and Harmony Vocals and a singer playing Flat-top and a Upright Bass player. I call all the Songs and play all the lead/solos and play many instumentals and split the money 3-ways.
Here we are> "The Island Echoes".
Gotta love it.
Ricky[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 04 November 2004 at 08:07 PM.] |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 8:07 pm
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I lead my western swing band, Beats Walkin'. (We'd have a lot more gigs if someone else were in charge of booking us...)
 [This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 04 November 2004 at 08:10 PM.]
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Frank Parish
From:
Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 8:35 pm
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| I've had many groups and occasionally take over the duties in the current country band I play with. I'd much rather just be the steel player but somebody has to do it. |
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 9:29 pm
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I was the bandleader at Gabe's a couple of times. A guy, who was just itching to sit in with a Nashville band, came up to me one night and asked: "Can anybody sing?". I said, "Well, I can't".
C# |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 9:45 pm
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| . [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 17 November 2004 at 07:22 PM.] |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2004 10:01 pm
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I'm the leader in my group "Unsanctified Gospel Revival". I have a mostly revolving lineup, except for forumite Orville Johnson and drummer Mike Stone. I book the gigs, do all the set list, attempt to write the charts (although everybody in the band writes better charts than I).
It's wonderful, and a pain in the rear. After every gig, I am totally exhausted, much more so than as a side man, but I wouldn't give it up for the world. |
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c c johnson
From:
killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Nov 2004 3:42 am
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| Ricky, glad to see someone has picked up the Haw thing in the Austin area. I gave up the Austin gigs about two yrs ago due to all that traffic. Too much for an old man. I am doing gigs in Killeen,Temple, Waco, and smaller towns around. I hope you don"t mind but I have given your name and email to the hotels, etc, that I used to play for in Austin and also to members of private partys and country clubs in the area. Much success. CC |
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Allen Peterson
From:
Katy, Texas
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Posted 5 Nov 2004 4:40 am
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Hey Ricky,
Are you also the costume manager? Looks like you all have the same kind of sneakers.
Allen |
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Tore Blestrud
From:
Oslo, Norway
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Posted 5 Nov 2004 6:46 am
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Hi Ricky, that's DB, right? Please say hello from his norwegian steeler, he's truly a great singer. I guess you don't do "Meanest jukebox in town" in this band  |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2004 2:09 pm
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C.C. yes I don't mind at all my brother; pass my email to anyone...we'd love it.
Yes I'm the costume designer also..ha...those are old style "Van's" boat shoes.
Tore; yes that is D.B.Harris....and we of course do the paycheck song in our country band; but not this one.ha....oh and that is Billy Horton on the bass; from the Horton Brother's band....>it's an all-star cast man..
You should hear D.B. Sing those Hawaiian songs like Marty Robbins did...waaaay cool.
Ricky |
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Billy McCoy
From:
Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 1:18 pm
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I WAS the band leader/Electric Guitar/Pedal Steel and Harmony vocals for Janie Fricke.
Just resigned my position with Janie at the end of August to take a position as the Band director for Eagle Mountain International Church.
I miss playing with Janie....and being the band leader of a National act is not as challenging as being the band leader for a club act. I have done both.
b
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