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Topic: Gary Thoreson-Lance Romance & 3 Minute Boogie |
tom anderson
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leawood, ks., usa
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Posted 29 Sep 2005 5:36 pm |
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| Has anyone got a lead on this steel player from the 1970's with Lance Romance. I used to know him when I lived in Spokane, Washington. |
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John Ummel
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Posted 29 Sep 2005 8:18 pm
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hi Tom,
I knew Gary about the same time. I was in Spokane playing at the Smokeshop Beer Parlor in a band called Saloony Toons with Joe "Peewee" Felice. Lance Romance played there too. The Smokeshop became Washboard Willies.
And I saw Gary later here in western WA at the Riverside Inn in Tukwila. He had a band with his wife Cindy playing fiddle. He's sure a good player. Always had a coffee cup on hand for spittin his chew! I've wondered what he's up to also, but sorry I don't know.
Johnny |
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John Ummel
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tom anderson
From:
leawood, ks., usa
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Posted 3 Oct 2005 7:24 pm
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| Ah, the Smokeshop-I saw Sneaky Pete's version of the Flying Burrito Brothers there in about 1977 or 78, as well as Lance Romance with Gary & before that when they had Ed Littlefield Jr (great steeler who played with a flatpick & still plays with a group called Marley's Ghost), & another great group called Rose & the Dirt Boys with Chris Murdough on pedal steel (later in the Skyboys). All of that is Northwest country rock history-a great place at the time for country rock. |
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John Ummel
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Arlington, WA.
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Posted 3 Oct 2005 7:46 pm
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Yea Tom,
Those were the days all right. I knew all the bands you mentioned.I saw the Burritos about that same time. Sneaky of course, and Guib Guibeau on fiddle. I know Ed Littlefield, he lives just down the road from me. I can walk to his house. Lance Romance was really great, yea sure the Dirt Boys, Skyboys w/ Dudly Hill and later Leon Waldbauer...great guitarists. You might remember another band called Wheatfield, really great bluegrass influenced country rock. Over on this side of the mountains it was the Rainbow Tavern and the G-Note in Ballard. You know in those days, the clubs would just fill up with folks who really knew and dug that music. I sure miss that.
Johnny |
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