The Steel Guitar Forum

When I went to India in 1975 (back when I was a Youth-in-Asia ), I met a man on a train who told me his name was Dixit, which he pronounced Dikshit. I must say, I did a double take and made him repeat that for me one more time.

When I had my band out a few years ago we used names like
Ivan Yackinholf
Ben Dover
Dick Gizinya
Our old forum friend Don E. Curtis played steel for me and I think Don was Ivan.

I also remember one night on Nashville Now when Mike Snider was asked by Ralph Emery what Mike and Sweetie had named their new son. He replied we named him Richard Edward but we call him Dick Ed for short. Needless to say Ralph turned a shade of red!

Rusty Steel
Me not the guitar
Old age and lack of practice

I used to work with a bass player who on occasion would go by Buster Hyman. He had a white cowboy shirt with fringe and his pseudonym spelled in purple sequins on the back. I kind of like Faron Colder for a country singer. Faron Warmer in the summer.
Just last week a couple of friends told me I should have a stage nick name, they suggested "Harm". I don't think it'll stick, but I told them they should stay out of "Harm's" way.

Hmmmm.... if I was gonna choose a name, I have no idea, but some of these are really funny.

The only nickname I ever really had was "Blue", and at the time everyone knew me and called me by that.

I've been called Jim Bob a lot also, but always considered Jim Bob Garrett to be the "real" Jim Bob.

Not funny, but hey the topic title doesn't say it has to be funny....

When I lived in Kansas, anytime we played in or near Topeka, anything minus my last name "Phelps".... due to one very infamous Phelps known in that area.... I didn't want to be beaten or killed just for someone thinking I was related to him. I was introduced as "Steelman Jim" most of the time in Topeka.

Allen Wrench, Phillip Screwdriver, Mike Cord, Chuck Steak, Mack Diesel.

Jimmy Walker "Dynomite!"

There was a band up here called "Phil Dirt and The Dozers." Good name for a girl singer, Shirley Ujestkie.
How about Loogie Spitz and The Spats?

oh yeah I forgot;
at one point we were gonna do a Buck Owens "tribute"show and call the backup band the
" *uckaroos" (asterisk-uckaroos)

I was supposed to be "Schvitzen Schlitzer" on "schteel guitar"
and we were gonna have
Crystal "Brandi" D'Cantor guest vocalist on the Susan Raye parts

it was an alcohol fueled discussion in the green room one night deep into a tour- never got off the ground



(c)Dave Van Allen 2008

Bob Hickish wrote:b0b

that wouldn't have been Mr. Lucky Strike would it ?

He always went by LSMFT

Yeah, that was his real name.

On another note, our old friend Porter Fawcett, may he rest in peace, had a sweet dog named Rusty. He didn't realize until one day when they went to the vet that he had named his pet "Rusty Fawcett".

I've used Jake Foxbreath.

Here in Austin, there's a drummer that goes by Rusty Traps. I dunno, it might be his given name.

Another Austin musician used to have a listing in the phone book as "Lee Melone"

Oh yeah, there's a Urologist in Austin who's real name is Richard Chopp. Anyone for a vasectomy? Now, there's a scary thought!

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

Loogie Spitz and The Spats.

Led Jethro.

one band seriously refers to me as chris pistofferson, due to my charming personality!

"Under the Grandstands"...with Seymore Butts

"Yellow Stream".....with I.P. Freely

"Running to the Outhouse"......w Willie Makeit...

The Irish tenor, Phil O'Dendron
The French guy, Dan D'Ruff
The Gypsy, Emmanual Abor
The Italian guy Charlie LaTuna
The Eskimo guy, Iggy Loo

The Turkish woman, Cari Agun

Surprised nobody's come up with the most obvious Stage Name - - Wells Fargo.

Oh! Tony! You're smart! That is excellent!

...and now, ladies and gentlemen, just in time for the holidays, playing all of your favorite 60's cover tunes, let's have a round of applause for SANTA & JOANNIE...

Ricky Louse and the "Red Eye Review:

Mike Hunt.

I think that's what I'll tell the Female Bandleader to announce on the gig I've got coming up..

Then there are his brothers York and Hercules. ( Herc for short..)



EJL

You guys are working too hard...

Buddy Emmons.....

I gotta tell ya, this is one of the funniest posts, anytime, anywhere...

While I was single from 1980 till 1989, my bandleader often introduced me as "Craven Morehead".
Al

Here's the best one I've ever heard: West Virginia Creeper - with Commander Cody years ago.

When I worked at the hospital on the ambulance, we had a doctor whose name was Phil Goode.