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Topic: Calif. The Krueger's Entertainment Booking Agent. |
LJ Eiffert
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California, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2015 1:44 pm |
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I was just thinking of how many Super Star like George Strait,Johnny Paycheck,John Anderson,The Mandrell Sisters,Brian Lunbeck,Tony Treece,Donna Thomas & myself (Uncle)Leo J Eiffert Jr that Martha & Carlos Krueger gave us the opening to a career here in Southern California Country Traditional Music.  |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 9 Mar 2015 8:51 am
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Hey Leo... That's Brian "Lonbeck" and Martha Lou's husband was "Carlys" Kreuger... 
Do you remember the lady bass player I was married to in the sixties (my 2nd wife)...? Her name was Marie Laswell and she was 15 years older than me but had a nice figure and pretty hot all around... Anyway, I played lead guitar for Martha Lou and Marie played bass for her. We were doing the military base circuit at the same time John & Sharon Leighton were. John & Sharon had Ray Williams on lead and Joe Solo on drums... I actually introduced Carlys to Martha Lou as he was a friend of mine and came to some of our gigs... He liked "full figured" women and they immediately hit it off... Martha Lou's daughter is one of my Facebook friends and I hear from her occasionally..
Do you remember a drummer named "Dusty" Johnson. He was our drummer in the Martha Lou band. He always had this ice pick and a hammer in his trap case and wherever we'd play, even if it was a nice hardwood bandstand, he'd drive that ice pick right into the floor in front of his bass drum so it wouldn't move... I always thought someone was going to get on him about that but they never did. Also at that time we did a couple of private parties for Cal Worthington as he liked Martha Lou a lot and she used to appear on Cal's Corral a bit. She even drove a Dodge that was on loan to her from Cal..........JH in Va.
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 9 Mar 2015 9:04 am
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Good stories, I even believe them. Bass playing wife is fairly hot.
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LJ Eiffert
From:
California, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2015 11:51 am
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| Yes sir Jerry. I remember all of them and Carly. Carly & I did this calling him Carlos in a code we made up when I would host or MC the Big Concerts. That how I would know who I should talk to when they would said Carly said. If he told them to see me ,he would tell say Carlos Krueger. Dusty Johnson,he love to sing that song " Bye Bye Black Bird ". He also was a true briker. He jamming that the Imperial Inn after hours with us,Al Bruno,Larry Booth,Archie Francis,Earl Poole Ball or Bobby Lee and so many others. |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 10 Mar 2015 7:37 am
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Leo, your referring to Dusty as a "biker" reminded me of something. Did you ever see Dusty's chopper? He had a pretty nice one and he was a pretty small guy but he had a wife named "Marge" who was a head and a half taller than him and weighed a few hundred pounds as well as having a butt that was a couple of axe handles wide... Anyway, it was a real site to see Dusty crusin' the boulevard with ol' Marge on the back of his chopper but he had her trained for sure. When they'd come to a stoplight, Dusty would just keep his feet on the pegs and Marge would drop hers to the ground to balance the bike. There's no way he could have held it up with her on the back... I also remember when he blew the engine on his "Harley" chopper and replaced it with a Honda motor. He caught a lot of flak about that from his biker buddies..........JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!! |
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LJ Eiffert
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California, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2015 10:54 am
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| Yes, Dusty's hog chopper. He was a real supporter of the Hells Angels too! He and I got alone great With my black belt work and his Brian Lonbeck in the ring thing. Also, he and little-short bunch the singing Merle Haggard and the jump over the swimming pool like evil. Oh what fun we had Jerry in our days. Thanks.Leo |
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LJ Eiffert
From:
California, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2015 8:14 am
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TTT: Thanks to all the mail in my box from you old friends and you new ones who don't use your name or address on the return. That's true respect to who you are. My Catholic Faith is in God Bless Us All. P.O. Box 5412,Buena Park,California.90620.C I have a dream too in casting eyes and ears to justice. One thing for sure is keeping the Steel Guitar going with it Musician playing it good or bad. Alive!  PS: Who wrote that? |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 20 Mar 2015 9:39 am
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Hey Leo, I'm going to be back out there in SoCal next month. Do you have any gigs booked?...Thanks, JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!! |
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LJ Eiffert
From:
California, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2015 10:22 am
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| Yes Sir! Call me when you get here and I'll tell you where! Thanks Brother Jerry. |
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LJ Eiffert
From:
California, USA
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Posted 23 May 2015 7:45 am
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TTT! These folks are History to Southern California Country Music movement.  |
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