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Topic: Do Bands have Names Anymore??? |
Tommy Gibbons
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 4:33 pm |
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Merle and the Strangers, Buck and the Buckaroos, George and the Jones Boys, Mel and the State Siders...
Do new country acts have a name for their bands or are they musicians that just work for the "STAR"?
Oh yeah, what about band costumes/uniforms? That was just part of the mystique and prestige of being in a good country band...you remember 'em!
Just wondering...
Tommy
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 5:11 pm
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| ...or are they musicians that just work for the "STAR"? |
Apparently, that is the norm nowadays. Less pretentious, I suppose.  |
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Tommy Gibbons
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 5:16 pm Good Response Jim!!!
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Jim, I guess the reason I don't know their band names is because I don't like their new music.
But I mean the "new stars" in the last few years... George and LeAnne have been around a while.
I would like to know some more BAND names if anyone cares to share.
Thanks, Tommy
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 6:09 pm
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Yeah, I think a lot of them have names, but it's not advertized with the star like it used to be. I didn't know George Straight's bands name. It's never been important for me to find out. There's also all kind of bands out there that don't have a person's name associated with them. Leftover Salmon, Exhile, Raschal Flatts, etc.... I don't see that it makes a lot of difference either way.
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 6:28 pm I'm worried about you!
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Hey Tommy......I'm worried about you.
From this post it would tend to suggest that your drifting back into that olde-timers syndrome.......
wasting your precious hours dreaming of yester-year,
when steel players names were proudly displayed across the front of their g'tars; When band uniforms were 'the NORM'; when dark slacks and white shirts were an acceptable 'alternate' uniform; when personal appearance and hygene were as important as properly working musical instruments.
Be careful now......... I wish the best for you. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 8:04 pm
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Our band is just [Strokin Dixie] been that for 23 years. Dale Boswell [band leader and guitar,and Bruce Wood bass] were founding members,still here. NO stars just all band members,All of us get payed the same and share the expences such as upkeep on the bus ,keeping the PA working etc. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 8:25 pm
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My keyboard player wanted to call our band (The Stimulis Package)we finally named it Slick Nickel, my old band name. I also like The Ded-Pecka Band.
BD
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Tommy Gibbons
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 9:10 pm Great Band Names!!!
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The Ded-Pecka Band...probably has several members, I would guess. From the BIG BAND DAYS.
Tommy
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Leslie Ehrlich
From:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 6 Dec 2009 9:48 pm Re: I'm worried about you!
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| Ray Montee wrote: |
| From this post it would tend to suggest that your drifting back into that olde-timers syndrome.......wasting your precious hours dreaming of yester-year |
 I agree.
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 4:38 am
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| I know Babylonian Cowboys... Dwight Yoakam. |
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 4:49 am
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Some of the local bands here:
The Rusty Spurs
Bandera
Showdown
In Cahoots
Dusty Roads
Country Plus
The Edge of Texas
Country Connection
Stars are getting away from band names.....that way they use anyone they want to.
I remember going to a club and you didn't get in without a coat and tie..........kinda tells my age doesn't it. |
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Quesney Gibbs
From:
Anniston, AL
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 5:00 am
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I once knew a band called W. C. Doan. (We can't decide on a name)  |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 5:14 am Chinese Name Band
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Straight from Beijing, China, our band is called Zou Gao Su (Take The Highway). At some point soon we will add a pedal steel. YEAH. stevet
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Dick Sexton
From:
Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 6:21 am Bands...
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All local lash-ups...
Then:
Southern Gold
Cheyenne
Silver Creek
Now:
Good Ole Boys
Knipp Pickers
Still waiting on that call from the Jones Boys or Strangers...
Old roadies aren't in demand much these days.  |
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Ernest Cawby
From:
Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 6:50 am Hi
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back in the 40's I played with several groups,
The Ramer String Band
Smokies Drifters
"Country Drifters" This band org. in Tallahassee Fl.
Quitman Ga. "Brooks county Jambaree"
On the Hayride Sammy Barnhart did not name his band
One in Montgomery al. OOkee Wallace, He wound up with real talent and wrote some good songs , but had trouble getting them to the public. Don Lynch told me at the last al. Show, Ookee took all his manuscrips out to the Alabama River and threw them off the Bridge.
The pressure was just to much to handle I guess, he was a pretty good Kid hate to see it end like that.While I played in his band one point of interest he had a real pretty
sister. To set the record straight we only held hands in the bus.
ernie |
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 7:27 am
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Any artist worth his salt takes pride in the musicians that work hard to give him or her their sound..Good bands are proud to have an identity, something that shows they work as a band not as individuals...But having heard what is being put out nowadays and seeing that they dress like end of the shift Coal miners..( I'd say "nameless" is sufficient..Besides the Coal miners name is already taken..  |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 7:53 am
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The Ded-Pecka Band, aka the Blue Diamond Playboys, or the Viagra Vagabonds.  |
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Brandon Ordoyne
From:
Needville,Texas USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 9:57 am
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The current band I am in is called "Let It Ride"...they are an awesome group of guys!
Others I have picked with on one nighters...
High Stakes
Cimarron Band
And have sat in with on a couple songs with:
The Bill Middleton Band
Keep on a pickin'
Brandon
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 10:48 am
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It's not only in the country genre, think of:
James Brown and the Blue Flames
Bill Haley and his Comets
Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Later on it was used as a reminiscence:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
John Hiatt and the Goners
Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks
it's not fashionable anymore. What concerns me more is the quality of the music, I can allways read the credits. |
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Chuck Stowe
From:
Sycamore, Illinois, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2009 8:37 pm
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Last year a singer named Judge Fletcher was trying to get a band going. We played out a few times and he wanted a band name. I suggested Judge Fletcher and the Hung Jury.
Everybody liked the name, but the band never got off the ground. Maybe we didn't have the correct prescription?
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Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2009 9:12 am
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| Alvin Blaine wrote: |
Here are a few "band names"
I'll let you guess who the frontmen are.
The Dancehall Doctors
The Drama Kings
The Babylonian Cowboys
Santa Fe
The Strayhorns |
Not sure of the rest, but Strayhorns is Alan Jackson's band.
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 9 Dec 2009 8:39 pm
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Dierks Bentley's band is called the Terminally Lonesome Band, and Gary Allan's band is called the Honky Tonk Wranglers. Hank Williams Jr's band was the Bama Band.
Brett |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 10 Dec 2009 12:52 am
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| Ron Page wrote: |
| Alvin Blaine wrote: |
Here are a few "band names"
I'll let you guess who the frontmen are.
The Dancehall Doctors
The Drama Kings
The Babylonian Cowboys
Santa Fe
The Strayhorns |
Not sure of the rest, but Strayhorns is Alan Jackson's band. |
The Dancehall Doctors are Tim McGraw's band, featuring Denny Hemingson on steel.
Brett |
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