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Steven

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Peavey Bandit 65

[This message was edited by Steven Knapper on 29 May 2001 at 07:43 AM.]

(I'll translate for you non-Southerners.)

There was a time when Gary would post on the Forum.

Lee, from South Texas

[This message was edited by Lee Baucum on 29 May 2001 at 08:23 PM.]

FWIW, on SpongeBob he is playing a double 8 Rick with a vintage Rickenbacker M15 amp. The rest of the band are current members of the Blue Hawaiians.

BTW, Brandin will be releasing his CD containing mostly originals shortly...they are in the final mix.

OK Gary, now send me the five bucks.

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Steven

GFI Ultra S10 Keyless
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After many years of therapy I think I know.
I'm a guy playin' steel guitar on a cartoon show. The kids love me!

"Does he play that weird stuff all the time?"

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There has already been a reference to his work on the cartoon mentioned.

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Q - Brandin, are you the ball of fire playing that great Hawaiian guitar in the Spongebob Squarepants soundtrack?
A - Yes, but not all the music is played by us (The Blue Hawaiians). They have us go in the studio and make up songs. Nickelodeon buys the songs, and pays for the studio. What's are influence? Dick Dale, Hank Marvin, and Henry Mancini to name a few.
I'm playing my Rickenbacker D-8, and sometimes my Fender 400 tuned to C6th.

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For Gary's history you have to go back to 1974, when he was living in South Pasadena CA., and admits that he didn't know one end of a guitar from another. His neighbors Bill Bryson and John Egenes, got Gary interested in playing guitar. They took him to the Palomino a few times to hear the Palomino Riders led by Jerry Inman.
That's the line up with Jerry Inman, Buck Felts {bass}, Jay Dee Maness (steel guitar), Archie Francis (drums) and Russ Hanson on guitar. Ethan Reilly replaced Jay Dee for some months in late 1974 into 1975.
A great group and Gary wrote "So I was hooked. I found a cheap MSA S-10 and started to practice. About four months later I was working in the bars full time."

And it began, Gary worked in the Phantom Herd, a 1970s country-rock band with Chris Gaffney joining as lead vocalist for a few years.
He also went on to work at the Foothill Club with Billy Mize and Cliff Crofford's band.
As well as the 1980s Sunday radio show hosted by Paul Bowman. The band was, Mark Bowman on drums, Don Whaley on bass and, Red Volkaert on guitar.
Jay Dee was playing steel on this show first, but was too busy with the new Desert Rose Band.

In the mid 80's he started working with Chris Gaffney's band, they played the punk clubs in LA. along with Jim Lauderdale,
Lucinda Williams, Patty Booker, Buddy Miller, (who lived in South Pasadena at the time) Heather Myles, Rick Shea, and Dave
Alvin among others. Gary played on Gaff's first three CD's. Of the others, Patty Booker, Heather Myles, and Rick Shea were the the ones he worked with most frequently.
In the 1990s Gary also worked with Marc Cory Lee; they did his last CD (Stardust Cowboy) live in the studio, on a tight budget!

And of course Gary joined the Blue Hawaiians in March of 97. With them he appears in
the BBC 'History of Rock&Roll' hand syncing to Brom Tieman's steel part on "A Cheat". For the studio version they let Gary go in the studio and play the solo. The short film "Searchin' for Da Cat" was done before I was in the band, but Gary played steel on a version of the song the BH's last Pascal CD. Check out; [link]pascalrecords.com[/link]
The group is on a larger label and cut a CD with Gary in 1999. I strongly recommend all of the stuff he's appeared on.

Gary's sessions (well some of them)
Blue Hawaiians:
- Sway (1998)
- Savage Night (1999)
Chris Gaffney & The Cold Hard Facts:
- Chris Gaffney & The Cold Hard Facts 1989)
- Mi Vida Loca (1992) Guitar (Steel)
Heather Myles:
- Just Like Old Times (1992)
- Sweet Little Dangerous: Live at...(1996)
- Highways and Honky Tonks (1998) Guitar
Jetpack:
- Planet Reverb (2000)
Marc Cory Lee:
Stardust Cowboy (2000)
Patty Booker:
- I Don't Need All that (1999)

Various Artists Town South of Bakersfield, Vol. 3 (1992)

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Steven

GFI Ultra S10 Keyless
Peavey Bandit 65

Nice work on the SpongeBob Cartoons. All the kids know about it. Even my 3 1/2 year old daughter knows. In fact, we are watching the "Homesick for Texas" w/ special credits to Junior Brown.. show right now on Nick. Saturday 2:00 pm 7/7/01

It is great to a creative application which helps bring the steel to the kids while still remaining professional and creative!!

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