The band carries an acoustic upright piano with them and mike it, as there were few, if any electric keyboards popular back then in country bands. The guitar is a blonde '59 reissue through a '65 Twin reissue; period correct drums; Fender bass is period correct. And most already know Ricky's LDG is right in there, too, through a Vibrosonic and a K130 JBL and an Altec 418B extension. And everyone NAILS the tone and NAILS the chops!

And Ricky rips off some of the honkiest tonkiest licks even crazy people can't even imagine! (The steel show people would do themselves AND us a HUGE favor getting Ricky on their stage!!"hint hint" )

Ricky sits up on stage sparring with the guitar player all night, whom dishes it right back out to Ricky! The the piano man cuts loose! Then Miss Leslie reals them all back in with her fiddle and beautiful voice! And that vintage honky tonk walking bass & drums to cement it all together! Ten minutes into the first set, you are remembering what you were doing back in the '60's----reminising(sp)

And Ricky sitting behind the LDG, grinnin' like a 'possum with the whole persimmon tree to himself!! Ask him how he likes playing with this band, and he will tell you something like "I feel like I'm at home with these folks, like destiny just happened!" AND HE PLAYS LIKE IT, TOO!!

Go see Ricky and Miss Leslie's band at "Ginny's Little Longhorn" tonight, Friday, March 31' 06 if you are in the area. They start at 9:00 P.M.
And Miss Leslie, I've logged about 12 hours already listening to your CD, which by the way can be found at: www.missleslie.com

[This message was edited by James Morehead on 31 March 2006 at 03:43 PM.]

I've said this before....I like good country music, although I'm not a big listener. I tend to listen to other genres of music most of the time.

This cd has been and still is on heavy rotation in my player. When I'm on the subway going to work, I'm listening to Miss Leslie, and as Ricky says...."ha!"

[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 01 April 2006 at 11:53 AM.]

Don't get me wrong, the album is KILLER! But you guys get that evil little grin on your faces, look at each other, wink, and CUT LOOSE when you play live!!

[This message was edited by James Morehead on 08 April 2006 at 06:20 AM.]

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