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Fred Jack Member From: Bay City Texas |
posted 19 October 2006 03:13 PM
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And another husband/wife team ... Johnny and Jonie Mosby.There used to be a guy that did pantomime.He did John/Marsha doing both parts.He worked at the Pal and also was on most of the TV shows.Anyone remember him and his name?AAAnnnD Ira Allen. |
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Dale Bennett Member From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |
posted 20 October 2006 10:25 AM
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Does anyone remember Nino Tempo? He played Claranet and other wind inst. He was pretty well known back in that time, we (Al Bruno) and the rest of us did an instumental record with him.The Beatles song, Yesterday. I heard it played a few time on radio and Dick Clark would play it on American Bandstand. Aint no biggie, just another one I thought of. db |
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Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va. |
posted 21 October 2006 08:03 AM
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Anyone remember "Omo the Hobo Lobo"? He used to go around all over the LA area to clubs and walk through during the break times and strum his flat top and sing for tips. From what I understand he actually made a pretty good living doing this. He even had a couple of record albums out......JH in Va. ------------------ |
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Jason Odd Member From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
posted 22 October 2006 08:20 AM
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Bill Taggart was the guy who did pantomime at the Palomino. |
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Fred Jack Member From: Bay City Texas |
posted 22 October 2006 09:01 AM
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Thanks Jason! Wild Bill Taggart.I thought he was a funny dude. [This message was edited by Fred Jack on 22 October 2006 at 09:03 AM.] |
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daynawills Member From: Sacramento, CA |
posted 22 October 2006 10:55 PM
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I remember Johnny Leggett from Vegas in the late 60's. He went with or was married to a chick bass player named Freddie Byrd whom he beat the crap out of on a regular basis. My gal pal Candy Bee, and Freddie used to sing Mohair Sam together at the Nuggett after hours. That's also where I met Kenny Brewer. He was from Wichita Falls, TX. He had a super lead player in his band who owned a guitar store in Wichita Falls. Can't think of his name.... |
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Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va. |
posted 23 October 2006 07:10 AM
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Hey Dayna, I lived in Wichita Falls for about a year in the middle 70's and played bass for about a month with Kenny Brewer at a club called "Little Brothers". Kenny's guitar player was a super picker named Jimmy Boggs. My band was being booked on the road by an agent in WF named Sam Gibbs. I wanted to get off the road and get back to California so I took the bass job with Kenny for a while. I introduced Jimmy and some other players in that area to the Bigsby Palm Pedal, they'd never seen on of those things.......JH in Va. ------------------ |
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daynawills Member From: Sacramento, CA |
posted 23 October 2006 06:00 PM
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I remember the guitar player's name, it was Bobby Atwood. I was in Wichita Falls from July - Dec of 1969. ------------------ |
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Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va. |
posted 26 October 2006 07:44 AM
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Hey Dayna, I remember Bobby Attwood, he was supposed to be the "heavy" in the Wichita Falls area. He had a son that was a pretty good drummer. A blast from the past, I talked to one of the fine steelers from the old LA days, Al Parret last night. It was good talking to Al, he's 75 years old (or young) and still out there playing his Russler.........JH in Va. ------------------ |
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Chuck Cusimano Member From: Weatherford, Texas, USA |
posted 26 October 2006 10:41 AM
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How about ZED DIXON? (Steel player, played a Z.B.) Is he still living? He was playing at Evelens (sp?) Panama Room in Long Beach back in late 60's early 70's. |
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Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va. |
posted 26 October 2006 11:20 AM
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Hey Chuck, I talked with Blackie Taylor at Scotty's this year and Zed's name was mentioned. I believe Blackie said that he was still alive. I knew Zed from the middle sixties when he was playing for Jack Tucker at the old Pioneer Room in Norwalk. Zed was also a pretty good vocalist. He was just about the only musician I knew who also worked a day job! The rest of us were too lazy so we'd just pick 5 or 6 nights a week by Zed always held down a full time job in the daytime........JH in Va. ------------------ |
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Chuck Cusimano Member From: Weatherford, Texas, USA |
posted 27 October 2006 11:51 AM
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Jerry, I was in the Panama Club one night and Zed, (while playing a ride) lost his bar. It went plumb accross the dance floor. I think everybody laughed about it including Zed. I wen to my friend in the Machine shopaboard our ship, and had him make a steel guitar bar (out of stainless steel) and mount a steel ring where you could stick your index finger in it. I gave it to Zed, and he played it most of the time after that. Does anyone remember seeing him use it? And I DO REMEMBER the button at the HollyWood on the Pike. No wonder Haskel May smiled all the time. |
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Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va. |
posted 06 November 2006 06:58 AM
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Yeah, those were fun times for sure. I just received a DVD of a benefit we did in 1984 for Hank Cochram who was a saxaphone & 5 string fiddle player of note. It really brought back a lot of memories. It starts off with Lou Martin on lead guitar, me on steel, Clark Rohn on bass, and Jerry Raney on drums. Later on in the show Al Bruno takes over lead guitar and after that, Danny Michaels plays guitar. Al Vescovo relives me on steel near the end. Some of the singers who appear are: Jack Tucker In one spot, Lou Martin, Barbi Matthews, and bassist Carl Scroggins did a set of western tunes with some great three part harmony...........JH in Va. ------------------ |
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