I started out in rock bands , but at the time playing country was where the money and influence was, , so I spent years playimg country , ..this was around the time of Urban Cowboy scene, early 80s ,
Mike Skipper was a great buisness man, He was a 32nd degree mason , so with many clubowners , and managers also were Masons it wasnt hard to get gigs with Mike getting gigs. , as soon as we dicided to go on the road,Mike had the Van, lights , PA, , which is a large part of a bands sound, overall so it was easy to get good musicians to work with us ..like Brian Hill who was a fine Guitarist and great entertainer, Dusty Lee was on Bass , Al Bowman and a girl from NY rounded out Georgia Gritz band, so in 1981 we left for Illinois, out to OKlahoma, Lousianna,New Mexico, Texas, , NY, , all points between, with our country band ...
The images above were several years apart , the bands were Chipeta Opry show in 1993-1994, at the top is 1997-1999 , house gig at Phenix City , Colonial Inn, and Criminal Fact, a recording band
I started out in rock bands , but at the time playing country was where the money and influence
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Mike Skipper was a great buisness man, He was a 32nd degree mason , so with many clubowners , and managers also were Masons it wasnt hard to get gigs with Mike getting gigs. , as soon as we dicided to go on the road,Mike had the Van, lights , PA, , which is a large part of a bands sound, overall so it was easy to get good musicians to work with us ..like Brian Hill who was a fine Guitarist and great entertainer, Dusty Lee was on Bass , Al Bowman and a girl from NY rounded out Georgia Gritz band, so in 1981 we left for Illinois, out to OKlahoma, Lousianna,New Mexico, Texas, , NY, , all points between, with our country band ...
ReplyDeleteThe images above were several years apart , the bands were Chipeta Opry show in 1993-1994, at the top is 1997-1999 , house gig at Phenix City , Colonial Inn, and Criminal Fact, a recording band
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