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 | Charlie Pride..a Missisippi native ( Like Thomas) and for many years a Dallas TX Gentleman! Wayne-o covers "Mountain Of Love" and "All I Have to Offer You Is Me" |
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 | Chuck Berry ....St. Louis' BEST! Ever seen this cat do the DUCKWALK?? Wayne-o covers "You Never Can Tell" and "Memphis". Conny covers many including "Mabelline", "Carol", "Gimme That Rock & Roll Music", and more! |
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 | David Allen Coe from Dallas TX. Wayne-o covers the standard Country sing-a-long "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" |
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 | Delbert McClinton HAILS from Fort Worth! This Man WAILS and has for 40 + years!!! Wayne-o covers "Sending Me Angels" and "Old Weakness" |
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 | Patsy Cline & Don Gibson |
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 | A Kentucky boy with Bakersfield BUCK-COUNTRY soul. Thomas covers "Guitars & Cadillacs" and Wayne-o covers "Thousand Miles From Nowhere" |
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 | The early 60's BEATLES changed music forever! Conrad rocks on "Roll Over Bethoven" and Wayne-o covers "All My Lovin" |
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 | The MARSHALL TUCKER BAND circa 1977....We opened for them at 11th Street Cowboy Bar in 2007. What a world class band they are in today's version of the original. FANTASTIC SHOW! |
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 | Darrell McCall...We opened for Darrell at CORNYVAL two years running...What a TREAT! This Man has UNBELIEVABLE Pipes and a GREAT SHOW! |
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 | R.I.P. Mr. Les Paul & Mr. Chet Atkins..two of the BEST PICKERZ EVER! |
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 | RAY BENSON & ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL~9 time Grammy Award Winning Band.... It was our honor to open for them at 11th Street Cowboy Bar in 2007. Conrad does a great job on Asleep's version of "ROUTE 66". |
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 | From San Angelo TX, Ernest Tubbs spent 50 years on the OPRY! Wayne-o covers "Waltz Across Texas" and "Walking The Floor Over You" |
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 | This is Jim Phillips' band ( he is far left holding the guitar and lead singer). Jim, who is deceased, was Wayne-o's uncle who taught him how to play guitar and loaned him pro gear to be in a High School rock band in the late 60's. Forever and ever his hero!. |
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 | Wayne-o doin VEGAS the RIGHT way....YEAH BABY!!! |
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 | Stevie Ray Vaughn from Austin, TX...left this ol world way too soon! Thomas covers "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and "House Is Rockin" |
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 | The Eagles were one of the first bands in the 70's that blurred the lines between Rock and Roll and Country. Impeccable harmonies and well written songs have kept them booked world wide in enormous venues for over 3 decades! Wayne-o does Love Will Keep Us Alive. |
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 | ALWAYS check out the band you open for BEFORE commiting to a gig! ( Lesson to Wayne-o.).. |
|  | From TURKEY, TX..BOB WILLS...He still IS the KING! Wayne-o covers San Antonio Rose on Mandolin and Faded Love, plus Roly Poly too~ |
|  | JIMMY BUFFETT...Wayne-o has been a PARROT HEAD for 35 years! Allllllllllrighty Where are those special and fabulous ladies we like to call "The IRRITATIONS"? It's time to sing MARGARITAVILLE again! Got your salt shakerz handy? |
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 | Charlie Daniels....ALL AMERICAN PICKER & Fiddler! Thomas covers "The South Is Gonna Do It Again" and folks just can;t be still. |
|  | Don & Phil Everly....HARMONY LIKE NO OTHERS! Wayne-o covers "Let It Be Me" |
|  | Don Rich, Buck Owens lead guitarist/fiddler and vocalist Soul Brother ...Don had a unique style that influenced MANY on the FENDER TELECASTER guitar. He is now singing HARMONY with BUCK again...in HEAVEN! |
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 | Will there ever be another KING? NOPE! Wayne-o covers "Don't Be Cruel". |
|  | GEORGE JONES.....From the GOLDEN TRIANGLE of TEXAS...Vidor, TX The Possum! Wayne-o covers "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and "The Race Is On". |
|  | GEORGE STRAIT...only 57 # 1 HITS? WOW!!!!! And he lives in the Dominion in San Antonio! Wayne-o covers "Write This Down", "Amarillo By Morning", "The Big One" and a couple more. George is LIVING COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY, and he is STILL WRITING IT! |
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 | HANK.....The absolute very best! Never ever will we see the likes of him again!! Wayne-o & Conrad covers alot of the Hank songbook, including the all time classic "Your Cheating Heart", "Jambalaya" and "Take These Chains". |
|  | JERRY LEE LEWIS, CARL PERKINS, JOHNNY CASH AND ELVIS PRESLEY in the SUN STUDIO in Memphis, 1958...Million $ talent??? Naaa try BILLION DOLLAR TALENT |
|  | Oswald Trio...KILLER TALENT! |
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 | RICKY NELSON....In any language....enormous talent! |
|  | WILLIE....TEXAS BEST! Thomas covers "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain". Wayne-o covers the Townes Van Zandt penned song / Willie and Merle hit "Pancho & Lefty". |
|  | Faron Young...the Singin Sheriff....Wayne-o croons out a WALTZ with Faron's "Four In The Morning", one of his many many hits |
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 | Eric Clapton...from early days with CREAM to Derick & the Dominos...to his stellar solo career, this Englishman has always been a BLUES MAN! Thomas covers "Wonderful Tonight" and "Before You Acuse Me". |
|  | Guy Clark...born in Monahans, TX and raised near Corpus Christi this is one of Americas brightest songwriters and someone Wayne-o slammed on the brakes of his rent car to meet on 16th Avenue in Nashtown.... |
|  | Jerry Jeff Walker..or as some know him....ol Jacky Jack. What a songwriter!! How about "Mr. Bojangles"? He is a founding Father of the original Austin TEXAS Country sound and put Luckenback Texas on the map long before Waylon's song did! |
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 | Jerry Lee Lewis...movies have been made about him...a founding member of SUN STUDIOS and ROCK & ROLL. Wayne-o watched his entire show once from the stage level at Billy Bobs....WHAT A SHOWMAN! |
|  | Joe Ely...Another founder of the original Austin TEXAS music sound and he's from Lubbock! That West Texas red dirt can sure grow some musicians and songwriters! He also is a member of the Flatlanders. Wayne-o covers "I Had My Hopes Up High" |
|  | John Prine...His vocals are definately unique, and John is one of the most brilliant songwriters ever...many have covered his songs including George Strait's "Write This Down" |
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 | Keith Urban from Australia. This boy writes well, sings incredibly and is a smokin' telecaster player, and his wife ain;t bad either...Nicole Kidman. Wayne-o covers "Your Everything" |
|  | Keith Whitley....amazing musician, singer and songwriter.....and proof that whiskey can kill you...a bright star that flamed out way too early. Wayne-o covers "Don't Close Your Eyes". |
|  | Lee Roy Parnell....from Abilene, Texas...great performer, singer and slide guitarist MASTER! Thomas covers "Knock Yourself Out" |
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 | Lefty Frizzell....an original TEXAS singer songwriter....He and Hank Williams toured, roomed and partied together for a long time. They were both huge Country music hitmakers in the very early 50's at the same time, so they swapped out who would open for who night after night! Conrad covers "Always Late". |
|  | Leon Payne from San Antonio, Texas was a brilliant songwriter as well as performer at the national level. His song "I Love You Because" has been covered by many legendary artists including Elvis Presley. His Granddaughter Pam is a Pal of Wayne-o's daughter. Wayne-o covers a WALTZ Leon wrote called "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart" |
|  | Marty Robbins was a true WESTERN singer and fantastic songwriter as well as performer. "El Paso" "Big Irons" were two of his biggest "Western" hits, yet "My Woman, My Woman My Wife" and "Devil Woman" which we cover, proved he could write about LOVE too. |
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 | Merle Haggard. Mighty, Mighty Merle may be Country musics BEST since the 60's! Sing....write...perform...unmatched in quality and quantity! Conrad and Wayne-o cover several including "Silver Wings" "Mama Tried", "The Fugitive"and "The Bottle Let Me Down". Thomas plays some signature licks in his own unique style. |
|  | Radney Foster is a Del Rio, Texas native and is one of the brightest Texas Singer Songwriters that emerged in the 90's. Thomas covers "Just Call Me Lonesome" that is a great 2 step tune! |
|  | Ray Charles....Rhythm & Blues, Oldies Rock & Roll, Country and more...there wasn't anything he couldn't sing and play well. Wayne-o covers "You Don't Know Me" and is a slow dancing favorite. |
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 | Ray Price is from East Texas and has quite a history! He would take the stage for Hank Williams and perform Hank's songs with the Drifting Cowboys as an 18 year old young Man when Hank was "incapacitated".. Later he started his own band the Cherokee Cowboys with an enormous string of hits! His band has an alumni list of the Who's Who in Country music including Willie Nelson, Johnny Bush, Darrel McCall, Johnny Paycheck and many more. Wayne-o & Conrad cover his fantastic hits including "Crazy Arms" , Heartaches By The Number" and "Invitation To The Blues".. |
|  | The Rolling Stones, AKA...the Stones, Mick & The Boys....they wrote ROCK & ROLL history....and they are still writing today! We cover "Honky Tonk Woman" and "Time Is On My Side", two favorites of dancers and Pickerheadz! |
|  | Roy Orbison from West Texas is an enormous inflence on all music since the 50's. Elvis called him "The BEST singer alive". Wayne-o covers "Pretty Woman", always a favorite and distintive song from Steve's first drum beat! |
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 | Vince Gill....an OKIE with a TEXAS soul! Man, this guy has it ALL! Plays his Fender Telecaster at Master Elite level, writes unbelievably well, and sings in that tenor voice some of the most moving balads you will ever hear! Plus, Vince has a great sense of humor and what a history from vocals/lead guitar in both Pure Prarie League, and the Emmy Lou Harris band and his own GREAT works since the 80's. Thomas does a great job on "One More Last Chance" |
|  | Leon Rausch and the TEXAS PLAYBOYS! We had the pleasure to be an opening band for this historic and wonderful musical group in September 08. Bob Wills would be PROUD of these guys! |
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