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MEET THE CHARLEY CONNOR BAND
 
 

HERE IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND OUT ABOUT EACH OF US
 
CHARLEY CONNOR
 
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CHARLEY CONNOR

 

(ELECTRIC BASS AND GUITAR VOCAL).

 

CHARLEY HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE THE AGE OF 6.

GROWING UP AROUND HOUSTON, TEXAS

CHARLEY WAS INFLUENCED BY THE LIKES OF

MICKEY GILLEY, WILLIE NELSON, GEORGE JONES, MEL TILLIS, RAY PRICE, JIVIN' GENE, GATEMOUTH BROWN, TK HULEN

AND MANY MORE.

AT 21 HE WAS MAKING RECORDS, A D.J. AT A HOUSTON AREA RADIO STATION AND APPEARING AS A REGULAR ON THE MICKEY GILLEY T.V. SHOW.

HE HAS LOGGED LOTS OF ROAD MILES THAT EVEN TOOK HIM TO NASHVILLE WHERE HE APPEARED WITH

ERNEST TUBB ON THE SATURDAY NIGHT JAMBOREE

AND LATER WITH BUCK OWENS ON HEE HAW.

TO MAKE A LIST OF THE STARS (COUNTRY AND ROCK)

CHARLEY HAS APPEARED WITH WOULD READ LIKE

A WHO’S WHO IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

THERE WOULD BE A SIMILAR LIST IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY.

 

CHARLEY IS A RECORDING ARTIST WITH

STARDUST RECORDS BASED IN NASHVILLE, TN, AND

HAS RECORDINGS BEING PLAYED WORLD WIDE.

PLUS HIS HUMOR HELPS KEEP THE GROUP JUMPING.

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EUGENE “GENO” PENNINGTON

(DRUMS AND VOCALS).

“GENO” BECAME A DRUMMER AT A VERY EARLY AGE SIMPLY BECAUSE HE LIKED TO BEAT ON THINGS. HE HAS MADE A CAREER OF IT, AND PLAYED FOR NEIL MCCOY IN THE MID 90‘S. IN THE MID 70‘S, HE PERFORMED WITH RAMSEY REED AND MARK CHESTNUT. GENO TOURED IN CANADA AND ALASKA WITH THE GROUP “TIME GROUP“.

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BOBBY HART

(KEYBOARDS AND VOCALS).

BOBBY PERFORMED WITH “THE HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES” IN THE EARLY 60’S. HE HAS PLAYED AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY, AND HE WAS ON THE STAGE FOR HANK WILLIAMS JR.’S 16 BIRTHDAY. “I’VE BEEN IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS ALL OF MY LIFE AND HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING THE SAME STAGE WITH GREAT MUSICIANS SUCH AS BILL ANDERSON, DEL REEVES AND FERLIN HUSKY, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

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JOHN SPAULDING

(LEAD GUITAR, HARMONICA AND VOCALS).

JOHN REMEMBERS HIS MOTHER TEACHING HIM HOW TO PLAY THE HARMONICA WHEN HE WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY. THE FIRST SONG HE LEARNED WAS “SUWANEE RIVER”, AND WITH HIS FATHER BEING A TALENTED GUITAR PLAYER, JOHN WAS SURE TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. JOHN PLAYED WITH SEVERAL WELL KNOWN BANDS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE HAS OPENED FOR MEL MCDANIELS, AND PERFORMED WITH HIS PERSONAL FRIEND, THE LATE KEITH WHITLEY. IN 1988, MIKE CHAMBERLAIN (KEITH WHITLEY’S BASS PLAYER) PRODUCED JOHN’S FIRST ALBUM “STEPPIN’ OUT”, WHICH DID QUITE WELL.

 
 

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THE CHARLEY CONNOR BAND

 
 
 
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THE CHARLEY CONNOR BAND