MEMBERS ARE: CHUCK "WAGON" MAULTSBY (The DEAN MARTIN of the DOUBLEWIDES)-Lead & Backing Vocals.... ERIC MELLEN-Guitar, Backing Vocals.... SCOTT BISH-Bass Guitar, backing vocals..... NEIL HARRY-Pedal Steel Guitar..... Suspects known to associate with THE OLD BAND are: Adrian Will on Drums, Tommy Larkins on Drums sometimes, Smokin' J Quiros on Guitar sometimes, ROB FRANCIS on Keyboards sometimes, Randy Cochran on either Guitar or Bass sometimes, and others such as Dave Ownbey who would rather not be mentioned..These guys are all here because they aren't all there! - Get Your Own
Influences?! Well... DEAN MARTIN (My Hero and Role Model), AC/DC, Bob Wills, SLIPKNOT, Commander Cody, Stones, and just about anythang anybody pushin' 60 has heard of...My earliest memories of music ('53-'54) was living with my Grandparents (who had a TV!) in Manhattan Beach, California. Grandma loved Liberace, Grandpa liked Spike Jones.... My Mom really dug Elvis and Harry Belafonte in the Fifties, so I heard that a lot as a kid living in Las Vegas ('54-'60). Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee, and Little Richard were tearing it up too! .... Then we moved to Del Rio, Texas ('60-'63) where WOLFMAN JACK was broadcasting on XERF outta Ciudad Acuna across the Rio Grande, so I heard a lot of blues, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Bo Diddley, the real shit! Like ZZ TOP says: "I HEARD IT ON THE X" .... Then we moved to Hawthorne, California ('63-'64) where the Beach Boys actually grew up two blocks away and still hung out, so how could you not dig the Beach Boys! The English Invasion started around this time too, so you could get beat up for liking the Beatles in Hawthorne! The first time I heard The Rolling Stones (Not Fade Away), I figured they were one of the Black bands that the Wolfman would play. Then, the first time I saw a photo of The Stones I thought "Hey, they must be surfers with hair like that!", kinda confusing. The Surf bands were huge in SOCAL too, like Dick Dale, The Astronauts (from Colorado Springs?), The Chantays, The Surfaris.... Then we moved to Tucson, Arizona ('64-present) where the English Invasion was really getting strong so I decided to become a Beatle! I hooked up with some like-minded classmates and started a band covering The Beatles, Stones, Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Them, and such. We wore matching suits and ties until ... we opened a show for THE SPIDERS (from Phoenix who morphed into ALICE COOPER). I quit the cutesy "beatle" band and started the first ever Spiders tribute band and played what they were playing at the time, which included a lot of Yardbirds! We opened another half dozen or so shows for THE SPIDERS (I'm sure they were amused and repulsed by our cheap imitation) until they moved to L.A. to make it big. We were also doing our Spiders schtick at the same coffee house that the STONE PONIES were playing, until they moved to L.A. to make it big (that Ronstadt chick really made it big!). ....So, we're up to the late '60 now. We're signed to CAPITOL RECORDS, and gotta single out that skyrocketed to 192 on the Billboard Top 200, and contribute two songs to the HELL"S ANGELS '69 movie soundtrack. We're playing L.A. now and then (Whiskey A Go Go, Gazarri's) when one night we go to The Whiskey to see whoever happened to be there. Who happened to be there was this odd band with three, yes count 'em, three lead singers with a stupid name, Three Dog Night! THAT did it! We added two more lead singers and did the first Three Dog Night tribute band! ....Then Led Zeppelin hit it huge! So, about this time, I figure to hell with it!! I'll never be able to sing like this Robert Plant freak so what else is there? Around the early to mid '70s I tuned into the Country-Rock thing. Ya know, Commander Cody, New Riders, Pure Prairie League, Marshal Tucker. OK! Country can be cool, and ya don't have to get castrated to sing like these people...I'm in!... And Here I am! Let me share a quote with you.... "THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS A CRUEL AND SHALLOW MONEY TRENCH, A LONG PLASTIC HALLWAY WHERE THIEVES AND PIMPS RUN FREE, AND GOOD MEN DIE LIKE DOGS. THERE'S ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE." Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
Sounds Like
Well....It depends on how much you've had to drink! Sometimes it sounds like COMMANDER CODY on a bad night.......or The NEW RIDERS on steroids....JIMMY BUFFET drunk on margaritas....ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL (but more asleep)...The Stones stoned...a cheap imitation of JOHNNY CASH, ROY ORBISON, DAVID ALLEN COE or WILLIE ...or LITTLE DICKY AND THE GELDINGS...or THE BEACH BOYS (for one song)...and for at least 30 seconds: AC/DC..... There's been some folks that say we sound like two cats and a pair of boots in a clothes dryer...... We only can play in the key of D, but it always sounds like L ....One old lady, who was even older than us, said we sounded worse than a freight train going through your bedroom at 90 miles an hour with the horn blaring at 3:00 A.M. (I think it was the drummers Mom and she was sober) ...... recently we all actually ended a song all together, but that was just because the club owner shut off the power ...it's true to say that the more you drink, the better we sound (at least that's the only way we can stand it)!... We know about 4 songs and fake the other 6..... We have a rehearsal every Sunday morning at 5:00 A.M before church, but nobody ever shows up (for rehearsal or church!).....our equipment is so old that it's now too valuable to use , so we borrow everythang...REVERB NATION ranked us as the 9th band out of the 3 bands in Arivaca, Az.!!! Beat That!!!
After several years of playing in Rock bands, on a three state club circuit, Chuck Maultsby and Scott Bish started up a band in 1977 which was named CHUCK WAGON AND THE WHEELS as a total joke and started playing on Monday nights at the then popular Country Swing Dancing stronghold, THE STUMBLE INN, in Tucson, Arizona. A low budget self titled LP was relased in 1978 which garnered just enough attention to inspire a second LP mostly on the strength of a silly-ass toon called MY GIRL PASSED OUT IN HER FOOD (KFAT radio in Gilroy, California was the source of most of this inspiration). A second LP was released in 1979 which included a toon called DISCO SUCKS (Parts 1 & 2) which was the perfect toon considering the anti-disco backlash at the time. Disco Sucks blew up big time world wide only to flame out shortly thereafter because of the Comisky Park Baseball riot in Chicago (see the whole story of DISCO SUCKS at the website: www.chuckmaultsby.net). Three more LPs were released but none ever achieved the success (however fleeting) of the COUNTRY SWINGS, DISCO SUCKS LP. The moniker, CHUCK WAGON AND THE WHEELS, was sold in 1998 to a Nashville band who charted a toon in 1999 called BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEER HOLDER. So there is some confusion now days as to whom, what and where the "real" CHUCK WAGON AND THE WHEELS is....which is a source of amusement! Visit the website at: www.chuckmaultsby.net for details, music, videos, photo galleries and INFORMATION ON THE TWO CDs: "THE BEST and/or WORST OF CHUCK MAULTSBY AND HIS OLD BAND" and "CHUCK "WAGON" MAULTSBY- "24 ORIGINALS".... both can be ordered from the site or through CDBABY.COM ... These CDs are collections of songs from the five studio albums, released on Wagon Tracks Records under the name CHUCK WAGON AND THE WHEELS between 1978 and 1982... Stop in for a visit to the website and enjoy! ..
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“Twangin’ Surf” Show #91/1 1st Hour Flat Duo Jets - Wild Trip (inst) Flat Duo Jets - Stalkin’ (inst) Dick Dale - Ghost Riders In The Sky (inst) Link Wray - The Swag (inst) Joe Maphis - Bye, Bye Buck Owens - Buckaroo (inst) Duane Eddy - Ramrod (inst) Al Casey with the K-C-Ettes - Guitars Guitars Guitars Tex Pederson & his Sunset Ramblers - Rockelene The Trashmen - Walk Don’t Run The Catalinas - Bonzai Washout The Centurions - Bullwinkle Pt. II The Impacts - Blue Surf.. Beat Rats - Rat Fink (inst) Mexican Chilli Taco Fiesta - Los Amos Del West (inst) Pee Wee Moore & the Dreadful Snakes - Leavin With The Band Stupidity - Bustin’ Out Stupidity - Go Getter Janey Rosie Flores & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts - This Cat’s In The Dog House Rosie Flores & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts - I Ain’t Got You
“Roadside Special” Show #91/2 2nd Hour Southern Culture On The Skids - Banana Pudding Marty Brom - One Cup Of Coffee Ray Smith - Travelin’ Salesman Jawbone - Saucy Sauce Carl Perkins - Dixie Fried Walter Brown and his Band - Jelly Roll Rock Gore Gore Girls - Sweet Potato Sleepy La Beef - Poke Salad Annie The Collins Kids - Shortin’ Bread Rock Jerry Lee Lewis - Jambalaya Wanda Jackson - My Big Iron Skillet The Carlistes - No Help Wanted Buddy Holly - Midnight Shift Hank III - Thrown Out Of The Bar The Earps - Rooster Run Mexican Chilli Taco Fiesta - The Masked Surfer (inst) Mexican Chilli Taco Fiesta - Lift Off (inst) Chuck Maultsby & his Old Band - My Girl Passed Out In Her Food
Happy Holidays Chuck! Thanks for all the fun this year. If you get a chance, check out Ricci Martin sometime. He is the son of Dean Martin and does an amazing job covering his dad's songs, as well as working in some other new songs. I think you would really appreciate his show.
Thought to drop by, say high, and wish ya'll a very happy Christmas. Here's an old clip I recently found, showing Jeffrey's serious side... or is it serious sideman?
Geezzz! Thank the good lord your safe...I was begining to think you were locked up again, now we couldn't have that over Christmas, too much partying to do!!! Thank you for the Christmas wishes honey!! and right back at ya!! I'm not a big fan of Santa and all that crap but I do love a good party at New Year (now that is spectacular)):
Hey Chuckles......I been missing you, hope you are OK and still staying outta trouble....haven't seen the snowman about either....maybe I better start some investergating, to see wha the hell is going on with him too!!! Maybe send out a search party....hope your well and having FUN, FUN,FUN!!!!
The new issue of Juice Magazine - Issue 66 - featuring ANDY KESSLER (R.I.P.) skating the streets of NYC on the cover (Photo by Ivory Serra) is available now. www.juicemagazine.com.
JUICE MAGAZINE ISSUE 66 features:
ANDY KESSLER interview by STEVE OLSON BEBE BUELL interview by STEVE OLSON BOOTSY COLLINS interview by STEVE OLSON CRAIG JOHNSON interview by JIM MURPHY FRITZ MEAD interview by JIM MURPHY KALANI DAVID interview by JAY ADAMS MIKE WEED interview by STEVE OLSON NATAS KAUPAS interview by STEVE OLSON OMAR SALAZAR interview by STEVE OLSON PAUL SCHMITT interview by STEVE OLSON PETER GUNN interview by MARK "RED" SCOTT and THE CONFESSOR ROB PALMER interview by JIM MURPHY SCOTT CAAN interview by STEVE OLSON JACK GRISHAM of T.S.O.L. interview by STEVE OLSON TIM JACKSON interview by AARON MURRAY WADE SPEYER interview by JIM MURPHY YANIV EVAN interview by STEVE OLSON VENICE SK8 WALL OF FAME features interviews with AARON “FINGERS” MURRAY, BART SARIC, BOB "THE BULLET" BINIAK, C.R. STEYCK III, CESARIO “BLOCK” MONTANO, CHRISTIAN HOSOI, CHUCK KATZ, CRIS DAWSON, DANNY BEARER, DOUG SMITH, ERIC “TUMA” BRITTON, ERIC DRESSEN, GEORGE WILSON, GER-I LEWIS, JAMES "RED DOG" MUIR, JEFF HO, JOEY TRAN, JOSH “BAGEL” KLASSMAN, LANCE LEMOND, MARK MUNSKI, JAY ADAMS, JEF HARTSEL, JESSE MARTINEZ, KELLY JACKSON, PAT BAREIS, PAUL CONSTANTINEAU, PAUL HOFFMAN, PEGGY OKI, RAY FLORES, SKIP ENGBLOM, SUSANNE MELANIE BERRY, TIM JACKSON, WENTZLE RUML IV, WES HUMPSTON.
We're back at The Hut this Saturday December 5th sharing the stage with another world music and roots-reggae influenced band -Planet Jam- who'll start the evening at 9 pm.
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