BAND LEADERS &
NAMESAKES- - - - - - - - - - - -
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"Colonel" Bradford Lee Folk,
electric guitar & vocals
(formerly with [fw] Open Road, Lee Bradford Trio)
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Aaron "Slim" Youngberg,
pedal steel, (fw Hit & Run,
4-H Royalty,
The Billy Pilgrims)
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Blake "Cousin Happy"
Humphrey, acoustic & electric
guitar & vocals
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Paul "Honky Tonk" Burnett,
acoustic guitar & vocals
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* And the HAPPY HONKIES *
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Erin Youngberg, standup bass &
vocals (fw Hit & Run,
fw Uncle Earl, The Billy Pilgrims )
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John D. Kennedy, drums (Lee
Bradford Trio)
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Kristy "Judge K" Burnett,
piano, electric bass, vocals
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Rich Carlsen, standup &
electric bass (Pearl Button Ramblers)
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Rodney James, electric guitar
& vocals (Rodney James & the Blue Flames
, Lee Bradford Trio)
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Zach Boddicker, electric
guitar & vocals (fw Malibu Hillbillies, fw
Drag the River
, 4-H Royalty, The Railbenders)
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Clover, pedal steel
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Jerry Cavallero, harmonica,
accordion, vocals, & cajun
voodoo guru
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John "Billy Bastard" Stewart,
standup bass
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**and Some Wonderfully***
*******Appreciated*******
*******HONORARY*******
*****Drop-In HONKIES****
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Gene Libbea, standup bass &
piano (Nashville Bluegrass
Band)
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John Magnie, piano
(Subdudes, 3 Twins)
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Glenn Zankey, acoustic guitar
& vocals (Bluegrass Patriots)
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Eric Thorin, standup bass (Open Road
, Bug BeeBop, & others)
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John Wade, bass (James King)
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David Long
, electric guitar (Long & Compton)
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All the kids from Bearfoot Bluegrass
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Coach Jeremy, acoustic git &
vocals
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Todd Livingston, dobro (fw Hit & Run, currently playing all
over)
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John Frazier, fiddle (mando
w/
Hit & Run)
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David Richey, acoustic & electric git &
vocals (fw Hit & Run, The Billy Pilgrims )
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Steve Roy, bass & electric
git (bass w/ Hit & Run)
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Jeff Hamer, electric guitar &
vocals (Open Road & others)
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Ron Lyman, if it has strings,
he plays it, plus vocals (Cowtown Boogie)
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Clark Wright, fiddle (fw High,
Wide, & Handsome)
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Tom Barbour, piano (electric
guitar & vocals with The
Handymen)
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Johnny Mac, electric git &
vocals (vocals, guitar,
harmonica w/ King Wilkie)
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Ken Seaman, electric git &
vocals (5-string w/ Bluegrass Patriots)
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Jeff Kazmierski, standup bass
(vocals & standup w/ Acoustic Ranch Party)_________________________
Jesse Withers, electric git & bass
(bass & vocals w/ Jackstraw
)_________________________
Jessica Smith, electric bass (standup bass w/
Spring Creek Bluegrass Band )
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Shaun Young, vocals (acoustic & electric git
w/ High Noon
and The Thunderchiefs)
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Mike Wing, electric git & vocals
(Harvey Knuckles)
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Ben Prytherch, electric bass (4-H Royalty, Motorhome , The Little Darlings )
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Taylor Smith, electric git (flattop w/
Spring Creek Bluegrass Band )
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Bucky Bee Burnett, piano
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Harry Crockett, fiddle (fiddle w/
Trucker's Daughter )
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Michele Crockett, vocals and flattop (vocals and flattop w/
Trucker's Daughter )
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Pam aka Virginia Quadalupe, vocals on those great Patsy tunes
Influences
Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Leon Rhodes & Buddy Charlton, Hank Thompson, Jimmy Martin, Jimmy Rogers, Hank Snow, Lefty Frizzell, Buck Owens, Merle Travis, Chet, Opossum, Bill Monroe, Jerry Lee Lewis, Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, Ted Daffan, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Bob Wills, Jim & Jesse, Faron Young, Little Jimmy Dickens, Al Dexter, Onie Wheeler, Corb Lund, Ronnie Self, Cornell Hurd, Dale Watson, Sean Young, Deke Dickerson, Rodney James, the Blasters, plus so many others
The short version: Colonel Slim & the Happy Honkies play a blend of old-time country and honky tonk, with an occasional rockabilly flavor thrown
in for kicks. Sets might include tunes by Hank Williams, Hank Thompson, Hank Snow, Buck Owens, George Jones, Merle Haggard, or Johnny
Horton, to name just a few, as well as many great off-the-radar tunes in addition to a constantly growing list of original songs. We play a raw, energetic dose of soulful music presented with heart that will make you
want to dance, or at the very least, will guarantee to get your toes
tapping. We play most every Wednesday night at The Swing Station in
Laporte, Colorado. --------------------------------------------------------------
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The longer version: To describe the Happy Honkies ya gotta take in the
big picture of the personalities involved, and here it is: Colonel Slim &
the Happy Honkies are shednecks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What's a shedneck? Being a shedneck starts with a heart that beats to
the rhythm of old time music, whether old country (ya know, like REAL country) or honky tonk or bluegrass or rockabilly. Being a shedneck, secondly, means liking to hang out in an old shed (of course) with equal
parts scratchy old vinyl LPs, wood smoke from the cast iron stove, a fair
dose of Early Times bourbon, cheap beer with a lime, and a whole bunch
of great old tunes that gotta be kept alive. If you stir all that up, let it simmer for a long winter, you end up with some bonafide shednecks in
the form of Colonel Slim and company. Regardless of professional experience or lack there of, and both extremes exist in our outfit, we shednecks feed off the knowledge that we are all on the same, old, dusty page with one another when it comes to the music we love. And that, friends, is what a shedneck is. And that's the spirit of the Happy Honkies.
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These days, though, the shed is mostly empty and all the instruments
reside at the
bar
and there's a fancy stage and all this high falutin' equipment
and amps and monitors and sound boards and all that. So, it's a little
bit more slick than it was back during the early days in the shed,
but just a little bit. It's still raw, edgy, and real. The huge list of
musical contributors in the form of Happy Honkies and Honorary
Honkies that you can read about over there to the left is testimony to
the fact that the shed spirit still drives the Colonel & Slim and all the permanent and guest Honkies alike. So if you think you might have
that shedneck calling in ya, if you love old time music, or just enjoy
any music as long as it's put forth with spirit, then come on
in and join us.
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Hello Friends, Many Thanks for the add and friendship. Love all your music very much and especially "Right hand..". Wish you many many success !! Have a fabulous week ! Musical Greetings, Rose-Marie, Belgium
You guys make me blush. I just love me some honkies in granny panties and bra goggles. Don't get too tangled up in the web of undergarments tonight. Miss you guys! love lew
Right back at y'all. We miss ya here in Tennessee - just in case you ever get the bug to hit the road again- we'd LOVE to have ya on the WDVX Blue Plate Special! XXXOOO- Red
well thanks so much for accepting me as a friend, I love to meet other musicians on here, good luck in your music and Happy Thanksgiving from Kentucky! Kevin
