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Smokey’s Round-up
Western Swing

""Please don’t feed my dog any more pretzels.""

NY, New York
United States

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Last Login:  7/18/2008
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   Smokey’s Round-up: General Info
Member Since3/2/2008
Band WebsiteNope
Band MembersSmokey Hormel, Guitar and vocals. Charlie Burnam, Fiddle. Bob Hoffnar, Steel Guitar. Tim Luntzel, Bass. Konrad Meisner, Drums.
Influencesthe Sun, the Moon, the planets, the stars, the desert wind ................................ Milton Brown and his musical Brownies, The Hokum Boys, Fats Waller, Big Bill Broonzy, Tiny Grimes, Charlie Christian, Lonnie Johnson, Count Basie with Lester Young, early Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti, Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers, Bob Dunn's Vagabonds, Ocie Stockard and The Wanderers, Smokey Wood and his Woodchips, The Hackberry Ramblers, The Tune Wranglers, The Mississippi Sheiks, The Hoosier Hotshots, Bessie Smith, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Boswell Sisters, The Delmore Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, The Alvin Brothers, The Golden Gate Quartet, The Quintet of the hot Club of Paris with Django Reinhardt, Jimmy Wyble, Tommy Duncan, Johnny Cash and the Tennesee Two, Hank Williams, The Carter Family with Chet Atkins, Bill Monroe, Patsy Montana, Cindy Walker, T Bone Walker, Johnny Walker (Black label) and of course ...Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.
Sounds Like"they can swing anything from a baby fart to a thunder clap!"
Record LabelRound with pretty colors and nice rope lettering
Type of LabelNone




   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 2 2008 10:00P
Sunny’s BROOKLYN, New York
Jul 6 2008 9:00P
Barbes Brooklyn, New York
Jul 8 2008 9:00P
Rodeo Bar New York City, New York
Jul 9 2008 10:00P
Sunny’s Tavern Brooklyn, New York
Jul 11 2008 10:00P
Barbes Brooklyn, New York
Jul 16 2008 10:00P
Sunny’s Tavern Red Hook,, New York
Jul 18 2008 10:30P
Jalopy Brooklyn, New York
Jul 23 2008 10:00P
Sunny’s Tavern Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York
Jul 30 2008 10:00P
Sunny’s Tavern Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York

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   About Smokey’s Round-up
Smokey Hormel was born in Hollywood, California. As a teenager, Smokey met Jimmy Wyble, the great guitarist from Bob Wills Texas Playboys. He took some guitar lessons from Jimmy who taught him about two-line improvisation, Charlie Christian and Western Swing music. Since then, Smokey has enjoyed a diverse 25 year musical career, playing with the likes of Patsy Montana, The Blasters, Beck, Wanda Jackson, Tom Waits, The Dixie Chicks, Neil Diamond and Johnny Cash. The idea for Smokey’s Round-up came after a recording session for the Backyardigans (a Nickelodeon cartoon) in 2005. There he met Bob Hofnar (steel guitar) and Charlie Burnham (fiddle). Playing western swing after so many years was a thrill for Smokey. He decided it was time to start his own Western Swing outfit. So he called up Bob and Charlie and said, “Hey boys, it’s time for a round-up! Let’s get together and play some old Bob Wills songs.” They added Tim Luntzel (bass) and Konrad Meisner (drums) to make it swagger and swing. For more info about Smokey, please visit his website www.smokeyhormel.com ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~++~+~+~+~+~+~Bob Hoffnar started playing steel guitar in the past which is where many things have already happened. After learning a particular note in his studies with Lamonte Young he proceeded to learn many of the other notes eventually organizing them into different patterns suitable to cowboy music. Bob says " If you want it to go higher go right. And if you want it to go lower you go left !. Thats about it except for the details." Bob plans on playing his steel guitar in the future which is where he will be spending the rest of his life when he gets around to it. Visit Bob's website www.bobhoffnar.net ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+Tim Luntzel started playing bass by accident, and since then has played all kinds of music with all kinds of people all over the world. He counts playing with the Roundup amongst his favorites. Visit Tim's website www.luntzel.com ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+By now, Smokey's Round-up has become a popular attraction on Wednesday nights at Sonny's in Redhook. Wearing a 20 gallon hat and strumming an old Gibson guitar, Smokey belts out Cowboy songs, old time blues, hokum and hollars. The fiddle laughs. The steel guitar moans. And the rythym section is always cookin'. The local (two and four legged) patrons all agree, "When Smokey's Round-up comes to Sunny's, it sure is one helluva swingin' and stompin' good time!"

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julie wilson world





Jun 22 2008 2:59 PM

Get some tunes up here already! I would like "french water" please...
Carolina Cotton





May 19 2008 11:32 PM

Greetings from Bakersfield, CA...thanks for the add. Let's hear some of your songs sometime.

Sharon
(Carolina's daughter)

Big Dan





May 13 2008 10:58 PM

Nice show on Friday!
Rick Holmstrom





May 12 2008 10:12 PM

right on right on!
Esteban





May 11 2008 9:53 PM

Thanks for the add request, and welcome to my circle of MySpace friends!

Rock on,
Esteban
Danny McGough





May 11 2008 11:50 PM

Howdy Friend!
Emilio





May 9 2008 2:48 AM

HI GUYS, THANKS FOR THE ADD... IF I CROSS THE OCEAN NEXT SUMMER, I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN AT JALOPY (SAY HELLO TO THE DOG TOO).
Jet Weston & his Atomic Ranch Hands





Apr 27 2008 11:05 AM

Hey Smokes! "I Guess the Lawd must be in New York City" I'll see you boys soon.
yer pal
Jet Weston
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julie wilson world





May 3 2008 6:06 PM

welcome friend!
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