Smokey’s Round-up
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| Member Since | 3/2/2008 | | Band Website | Nope | | Band Members | Smokey Hormel, Guitar and vocals. Charlie Burnam, Fiddle. Bob Hoffnar, Steel Guitar. Tim Luntzel, Bass. Konrad Meisner, Drums. | | Influences | the 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 Label | Round with pretty colors and nice rope lettering | | Type of Label | None |
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Sunny’s |
BROOKLYN, New York |
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Barbes |
Brooklyn, New York |
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Rodeo Bar |
New York City, New York |
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Sunny’s Tavern |
Brooklyn, New York |
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Barbes |
Brooklyn, New York |
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Sunny’s Tavern |
Red Hook,, New York |
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Jalopy |
Brooklyn, New York |
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Sunny’s Tavern |
Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York |
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Sunny’s Tavern |
Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York |
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| About Smokey’s Round-up |
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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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