Willi Sager: Bass/Vocals;
Rex Hall: Guitar/Vocals;
Fritz Mayers: Banjo/Vocals;
Sponge Bob Squarepants: Tips
Contact us at:
TFBB@bellsouth.net or
Fritz Mayers: 225-769-3188,
Rex Hall: 225-567-2981,
Willi Sager: 225-387-2283
Influences
The 3 'P's: Perfume, prison, and beef jerky. Yoo hoo, mister . . . new in town? Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, George Gershwin, Alan Munde, The Highwoods String Band, Blue Highway, Mo Town, The Turtles, Country Gazette, Old and In The Way, The Lonesome River Band, The Freight Hoppers, The Cane Grinders, The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz [YES, we influence ourselves......is that too hard to believe HAHAHA], New Found Road, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Hannah Barbera, The Kentucky Colonels, The Stanley Brothers, James King, Terry Baucom, The Mills Brothers and many many more.
Sounds Like
----Feb. 18, 2007
"Here is a band that doesn't follow the normal or traditional path to making bluegrass music. They're not your Mama's Oldsmobile and they aren't your Daddy's Bluegrass. The band does, however, have a nack of taking non-bluegrass material and arranging it so that it fits the bluegrass mold quite well. This is a nack that few bands have really been successful with but that these boyz have found a method to that seems to work quite well. The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz play songs from Elvis to Willie Nelson to Johnny Nash. The band is just at home playing traditional bluegrass such as "Angeline The Baker" or William Shively's "Love of the Mountains" or Mark Schatz' "Calgary." This mixture makes a band that can be enjoyed and make you say, "I like it! . . . "
Bob Cherry
Editor of CyberGrass
The Internet's Bluegrass Magazine since 1992
----June 2006
". . . I grabbed a menu and sat back, getting ready to hear at least once that evening “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,” the song that every bluegrass band feels compelled to play since the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? came out. After a little teasing and talking with the crowd, they began to play their next song – “Viva Las Vegas.” Yes, you are reading that correctly: a BLUEGRASS band played an Elvis hit. And, more amazing, it was GOOD. Now, I don’t know how you come up with mixing Elvis and bluegrass, and I’m not certain that I really want to know the twisted workings of the mind that could come up with it, but I sure did enjoy the combination. They then broke into their rendition of Gershwin’s “Summertime” and I knew that I was in for a treat . . ."
Carole Davidson
Music Critic
Red Shtick Magazine
----February 26, 2007
" . . . Hans "Fritz" Mayers am Banjo und der Mandoline, Willi Sager am Bass und Rex Hall haben sich kurzgeschlossen, um mit der Welt ihr musikalisches Talent und ihre Komik zu teilen. Jetzt legen sie gar ihre CD vor, bestehend aus 17 St..cken. Darunter solch widerspr..chliche wie "Cold, Cold Love" und "Hot Corn, Cold Corn". Brilliant ist das Trio vor allem bez..glich Harmonien. Ihre Stimmen erg..nzen sich perfekt, Schw..chen sind keine auszumachen. Interessant f..r mich pers..nlich sind die 2 St..cke ..ber Indianer. F..r Bluegrass-Musiker ein ziemlich ungew..hnliches Thema. Aber wer sich an den Townes-Klassiker "Pancho And Lefty" wagt, besitzt ohnehin viel Mut. Und K..nnen. Beides scheint den Fabulous Bagasse Boyz bereits in die Wiege gelegt worden zu sein. . ."----(We have no idea what they are saying here but we think it's good)----CountryHome
Germany's premier Country Music Website
Seit 10 Jahren das Online Magazin fur Country Musik
----December 2006
". . . Their three part harmony singing will please any and all bluegrass fans. I was very impressed by their harmony, it was flawless. . . "
The Gazette
Livingston Parish
Record Label
The Bagasse Label: http://cdbaby.com/cd/fabbagasse
Once upon a time, many years ago in the early 1950's, in three very divergent parts of the country, three lovely young ladies each gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. These mothers were filled with joy and hope for the future for their young offspring. But in 2002, these mothers' hopes were dashed when the grown boyz converged together to form an alliance. There was much consternation from all corners as this axis of goobers became The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz. Hans "Fritz" Mayers on banjo and mandolin, Willi Sager on bass and Rex Hall on guitar came together with the sole purpose of humiliating the musical world with their slip-shod musicianship and annoying arrangements. This was their destiny. De deh deeeeeeeeee! Spring Has Sprung!
CountryHome Forum have more than 5,000 members. Each news you submit to CountryHome Forum will released to my weekly Newsletter with more than 50,000 readers.
Please submit your artist news and events to CountryHome Forum to help your artists to get well known better in Europe. If you do not have the time to submit your artist news and events by yourself, please send it me to: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de and I will submit them by myself to CountryHome Forum.
I know that many artists from North America don't have their music videos uploaded to German video websites. The most popular websites are MyVideo.de and ClipFish.de. That means your European audience does not have the chance to find them.
I understand that most of you don't speak German and are not able to upload videos because of the language barrier. If you would like me to upload your videos to the German video websites, please let me know.
Thanks
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de
Hi Fritz & the whole band. I just love your job on East Va. or East Carolina, what ever the name... It's the best rendition I've heard. Keep up the good work....
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY FRITZ, I AM SO SORRY I AM A DITZ..... HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL, I LOVE THE SONGS ON THE NEW CD..... I am so sorry I missed you guys while at Disney. We were just not able to come. Love to you...
Hi The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz We wanna thank you for your very important support in those sad days.
This thanx are in our name, in the name of Enrico's wife Paola and in the name of his sons.
Enrico Micheletti's ashes are flyin' throughout the universe and we hope his soul is finally arrived at a beautiful destination.
What about his music and the music we had recorded toghether?
We finally decide to get it out. We wanna remeber Enrico in this way. In the first quarter of 2009 we will publish all our and Enrico Micheletti' s materials on Itunes and many other stores on the web.
We'll send you a message when it's all ready.
God bless you!!!
Marry Christmas and Have a wonderful 2009!!!
KEEP THE BLUES ALIVEEEE!!!!!!!
Ciao The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz ti volevamo ringraziare per le tue parole e per il tuo sostegno in periodo così difficile per noi.
Questi ringraziamenti non sono formali, sono veramente sinceri a nome nostro, della moglie di Enrico Paola e a nome dei suoi figli.
Le ceneri di Enrico Micheletti sono disperse nel mar Tirreno e stanno viaggiando nell' universo. Noi speriamo che anche la sua anima abbia raggiunto finalmente il miglior approdo possibile.
Cosa fare del suo materiale in nostro possesso e del materiale che abbiamo registrato insieme?
Dopo aver pensato a lungo sul da farsi abbiamo deciso di pubblicarlo. Lo pubblicheremo su Itunes ed altri siti così tutti potranno trovarlo se lo cercano. Glielo dobbiamo. Glielo deve chi lo ha conosciuto.
Cercheremo di pubblicare tutto ciò che è in nostro possesso nei primi mesi del 2009.
WE ARE VERY SAD... WE DON'T HAVE WORDS TO SAY ANYMORE... OUR SINGER AND DOBRO PLAYER ENRICO MICHELETTI IS DEAD. GOODBYE ENRICO KEEP THE BLUES ALIVE WHEREVER YOU ARE!!!!
