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Steve
Dennis
Lead vocals,
rhythm guitar, percussion |
Steve
is a founding member of Southern Persuasion, and
has what I believe to be one of the finest
singing voices in the area. He
previously fronted J.J.
& Company, The Brandy Stills Band,
and Pure Country.
Steve uses Takamine guitars,
Schecter guitars,
Latin Percussion
equipment, Fender
tuners, Shure
in-ear monitoring, Line6
modelers, Sennheiser
microphones, SKB
Cases, Yamaha/Electrovoice/Shure/BBE
PA equipment, Chauvet lighting
equipment, and nothing else but his human voice.
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Joe
Jones
Drums,
vocals |
Besides
being one of the finest drummers I've ever played
with, Joe
Jones has written some of the most beautiful
songs I have ever heard in my life. Joe
has kept time for The
Genuine Virginia Band, Marge Calhoun and the New
Heartaches, and Ramblin'
Fever.
Joe uses Mapex
drums/hardware, the self designed/custom made (Precision Drums)
southwestern pattern & white marine pearl
drum sets you have seen at our shows, and Gretsch
/ Drum
Workshop
/ Pearl
drums/hardware, Paiste
and Zildjian cymbals,
and Shure
and Audio-Technica
microphones. He also uses a Peavey/Behringer/Mackie/JBL/Eminence
drum monitor rig nicknamed "Step
Mother"
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Louie Warren
Synth guitar,
lead/slide guitar, harp, steel, vocals,
not-the-fiddle |
Let's
see... I've known me as long as I can remember...
I started playing guitar in 1966... I had
"formal" guitar training... I picked up
everything else... and if you ask any more
questions I'll bring the fiddle! (Not the
fiddle!)... I
have played in Shades of
Darkness, Gashouse Dirty,
The Gashouse
Dirty Band,
Black Horse, Gashouse,
Nasty Habits, JBW, Crossroader, Sleepless Nights,
and most recently with Southern
Xcess.
If I have offended anyone by omitting them... get
over it... I'm having a senior moment.
I use Fender,
Paul
Reed Smith,
Epiphone,
Ovation,
Gibson,
Johnson,
Kingston, Dwight, Line6,
National
guitars and steels; Roland
GR-30 synth; Furman,
AKG,
Digitech,
Danelectro,
Visual Volume,
Morley,
Sony, Behringer,
MXR, and Mesa-Boogie
signal processing; NGM Pedal Systems
pedalboards;
Hohner,
Lee
Oskar
harmonicas and Shure
microphones; Line6,
Mesa-Boogie,
and Fender
amplification, Weber
& Eminence
speakers, tuners, Shure
in-ear monitoring, Electro-Voice
microphones, and Whirlwind
direct boxes; and Anvil,
Keal, & SKB
Cases and Tuki
Covers.
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Jeff
Bowers
keyboards, vocals |
Jeff
's keyboard skills and vocal abilities speak for
themselves. Jeff's
played with local bands, No
X-cuse,
Desert Dreams, Sundown,
and most recently has played with Rebellicious.
Jeff uses Yamaha
Motif & Roland
keyboards, TOA
amplification, Korg
M1, Proteus 2,
D4 Drums,
and an
Alesis Quadraverb
rack modules, tuners, Shure
in-ear monitoring, and SKB
cases.
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Bobby
Gibson
guitar, vocals |
Bobby
has been playing in the area since 1967. Bobby
has most recently played with Southern
Xcess,
and
Hot Water Soup. Bobby
uses Fender,
G
& L, Paul
Reed Smith,
Gibson,
and Martin
guitars, Mesa-Boogie,
Fender,
& Line6
amps, Shure
& Sennheiser
microphones, tuners, Shure
in-ear monitoring, Digitech,
Mesa-Boogie,
Dunlop
signal processing, Anvil
cases, SKB
cases, and Monster and
Horizon
cables.
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Don
Ryder
bass, vocals |
Don
has been playing in the area since 1966. He has
played in a number of bands over the years
including Music
Box, Easy
Street, Stoplight, Loonytunes, Smokin
Country, Windsor, Shades of the Past
Don uses Fender
and Dean
bass guitars; Hartke,
SWR
and Gallien-Krueger
amps, Shure
microphones, Carvin
in-ear monitoring, AKG
wireless, Boss
sound processing, SKB
cases, and any electrically conductive cables.
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A brief history of the
band....
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