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Charley

CHARLEY CONNOR

(ELECTRIC BASS AND VOCALS)

CHARLEY HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE THE AGE OF 6.

GROWING UP AROUND HOUSTON, TEXAS CHARLEY WAS INFLUENCED BY THE LIKES OF

MICKEY GILLEY, WILLIE NELSON, GEORGE JONES, MEL TILLIS,

RAY PRICE, ‘JIVIN' GENE, GATEMOUTH BROWN, T.K. HULEN

AND MANY MORE.

AT 21 HE WAS MAKING RECORDS,

A D.J. AT A HOUSTON AREA RADIO STATION

PLUS APPEARING AS A REGULAR ON

THE MICKEY GILLEY T.V. SHOW.

HE HAS LOGGED LOTS OF ROAD MILES

THAT EVEN TOOK HIM TO NASHVILLE

WHERE HE APPEARED WITH

ERNEST TUBB ON THE SATURDAY NIGHT JAMBOREE

AND LATER WITH

BUCK OWENS ON HEE HAW.

TO MAKE A LIST OF THE STARS (COUNTRY AND ROCK)

CHARLEY HAS APPEARED WITH WOULD READ LIKE A

WHO’S, WHO IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

THERE WOULD BE A SIMILAR LIST IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY.

CONNOR APPEARED AS AN EXTRA IN

“THE BAD NEWS BEARS IN BREAKING TRAINING”

“URBAN COWBOY”

AND MORE RECENTLY

“THE CASINO JOB

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

CURRENTLY CHARLEY IS DOING A

“CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW

ON

KIKKIN’ ROADRUNNER RADIO

BROADCASTING TO THE WORLD

VIA THE INTERNET

www.kikkinradio.com

CHARLEY PERFORMS WITH HIS BAND ON A REGULAR BASIS

AND IS A RECORDING ARTIST

WITH

TEXAS DROVER RECORDS,

BASED IN KYLE, TEXAS,

HAS RECORDINGS BEING PLAYED WORLD WIDE.

TWO OF CHARLEY’S SONGS HAVE MADE IT ON TO THE

EUROPEAN COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION

COUNTRY MUSIC RADIO CHART TOP-100

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BOBBY HART
(KEYBOARDS AND VOCALS)

BOBBY WAS WITH “THE HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES” (ALLEY-OPP)
IN THE EARLY 60’S. HE HAS PERFORMED ON THE GRAND OLE OPRY,
AND WAS ON THE STAGE FOR HANK WILLIAMS JR.’S 16 BIRTHDAY.
“I’VE BEEN IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS ALL OF MY LIFE

AND HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING THE SAME STAGE

WITH GREAT MUSICIANS
SUCH AS BILL
ANDERSON, DEL REEVES AND FERLIN HUSKY,

JUST TO NAME A FEW




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BILL BAILEY

(PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, LEAD GUITAR, FIVE STRING
BANJO, VOCAL)

BORN IN ESCONDIDO CALIFORNIA,

BILL GREW UP LISTENING TO XERB RADIO,

A POWERFUL COUNTRY MUSIC STATION.

HE WAS ALSO INFLUENCED MUSICALLY BY HIS
MOTHER, WHO SANG IN LOCAL NIGHT CLUBS.

HE PLAYED THE TRUMPET STARTING IN THE THIRD GRADE

AND LATER WAS PLAYING

TRUMPET, BARITONE AND TUBA

IN THE NUMBER ONE MARCHING BAND IN CALIFORNIA,

THE ESCONDIDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.

THE BAND HAD THE HONOR TO PLAY FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS

HELD AT SQUAW VALLEY CALIFORNIA IN 1961.

BILL LEARNED TO PLAY GUITAR WHILE SERVING IN THE U.S NAVY.

LATER HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SOUNDS OF THE PEDAL STEEL GUITAR

AND EVENTUALLY PLAYED FOR MANY COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST'S.

HE FORMED MY OWN BAND FROM A NEED

TO CONTROL MY OWN DESTINY.

TO HIS CREDIT HE HAS ATTENDED THE
JEFF NEWMAN PEDAL STEEL GUITAR SCHOOL

 "TOP GUN"

IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.

BILL IS A SUPER TALENT AND JUST AN ALL ROUND GREAT GUY

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MARK THOMPSON

(VOCALS & GUITAR)

BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

AT AGE SIX HE SAW "THE BEATLES" ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. THAT WAS IT!!! HE WANTED TO PLAY GUITARJOINED THE ARMY AT AGE 18, THREE YEARS IN GERMANY. MET LOTS OF GREAT GUITAR PLAYERS WHILE THERE. DURING THE 80'S HE WAS LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO. PLAYED THE BAY AREA IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT VENUES. BASSED IN KINGMAN, AZ HE IS A PROUD SINGLE PARENT OF A WONDERFUL SON. MARK LOVES MUSIC...CLASSIC ROCK BEING HIS FAVORITE, BLUES, CLASSICAL AND OF COURSE COUNTRY.


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RICH MOORE

(DRUMS, HARMONICA, BACKUP VOCALS)

RICH BEGAN HIS DRUMMING CAREER IN FREMONT CALIFORNIA

WITH HIS STUDIES OF CLASSICAL PERCUSSION.

RICH’S TALENT ON THE TRAPS LED

TO HIS PLAYING IN A LOCAL BAND IN

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA DURING THE

“FAMED” PHILMORE DAYS.

RICH RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY ROOTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
IN THE EARLY 70’S AND STARTED HIS LONG CAREER WITH

THE PLUM HOLLOW BAND

FEATURING BARNEY BARNWELL.

THE PLUM HOLLOW BAND TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
OPENING FOR BANDS SUCH AS THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND,
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, JOHNNY PAYCHECK, AMAZING RHYTHM ACES,
LESTER FLATT TO NAME A FEW.

RICH RECORDED HIS 1ST ALBUM AT THE JACK CLEMENTS STUDIO
IN
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE IN 1977.

RICH MOVED TO LAS VEGAS IN THE LATE 80’S AND WORKED NUMEROUS GROUPS.

IN THE 90’S RICH WORKED IN THE HOUSE BAND AT

RIVER VALLEY TAVERN IN MOHAVE VALLEY

AND WITH VARIOUS BANDS,

IN THE LAUGHLIN/KINGMAN/BULLHEAD CITY.

WHEN THE BAND’S COOKIN’, RICH IS THERE LAYIN’

DOWN THE GROOVE.


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DICK HART
(2ND GUITAR, HARMONICA AND BACKUP VOCALS)

DICK ADDS FILLS AND OF COURSE KEEPS REIGN ON HIS BROTHER,  BOBBY

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Voted Best Of

By the Readers of the

Mohave Valley Daily News
Bullhead City, AZ/Laughlin, NV

in its Seventeenth Annual Reader's  Poll

2010

in the Category of

Best

“Local Band”

The Charley Connor Band

 




 

DICK HART