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J. Hayes · November 8th, 2008, 02:55 PM

thanks for the old photo of the Maddox Brothers & Rose. I played guitar in Fred's band in the middle sixties for a while. Fred was the one in the photo playing the upright bass and was sort of the comedian of the group. We also had an electric bass player as Fred used it more for a prop. We'd do some "great" tunes such as "Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down" and "I'm So Lonesome Since My Best Friend Ran Away With My Wife, Gosh I Miss HIM So!".......I'd just crank my Tele on full treble through an old Fender piggyback 2-12 Bassman amp and a portable reverb unit an it'd make your teeth crack.... Pretty fun gig though...........JH in Va.

November 8th, 2008, 02:55 PM	#28 (permalink)
J. Hayes Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2005 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. Posts: 1,243	Cowboy Twang........... thanks for the old photo of the Maddox Brothers & Rose. I played guitar in Fred's band in the middle sixties for a while. Fred was the one in the photo playing the upright bass and was sort of the comedian of the group. We also had an electric bass player as Fred used it more for a prop. We'd do some "great" tunes such as "Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down" and "I'm So Lonesome Since My Best Friend Ran Away With My Wife, Gosh I Miss HIM So!".......I'd just crank my Tele on full treble through an old Fender piggyback 2-12 Bassman amp and a portable reverb unit an it'd make your teeth crack.... Pretty fun gig though...........JH in Va. __________________ Ralph Mooney rules!!