Country Rhythm Band
  Newsletter & Bios

Dear Friends, Fans and Customers,

    Thanks to all the customers, friends and band members for making 2007 one of our better years. We will be working on a new show  for 2008.  Please go back to our home page and sign the guestbook with your thoughts and ideas. We are here to please YOU and you can help us do just that.

    A personal note from Ed. For 15 years I have strived to keep the band up and running to the best of my ability. Some of my choices over the years, may not have been the right ones, but I tried. We never claimed to be the best band but I feel that we were one of the better bands. I would like to thank all of the musicians who came and went and our fans who supported us all this time. I am looking forward to 2008. We will not be the best nor will we claim to be but we will do our best to entertain you, to the best of our ability and at the right price.
    
     We would like to thank Uncle Jeffrey, Herb and Phyllis from station WTAP for all the support and publicity extended to the CRB and other local bands.

     As always our prayers go out to all who have lost loved ones and the sick and shut-ins.

    Happy birthday to all who have grown a year older, or younger, as the case may be.

    Stay safe and well and we hope to see all of you soon.

    Until next time,

    The Country Rhythm band


Bios

    Many thanks to all of the following band members for their total dedication and for helping to make the CRB as successful as it has been.




     Dave has been playing drums for many years, with several local bands and has helped us out a few times in the past. Daves experience and personality, along with his vocal ability, gives us the fifth lead vocalist and the ability to do three and four part harmonies. Thanks to Dave we have, once again, recovered and are able to continue with a local tradition.


    Next is Scott S. Scott gives us the ability to do a lot of the top 40 songs as well as some of the Traditional songs. He is singing lead, backup and is also playing rhythm guitar. He has dedicated himself to the band and his abilities have improved trememdously through persiverence. He has been a regular member of the band for almost 7 years and doing a great job.


    Gail is doing lead and backup vocals. She was with us years ago and has agreed to come back and give it another try. She adds the ability to do the female songs that so many of you like. Her energy and experience is unsurpassed. She has been singing forever and with many bands, including some of her own. Still trying to talk her into some yodeling, she also is very well versed in Oldies.
  



    15 years ago, after the untimely death od Duane and deciding to keep the CRB alive, we placed an ad for a lead player. Bob answered the ad and said, I don't play lead but I am willing to try. A few weeks later he was playing lead well enough to get us through that first year. Due to family obligations, he had to leave the band. We stayed in contact all this time and in late 2006, when we needed a lead player, he stepped up to the plate and said, I'm here and ready, let's give it a try. Please welcome back Bob.
    Please welcome Jim on keyboard. He started in the music business at the age of 10, playing accordion. At 14 headded clarinet and at 15 he added keyboard and through the years became known as Jim "Dancing Fingers" August.His dual keyboards and talent give us some sounds we were not able to attain in the past.


   
    Our last bass player has resigned from the band for personal reasons. After the untimely death of his wife in September 2007, he feels that he needs to devote more time to getting his life back together. We are very fortunate to have gotten back a man who was with the CRB for many years, in fact, since it's orign in 1982. Please welcome back, Dave Ruth.
                                                                                   


    Lastly there is Ed. He has managed the band for the last fifteen years, takes the bookings, runs the sound and has managed to keep the Country Rhythm Band up and running. There have been a lot of challenges over the years because of changes in players but he has always managed to recover. You may even see and hear him doing his recitations at times.