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THIS BAND WAS THE SAME AS THE TOWN & COUNTRY BOYS, EXCEPT WHEN JIM LEBACK WENT TO NASHVILLE, SONNY SLEETER CAME ABOARD
WITH THAT GREAT FINGER STYLE GUITAR WORK THAT I STILL REMEMBER WELL.
ON STEEL WAS MY OLD FRIEND WAYNE WEIGLE FROM TRENTON NJ. WAYNE WAS ONE OF THE FINEST AND SUPPORTED A VERY LARGE FAMILY.
I REMEMBER HIS PASSION FOR THE INSTRUMENT WAS UNYEILDING AND PUT HIS WHOLE SOUL INTO HIS PLAYING. LOST TRACK OF WAYNE, AND
I REALLY MISS HIM.
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SONNY SLEETER WAS A GREAT NO NONSENSE GUY THAT MADE OUR SHOW EVEN BETTER THEN EVER. HE RAN HIS OWN GROUP FOR YEARS
BEFORE I MET HIM, THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL, THE COUNTRY COUSINS.
THESE GUYS WERE THE SENASTIONS THAT I FIRST FEATURED ON THIS PAGE.
SONNY LIVES IN FLORIDA NOW AND WE KEEP IN TOUCH QUITE OFTEN. I MISS HIM AND HIS GREAT RENDITION OF "I LEFT MY HEART IN
SAN FRANCISCO", I'M SURE HIS MOST REQUESTED SONG. SONNY WAS A GREAT SINGER!!!
UPDATE: SONNY RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AFTER A HARD BATTLE WITH CANCER.HE WILL SURELY BE MISSED BY ALL
WHO KNEW & LOVED HIM. REST WELL MY DEAR FRIEND.....
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LARRY LEE FROM NEW JERSEY WAS A GREAT LITTLE DRUMMER AND A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. HE WORKED WITH LES SEVERS, SONNY SLEETER
& MYSELF FOR MANY YEARS. AFTER A LONG ILLNESS LARRY PASSED A FEW YEARS BACK. TO SAY I MISS HIM WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
HIS WIFE (WHO ALSO IS DECEASED) WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF MY FAN CLUB IN THOSE DAYS.)
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BERNIE SEA, BASSMAN, JOKER, GREAT FAMILY MAN, AND MY CLOSEST FRIEND BACK AT THIS TIME. BERNIE WAS A PRETTY GOOD WRITER
AND COLLECTED COINS FOR MANY YEARS. HE PLAYED BASS FOR ME ALMOST ALL OF THE PEAK YEARS. THE LAST I KNOW OF HIM WAS IN FLORIDA,
WHERE HE RESIDED. I VISITED HIM A FEW YEARS BACK & THEN LOST TOUCH. . HIS PHONE WAS NO LONGER VALID. I SURE HOPE HE,S
STILL AROUND .I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING ,BUT WHO KNOWS?, THE POWER OF THE INTERNET MAY BRING SOME GOOD NEWS!!!UP
DATE!!! BERNIES SON JOHN FOUND THIS SITE & INFOIRMED ME THAT HIS DAD IS IN AN ASSISTED LIVING HOME IN ORLANDO FLA. BERNIE
IS NOW 80 YS; YOUNG. GREAT TO HEAR HE'S STILL AMONG US. THANKS JOHN TO YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS & SISTERS.............
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TO CONCLUDE THIS BAND WAS ANOTHER GREAT ONE TO REMEMBER. WE GOT ALONG LIKE BROTHERS AND HAD A GOOD OLE COUNTRY BALL
MANY, MANY, MANY HONKY TONK NITES!!!
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