101 how much I put into it. As far as, you know, booking and song writing and stuff. Yeah, I mean, my goal is right now to be playing regionally and be able to pay the guys with me a decent amount. I hate asking people to play with me for free, for sure. You know, finding the places that like the style of music that I play and want to hire me.
J.B. Hogan
SD: Does the Dave Bright Band have a regular lineup of players? DB: Yes, to a degree. Definitely Brad Helms, and I use another guitar player Chris Parker. He actually does guitar work. He’s got his own business. He sets up and builds guitars. Josh Wardlaw on bass and a guy named Owen McClung and sometimes Chris’ wife, Jennifer Parker. Tom Anderson is also a bass player that I’ll use but lately if I got another bass player he’ll play steel … and then if I can pick up a fiddle player and I got enough money to pay him, there’s a couple of fiddle players around that I’ll use. I lost one of them, he moved to Colorado. And then, Cody Marriott he lives up in Missouri so I hate ask him to drive down here but he’s a great fiddle player… and then another fiddler player that I use is Chuck Onofrio, he lives in Eureka (Springs), but he’s on tour a lot. SD: What would you like to talk about that we haven’t covered or that you want people to know? DB: I would like to thank Casey (Cowan) and Oghma (Creative Media)…that’d be the stuff I’d like to add. At the end of the conversation, Dave played one of his own songs called “Boot Heels.” It sounded great and we look forward to hearing more from him and his group real soon. Keep an eye out for the Dave Bright Band playing in your neck of the woods, you won’t be sorry you did. This is real Honky Tonk Country and Hillbilly Blues played with enthusiasm and skill by the up and coming Dave Bright Band. Don’t miss ‘em folks. —J.B. Hogan
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. B. Hogan is a prolific and award-winning author. He grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but moved to Southern California in 1961 before entering the U. S. Air Force in 1964. After the military, he went back to college, receiving a Ph.D. in English from Arizona State University in 1979. J. B. has published over 250 stories and six books, including the novels The Apostate, Living Behind Time and Losing Cotton, a book of poetry and short fiction titled The Rubicon, Fallen, a collection of short stories, and a local baseball history book, Angels in the Ozarks. Each of them are available on Amazon.com. J. B. serves as Past President of the Washington County (AR) Historical Society. He plays upright bass in East of Zion, a family band that specializes in bluegrass-flavored Americana music. Find out more about J.B. at www.thejbhogan.com.