Post by Ace on Sept 12, 2003 15:11:26 GMT -5
First Michael O'Leary and now this... all those aliases are really getting around. 
Herb Remington is the real Remington Steel
www.theeagle.com/spotlight/music/2003articles/091203swing.htm
By JIM BUTLER
Eagle Staff Writer
September 12, 2003
Herb Remington had no sooner shed his World War II Army uniform than he found himself in a Los Angeles hotel room with Bob Wills, the most famous band leader in the world, or at least the western part of it.
“It was 1946, and Bob was holding auditions for his brother Luke’s band,” Remington said. “After he heard me play, he said, ‘Let’s keep the kid here and put Roy [Hunnicutt, Bob’s steel guitar player] with Luke.’”
“I made over 250 records with Bob and got to be pretty well-known because Bob would call out the name of his musicians,” Remington said. “We traveled all over the country in a bus that didn’t have heating or air conditioning.”
Remington will be playing steel guitar with Clyde Brewer and the River Road Boys at the 23rd annual Legends of Western Swing show and dance at the Grimes County Fairgrounds at 9 p.m. Saturday. Advance tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Grimes County Chamber of Commerce, Serendipity Ice Cream Parlor and Diamond S Saddle Shop in Navasota or by calling 979-779-2286. Tickets are $20 at the door. A 7 p.m. barbecue buffet is included in the price of admission.
For many years, the show was held at the Texas Hall of Fame in Bryan, but scheduling problems prompted promoter Dennis Williams of Swing-N-RFD Productions to stage the show in Navasota.
“Navasota is a dancing town,” Williams said. “They love to dance. And the fairgrounds has a great facility.”
Special guests will be Leon Rausch, Curly Hollingsworth and George Uptmor, members of Wills’ band The Texas Playboys.
Remington promises that everyone in attendance will hear all their favorite Bob Wills songs.
“We’ll play all the hits, such as Faded Love, A Maiden’s Prayer and San Antonio Rose,” Remington said. “But we’ll also play some Duke Ellington, such as Stompin’ at the Savoy and Take the A Train. We’re a real dance band. I’ll probably play a couple of Hawaiian songs, and we’ll do some Latin rhythms.”
Remington has been making steel guitars since 1982 under his company name of Remington Steel.
“When the television show [Remington Steele, starring Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist] came out, I called the patent office and asked if I could call my company Remington Steel. At first, they said I couldn’t, but I told them I wasn’t a television show and that the TV show had an ‘e’ on the end, so they let me use my name.”
Remington said his guitars are all over the world, from Iceland to Tasmania.
Almost 50 years after auditioning for Bob Wills, Remington is still playing professionally.
“Right now, I’m playing for the stage show Forever Patsy about Patsy Cline at Stages in Houston,” Remington said. “The other people in the show think I’m an antique because I knew Patsy.”
Remington’s appearance in Navasota on Saturday won’t be his first.
“I remember playing at a luau at the VFW Hall,” he said. “We had Polynesian dancers. My wife and I had a Hawaiian group that played mainly country clubs. We even played at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.”
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Ace
Herb Remington is the real Remington Steel
www.theeagle.com/spotlight/music/2003articles/091203swing.htm
By JIM BUTLER
Eagle Staff Writer
September 12, 2003
Herb Remington had no sooner shed his World War II Army uniform than he found himself in a Los Angeles hotel room with Bob Wills, the most famous band leader in the world, or at least the western part of it.
“It was 1946, and Bob was holding auditions for his brother Luke’s band,” Remington said. “After he heard me play, he said, ‘Let’s keep the kid here and put Roy [Hunnicutt, Bob’s steel guitar player] with Luke.’”
“I made over 250 records with Bob and got to be pretty well-known because Bob would call out the name of his musicians,” Remington said. “We traveled all over the country in a bus that didn’t have heating or air conditioning.”
Remington will be playing steel guitar with Clyde Brewer and the River Road Boys at the 23rd annual Legends of Western Swing show and dance at the Grimes County Fairgrounds at 9 p.m. Saturday. Advance tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Grimes County Chamber of Commerce, Serendipity Ice Cream Parlor and Diamond S Saddle Shop in Navasota or by calling 979-779-2286. Tickets are $20 at the door. A 7 p.m. barbecue buffet is included in the price of admission.
For many years, the show was held at the Texas Hall of Fame in Bryan, but scheduling problems prompted promoter Dennis Williams of Swing-N-RFD Productions to stage the show in Navasota.
“Navasota is a dancing town,” Williams said. “They love to dance. And the fairgrounds has a great facility.”
Special guests will be Leon Rausch, Curly Hollingsworth and George Uptmor, members of Wills’ band The Texas Playboys.
Remington promises that everyone in attendance will hear all their favorite Bob Wills songs.
“We’ll play all the hits, such as Faded Love, A Maiden’s Prayer and San Antonio Rose,” Remington said. “But we’ll also play some Duke Ellington, such as Stompin’ at the Savoy and Take the A Train. We’re a real dance band. I’ll probably play a couple of Hawaiian songs, and we’ll do some Latin rhythms.”
Remington has been making steel guitars since 1982 under his company name of Remington Steel.
“When the television show [Remington Steele, starring Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist] came out, I called the patent office and asked if I could call my company Remington Steel. At first, they said I couldn’t, but I told them I wasn’t a television show and that the TV show had an ‘e’ on the end, so they let me use my name.”
Remington said his guitars are all over the world, from Iceland to Tasmania.
Almost 50 years after auditioning for Bob Wills, Remington is still playing professionally.
“Right now, I’m playing for the stage show Forever Patsy about Patsy Cline at Stages in Houston,” Remington said. “The other people in the show think I’m an antique because I knew Patsy.”
Remington’s appearance in Navasota on Saturday won’t be his first.
“I remember playing at a luau at the VFW Hall,” he said. “We had Polynesian dancers. My wife and I had a Hawaiian group that played mainly country clubs. We even played at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.”
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Ace
So take that, NBC.