Everybody does their part, and that has contributed significantly to our success.”Įarly on, Gene said the management of the details sort of fell to him. But we’ve always had great people in the band,” Gene said. Of course, band members have changed over the years, “It’s a substantial commitment, and over time situations change – family things, job transfers, health issues. And we continue to do that now, 37 years later.”Ĭurrent members of the Butch Wax band are Liz Henderson, Tandra Williams, Richie Daniels, Mike Lutz, Sonny McGraw, Rob Miller, Doc Simpson, and Gene.
We started playing in a lot of places and having so much fun.
Another day another tomorrow lyrics movie#
“It just so happened that oldies music was trending back at that time,” Gene said, “with shows like Happy Days and the movie American Graffiti. The group that started Butch Wax and the Hollywoods (L-R) Gene Ackmann,ĭonna Russell (Gene's sister), John Botz, Bob Hammett, and Mike Tate.īutch Wax and the Hollywoods, circa 2000. I was thinking ‘Butch Wax and the Cadillacs’, but then someone suggested ‘Butch Wax and the Hollywoods’, which sounded really cool, so that’s what we went with.” I thought of Butch Wax, which guys used on their hair. “The crowds liked it too, and we decided we needed to name the band something that sounded retro. “We put a little thing together and started doing a lot of oldies music, which I always liked,” he said. Then about 1985, he got together with his sister, Donna (who taught music in the Francis Howell School District) and some others. When Gene’s daughter was born, he took three years off from playing music to devote more time to raising her. (Chuck Berry has been quoted as saying, “Billy plays my music better than I do.”) Gene told Billy, “Hey, if you ever need a bass player, I’m a huge fan, and I know all of Chuck Berry’s music.” After Rod Stewart’s band dissolved in 1980, Gene played with Billy Peek for several years. Louis band that played a lot of Chuck Berry’s music. Louis born, rock and roll/blues guitarist who had played with Chuck Berry, had been Rod Stewart’s lead guitarist for five years, and had his own St. Gene stayed with Ruckus for a while, then played a couple of years with a band called Windfall.Īlong the way, Gene met Billy Peek, a renowned St. So Ronnie, Art Balducci and Rick Gibson (both from Wentzville), and Gene teamed up and started the band “Ruckus.” They played together for about three years, then Ronnie started another band, Coyote, which featured more country and country rock. He called the number, and it was Ronnie Schneider from New Melle. One day, Gene saw an ad for a bass guitar player in a music store. He’d drop the needle on the record, ping out the chords by ear, and jot down the words to learn the lyrics.
Another day another tomorrow lyrics how to#
Soon after he got his first “real job,” Gene bought a bass guitar and a keyboard, and started teaching himself how to play– by listening to records – mostly Chuck Berry. He learned a lot about music theory and various instruments, but what he really wanted was to play rock and roll. In High School he played in the Concert and Marching Bands, and served as Drum Major. Gene started playing music when he joined the school band in Junior High.
Richie Daniels, Doc Simpson, Gene Ackmann, Rob Miller, Sonny McGraw. Gene grew up in the Harvester area and attended Francis Howell High School (Class of 1972.) In his senior year, he was voted “Best Dressed” (which might explain why he’s a bit of a stickler when it comes to how his band members dress on stage!)īutch Wax Band (L-R) Front: Liz Henderson, Tandra Williams. The leader of both bands is Gene Ackmann.
Louis region: Butch Wax and The Hollywoods as well as a smaller off-shoot known as The Garden Party. Helping to keep that music alive, and the youthful memories that come with it, is one of the premier bands in the St. It’s probably safe to say that most people from that era still love the music of their youth, now officially known as “The Oldies.” If you were a child of the 50s or 60s you came of age during a phenomenal period in music history - the birth of rock and roll.
0 kommentar(er)
