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The
Sure Bet Quartet
Dave Hanner, Chuck Leavell, Al Snyder and Tom Duda at Chuck's Charlane
Plantation in Georgia |
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Hanner
played "Dreamland" for Chuck, which he co-wrote with
band mate Curt Erickson |
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Chuck
did an amazing introduction and then sang "Georgia on
my Mind" |
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The
power and heat were out that night, but the music was hot.
(Notice all of the candles) |
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Dave
Hanner & Al Snyder knocked Chuck out with one of Hanner's
songs "Life's Got
A Rhythm" |
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Another
electrifying performance by legendary blues man, Sleepy Tommy
D. |
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Dave
Walters plays the vibes on Blue Moon Serenade |
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Troy
Cramer, Tom and Dave Hanner in the control room at Gamut Recording
Studio in Latrobe |
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Eric
DeFade blowin' sax at Dave Hanner's Play On Studio |
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TJ
sorting out the controls at Play On Studio |
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Tom
with Paul Hornsby at Muscadine Recording Studio in Macon, GA. |
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Tom
with Chuck recording piano and organ on Charlane's Allure at
Muscadine Studio |
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Greg
Lutz putting down horn tracks at Complex One Studios in Indiana,
PA. Greg’s sax work on this CD is brilliant throughout. |
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Tom,
Dave and Greg dishin' out a little Funkin' Pie |
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Bill
Hubauer has played the keys and been a creative force on many
of Tom's recordings over the past 20 years, and Tom is very,
very grateful! |
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Screamin'
Pete Freeman the Pedal Steel Demon |
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Steve
Stokes: "Wah wah on fiddle, through an amp? They won't let
me do that in Nashville!" |
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Troy
Cramer drummer, and graphic artist for Tom's last two albums. “Truly
out there, Troy only visits our planet for my sessions!” |
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We
brought this beauty in to provide sounds for Tom's truck driving
song, Movin' from the For A Lifetime album, a Duda/Hanner
co-write. |
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Tom
with a favorite guitar, his Gretch Nashville hollow body from
Pittsburgh Guitars. “Hollow body guitars – great,
eternal feedback!” |
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Chuck
Leavell and Tom jamming in Chuck's home recording studio. Chuck
is in the middle of a spirited version of Great Balls of Fire.
They put on an inpromptu concert for a group of hunters that
had been hunting at Chuck's Charlane Plantation that day. |
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Ron
Kraczinski has drummed on several Tommy D cuts. He has played
with everybody from the Everly brothers to Sheena Easton and
Olivia Newton John. In Sheena's video for her Prince-penned hit "Sugar
Walls" Ron is joined in the band by Bruce Hornsby! He
also has done hundreds of sessions in Nashville and LA. |