Steel N Country

About Steel N Country

"The Bands Biography"
Fred (expired link) Was Born In Upstate New York On March 15th,(expired link) Started Out By Playing The Flat Top Guitar At The Age Of (expired link) As He Got Older He Started Playing Bass&Lead (expired link) On In His Years,He Decided To Take Up Playing The Pedal Steel (expired link) Learned To Play The Steel Guitar Aka The Crying Steel When Wheeling West Virginia Was (expired link) Has Been Playing The Steel Guitar For About Twenty Years (expired link) Steel Guitar Is His Most Favorite Instrument To (expired link) Also A Singer,Song-Writer,(expired link) Has Played In Numerous Bands In The (expired link) Had His Band In New York Called"The Country Gamblers".Than In 1990 He Packed Up And Moved His Family To (expired link) There He Started Playing Again And Put Another Band Together "Steel-n-Country".Fred Thought That Name Fit Because It Showed It Had Steel And Traditional (expired link) Played With His In Arkansas For Ten (expired link) Of His Influences Are:Conway Twitty,Gene Watson,George Jones,Brad Paisley,Vince Gill,Floyd Kramer,Johnny Lee,Marty Robbins,George Strait,Barbara Mandrell,Brooks&Dunn,Confederate Railroad,Mickey Gilley,(expired link) Rock'n'Roll Influences Are:ZZ Top,Stevie Ray Vaughn,Molly Hatchet,Kiss,Eric Clapton,Bob Seger,Lynyrd (expired link) Of His Steel Player Influences Are:Johnny Crochet,James Branton,Robbie Springfield,Bill Horton,Bobbie Seymoure,Jay (expired link) Band Steel-n-Country Played All Over (expired link) Some Of The Places:Johnny Cash Days In Dyess Arkansas,White River Carnival,Salem Street Dance,DAV'S,VFW'S,Copper Feather,Elk's Lodge,Talleyhoe,Baxter Inn,(expired link) Also Went To Nashville Where He Got Up On Stage And Sang With Some Bands At Tootsie's And (expired link) Also Went To Loretta Lynn's Kitchen And He Gave Them One Of His Photo'(expired link) Loretta Had Her Staff Put It Up On Her Wall In The Diner At Hurricane (expired link) He Went To Nacogdoches Texas,And There He Started Playing With A Band"Ken Johnson And Foolish Pride".
Emmett Eugene Neeley Was Born On December 3rd,1971 In Garden City,(expired link) Moved To Arkansas With His Family In 1982,Thats When He Was About Five Years (expired link) He First Seen The Show "The Ed Sullivan Show",Thats Where He Seen This Rock Group Called "Kiss".Thats What Made Him Realize He Wanted To Become A (expired link) Started Out By Playing The Beginners (expired link) First Played When He Was (expired link) When he Was Twenty-Six He Got His First Set Of Real (expired link) Emmett Was Growing Up His Influences Were:Eric Singer,Peter Kris,Hank Williams Junior,Lynyrd Skynard,ZZ Top,Bob Seger,George Jones,George Strait,(expired link) As He Got Older They Changed (expired link) Played With Bands:Smokey Road,Stone Hart,Lynn Stokes,And His Father Inlaw Fred (expired link) Of (expired link) Played Alot Of The Places In Arkansas With His Father (expired link) Also Went To Nashville Tennessee With Fred And Set In With Afew Bands On (expired link) Still Continues To Play The Drums In The Band With His Father (expired link) Is How He Has Become The Drummer He Is Today.
The Band Plays A Different Variety Of Music Including:New And Old Country,Blues,Rock'n'Roll,(expired link) Band Plays Different Places Anything From:Benefits,Weddings,Bars,Fairs,Street Dances,And Many More.
"FRED (expired link) ON PEDAL STEEL GUITAR,VOCALS,LEAD GUITAR,BACKUP VOCALS."
"EMMETT NEELEY ON DRUMS."