duffey's plantation band: [original line up]:doug duffey [vocal,piano,hammond b3]
pebble daniel [vocal]
bill dunn [vocal,sax,flute]
thumper sweeney [guitar]
toni sehulster [bass]
raymond battillo [drums]
some later members:
gary acklen [hammond B3/piano//vocals]
rick potter [guitar]
robert jackson [drums]
sonny farmer- [drums/vocals]
mike foreman- [B3-vocals]
arnold loe-[trumpet]
lamond whitten- [sax]
the band came about because merging traffic was defunct and i needed a band to promote the record. i put a tribe together in little rock made up of some of merging traffic [me, bill, thumper], raymond battillo from white lightning, pebble daniel and toni sehulster. i'm not sure how much tony moon [producer and eventually agent & manager] had to do with the line up; i do remember rehearsing off music row by jack clements... i also remember i was 20 when the single came out and had to have my parents sign legal papers etc.
we lived in and toured from Nashville, toured across america and did some notable "opening act" slots: for edgar winter-and- grand funk railroad; both at their peak.
we were a great band, doing a sort of delaney and bonnie/ leon russell style of southern gospel/r&b flavored rock. we had the potential to do great things... but... like so many bands i have formed we were ahead of our time. Nashville was REALLY country, red neck and closed minded, back then- and we were NOT! we wore pretty wild stage clothes... and rocked hard and loud!
we did some band recordings- and bill, pebble and i did some backing vocal work- most notably on 2 gene simmons [of "haunted house" fame] songs: "my ring dang doo"- and- "memphis blue"- which i have somewhere on an old 45rpm!
we stayed together a few years, went through various changes/band members, going from a 5 piece to 7 piece- and then broke up. pebble and toni stayed in nashville
[c]2009 doug duffey
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