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Members of the American country music band The Strangers. Pages in category "The Strangers (American band) members" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Merle Haggard famously called out members of the Strangers by name on his records prior to their solos. He sometimes prefixed their name with “Brother,” as in the song "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" when he called out “Brother Don” Markham. For 20 years (1969–1989) he regularly called out 16 different members of the Strangers ...
Norm Hamlet is an American steel guitarist and a member of Merle Haggard's The Strangers band for the past 49 years. [1] [2] [3]Hamlet was born on February 27, 1935, in Woodville, California.
Roy Ernest Nichols (October 21, 1932 – July 3, 2001) was an American country music guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for Merle Haggard's band The Strangers for more than two decades. He was known for his guitar technique, a mix of fingerpicking and pedal steel -like bends, usually played on a Fender Telecaster electric guitar.
The Strangers were an Australian rock band formed in 1961 and existed until 1975. The band started out playing instrumental songs in a style similar to The Shadows, with influences from Cliff Richard. The original line-up was Laurie Arthur (lead guitar), Peter Robinson (bass), Graeme "Garth" Thompson (drums) and Fred Wieland (rhythm guitar).
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In 2000, Strangers with Candy entered MTV's Ultimate Cover Band Contest, quickly becoming a fan-favorite with covers of "Take On Me" (by A-ha), "Guerrilla Radio" (by Rage Against the Machine) and "Nookie" (by Limp Bizkit). [1] [4] [5] The MTV exposure helped the band gain fans all over the world, and also caught the attention of the music industry.
Company of Strangers were a short-lived rock, pop music studio project formed by Simon Hussey in late 1991. The album featured performances by Daryl Braithwaite (ex-Sherbet) on vocals, Simon Hussey (ex-Cats Under Pressure, Australian Crawl) on keyboards, drums, engineering and production, Jef Scott on guitar and vocals, and James Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on vocals and guitar. [1]