RiverGard

Bandana is a 5-piece band playing Country, Rock and Blues hits from yesterday and today. Bandana has been a fixture in Kansas City Country music since it's inception in August of 1993. The band formed in 1993 with Fred Wood (guitar), Dave Carver (acoustic guitar) , and Dan Chapman (bass) and began touring a 4-state area playing clubs, events, fairs, festivals and rodeos. They opened for Johny Lee and West Coast Flyer (“Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places”). They also helped open a one-time popular Johnson County club called Orlando's, which was broadcast on Q104 by TJ McIntyre (a popular K.C. Disc Jockey). They played the Lineman's Rodeo for 8 years straight. In 1998 due to irreconcilable differences Dean, Paul, Dan and Mark left Bandana to form “Showdown”. That group added in Pat Lafferty (keyboards, mandolin, cello, accordion and various percussion instruments) and Marty Ewing (fiddle). This powerhouse group played together 2 years, playing all the gigs that Bandana had done plus a few. However in early 2000 the road and time having taken it's toll the band split up for what some might have thought was 'for good'. However in early 2007 Mark and Rick Eidson (bass) would decide to rekindle things and upon calling Dean and Paul they decided to form RiverGard. Soon after deciding to reform the old group they contacted Nelson Struewe (keyboard) and he joined the group. Since forming in January of 2007 RiverGard has played gigs in bars, member's only clubs, weddings, birthday parties, and outdoor events. Most recently RiverGard participated in Country Wars (a local battle of the bands) and were contacted by the Johnson County Fair association and asked to open for Curb/Asylum recording artists “Cowboy Crush” in concert at this year’s 109th Annual Johnson County Old Settlers celebration. The band happily accepted. Finally in early 2009 it again became time to rekindle the old "Bandana" fires and so the band was reborn. Through providing quality entertainment and connecting with their audience Bandana hopes to play all the top venues in the greater Kansas City area and also a few excursions to Lake of the Ozarks and other outlying areas a bit 'closer to home'. The bottom line is...these guys have the talent, the experience, the songs and the desire to please their audience and their clients. If you're looking for quality entertainment, look no further.

Bandana is a 5-piece band playing Country, Rock and Blues hits from yesterday and today. Bandana has been a fixture in Kansas City Country music since it's inception in August of 1993. The band formed in 1993 with Fred Wood (guitar), Dave Carver (acoustic guitar) , and Dan Chapman (bass) and began touring a 4-state area playing clubs, events, fairs, festivals and rodeos. They opened for Johny Lee and West Coast Flyer (“Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places”). They also helped open a one-time popular Johnson County club called Orlando's, which was broadcast on Q104 by TJ McIntyre (a popular K.C. Disc Jockey). They played the Lineman's Rodeo for 8 years straight. In 1998 due to irreconcilable differences Dean, Paul, Dan and Mark left Bandana to form “Showdown”. That group added in Pat Lafferty (keyboards, mandolin, cello, accordion and various percussion instruments) and Marty Ewing (fiddle). This powerhouse group played together 2 years, playing all the gigs that Bandana had done plus a few. However in early 2000 the road and time having taken it's toll the band split up for what some might have thought was 'for good'. However in early 2007 Mark and Rick Eidson (bass) would decide to rekindle things and upon calling Dean and Paul they decided to form RiverGard. Soon after deciding to reform the old group they contacted Nelson Struewe (keyboard) and he joined the group. Since forming in January of 2007 RiverGard has played gigs in bars, member's only clubs, weddings, birthday parties, and outdoor events. Most recently RiverGard participated in Country Wars (a local battle of the bands) and were contacted by the Johnson County Fair association and asked to open for Curb/Asylum recording artists “Cowboy Crush” in concert at this year’s 109th Annual Johnson County Old Settlers celebration. The band happily accepted. Finally in early 2009 it again became time to rekindle the old "Bandana" fires and so the band was reborn. Through providing quality entertainment and connecting with their audience Bandana hopes to play all the top venues in the greater Kansas City area and also a few excursions to Lake of the Ozarks and other outlying areas a bit 'closer to home'. The bottom line is...these guys have the talent, the experience, the songs and the desire to please their audience and their clients. If you're looking for quality entertainment, look no further.

Since it's inception in August of 1993 Bandana has played fairs, festivals, conventions, weddings, birthdays, bars, opened for concerts and worked with every local Country radio station in the Kansas City area. The guys have played quite a few benefits and have always been willing to donate their time to a worthy cause. This spirit of community has made the band a lot of friends in the musical community as well as a lot of fans who come specially to see us when we are near their parts of town. Some have also travelled great distances to come see us out of town.

We are influenced by everything that we hear, read or see as everyone should be. For original songs, our influences come from years of experience, for copy songs, we try to remain true to the original song while making it our own if we can.

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