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The Southern Drive band is a 5 piece cover band located in the north east Georgia area that plays local clubs in the Athens/Lexington/Elberton Georgia area.
Our music format is anything from Classic & New Country , Blues , Southern rock , Classic rock , Soul & Surf & oldies music ( No Hip hop or heavey metal) only great dance music.
We are the house band at the American legion in Lexington GA. and have been there since the early 80s on Saturday nights from 9-12 pm
we have been tegether for many years & also have become best of friends and we look forward to our regular saturday night gig at the legion.
we all grew up playing country , blues & southern rock and playing music is are passion .
(Southern Drive Band members) not in any particular order
Dave Wireman on lead guitar & Vocals
Gene Bray on bass & vocals
Karen Howard Patman vocals (newest member)
Sam Ingram on drums & Vocals
Howard Sanders on vocals & tambourine (No longer with us)
Danny Anthony on keyboard , Sax & vocals
Billy Holmes on keyboard , guitar , Fiddle , Flute, mandoline & Vocals (plays with us part time)Band/artist history
The Southern Drive band has been tegether since the early 80s and have been the house band at the Americal legion since the early 80s also.
we pride ourselves in being a verirty band playing Dance music for many format types such as Country old & new , Blues , Southern Rock , Classic Rock, Soul & surf.
we are a 5 piece band with Lead guitar , Bass , Drums & keyboard and vocalist and everyone in the band sings so we have a big variety of songs that we can do.
come check us out out the American Legion in lexington Ga. as we play 2 saturdays a month back to back and were always playing there for there christmas partys and at new years.Have you performed in front of an audience?We are the house band at the American Legion in Lexington Georgia & have been there since the early 80s and playing there is like home to us and it is are favorite place to play.
Your musical influences
Country - Merle haggard , George Jones , Conway Twitty , Travis tritt , Alan Jackson , Johnny cash, Michael Martin Murphy, Patsy Kline,
Rock - Lynyrd Skynyrd , ZZ Top , Allman Bros , Marshall Tucker , Eagles , Doobie Bros, Beatles
Pop - BeeGees
Blues - Stevie Ray Vaun , Robin ford , BB King , Bonnie RaittWhat equipment do you use?
The equipment brands we use are:
Guitars & bass - Fender Tele & Strat , Gibson les paul , Ibanez & Fender & Ibanez Bass , Ovation acoustic
Amps - 65 Fender Twin , Peavey bass amp , Peavey keyboard amp
Sound system - Yorkville mixer ,Yorkville & peavy PA cabinets , Peavey monitor system & Kustom speakers.
Keyboards - Yamaha
Drums - Vintage ludwig
Effects - Effects Pedal Boutique custom guitar effects pedals , Digitech DHP33 guitar Harmonizer , modded Dunlap wah ,
microphones- all EVAnything else?
Also check my website www.effectspedalboutique.com as i build custom boutique guitar effects pedals at killer prices.
or call me at 706-769-6479 Eastern time 10am-8pm
email me at wireman1957@bellsouth.net
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