Neil Elwell
Neil Elwell: Lead Guitar/Vocals: I am a Spokane native and probably got
my musical genes from both my dad, who played guitar, and my mom who
played violin. My interest in the guitar carried from childhood musical toys
until my 1st real guitar in 63 or 64. In Libby Jr. High I was relegated to the
tuba and under the direction of acoustic bassist Noel Waters (of the Arnie
Carruthers groups) started my musical journey. In addition to marching
band at Ferris high school, numerous garage bands and kids dance
bands were the way most weekends were spent. At some point in the
early 70's I quit playing in front of people until the mid 80's. In '87 I took
over a blues radio program at the local public radio station KPBX, and
produced that show for 7 years. During those years many attempts at
getting back into music were met with varying degrees of success.
`Bluesosaurus' and `The Smokestack blues band' were two of the more
satisfying examples. I also met Dave Turner while working in Lindell
Reason's group, and the seed of Laffin' Bones was planted then. The
'Bones commenced in late '94 and has grown musically into a close family
of like-thinking players of today. My influences are varied and many, as I
love all types of "real" music. Some of these include Muddy
Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson, Django, Weather Report,
Miles Davis, Jerry Garcia, Robert Cray, Howlin' Wolf, Rolling Stones,
Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Duane Allman, Bonnie Raitt,
Coco Montoya, all of the Kings, There is just so many that have affected
me it is hard to list them all. I also play acoustic guitar and dobro in The
Doghouse Boyz and the Crawdaddies, both acoustic blues bands. The
Crawdaddies won the Inland Empire Blues Society best new blues band
award 2 years ago. In addition to all of this, my son Nicholas is a fine
acoustic blues singer and player. He performs in coffee houses and at
blues festivals around the area, as well.
Neil Elwell: Lead Guitar/Vocals: I am a Spokane native and probably got
my musical genes from both my dad, who played guitar, and my mom who
played violin. My interest in the guitar carried from childhood musical toys
until my 1st real guitar in 63 or 64. In Libby Jr. High I was relegated to the
tuba and under the direction of acoustic bassist Noel Waters (of the Arnie
Carruthers groups) started my musical journey. In addition to marching
band at Ferris high school, numerous garage bands and kids dance
bands were the way most weekends were spent. At some point in the
early 70's I quit playing in front of people until the mid 80's. In '87 I took
over a blues radio program at the local public radio station KPBX, and
produced that show for 7 years. During those years many attempts at
getting back into music were met with varying degrees of success.
`Bluesosaurus' and `The Smokestack blues band' were two of the more
satisfying examples. I also met Dave Turner while working in Lindell
Reason's group, and the seed of Laffin' Bones was planted then. The
'Bones commenced in late '94 and has grown musically into a close family
of like-thinking players of today. My influences are varied and many, as I
love all types of "real" music. Some of these include Muddy
Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson, Django, Weather Report,
Miles Davis, Jerry Garcia, Robert Cray, Howlin' Wolf, Rolling Stones,
Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Duane Allman, Bonnie Raitt,
Coco Montoya, all of the Kings, There is just so many that have affected
me it is hard to list them all. I also play acoustic guitar and dobro in The
Doghouse Boyz and the Crawdaddies, both acoustic blues bands. The
Crawdaddies won the Inland Empire Blues Society best new blues band
award 2 years ago. In addition to all of this, my son Nicholas is a fine
acoustic blues singer and player. He performs in coffee houses and at
blues festivals around the area, as well.
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