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The Lodge Brothers



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The Lodge Brothers

Introduction

I have been playing bass with The Lodge Brothers since 2001, after running into Wayne Schell (the original “Lodge Brother”), an old acquaintance, at a local winter Bluegrass festival in St. Louis, MO. We had been friends since the early ‘70’s when we both attended most of the Bluegrass festivals in the tri-state region of Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. I hadn’t seen Wayne since the early ‘80’s when I had semi-retired from the Bluegrass music scene while my son was growing up.


Been Playing Since

I started my musical journey playing piano at the age of 8. During high school, I changed musical instruments and played electric lead guitar in a Rock n’ Roll band (late 60’s). In the early ‘70’s, I got hooked on Bluegrass music and began playing an upright bass while in college. Today, I’m still playing that same upright Bass!


Band - The Lodge Brothers

The Lodge Brothers play a variety of music, including old-time fiddle tunes, traditional and contemporary American folk songs, and some Irish tunes as well. We are particularly fond of the "brother duet" singing style of the Louvin Brothers, and we cover a lot of their material. Despite our lack of a Scruggs-style banjo player, we do a number of standards out of the bluegrass songbook.


Bose Gear

We’ve been using the Bose L1 system since January of 2007. Our configuration today, consists of:


Gear we use with our L1® System

Microphones

  • EV 767/D Microphones - Vocals
  • Shure SM81 Microphones – Guitar/Mandolin
  • Shure PG81 Microphones – Fiddle/Banjo
  • AKG C1000S Microphones – Guitar/Mandolin/Banjo

Acoustic Instruments

  • Martin guitars
  • Fiddle
  • Stelling banjo
  • Phoenix mandolin
  • Kay Upright Bass