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Moeck has been involved with music since he was 5 years old and his mother bought him an accordion. His mother discovered that Moeck would hear a song and then simply play it by ear, so they didn’t give him many music lessons. Later he took up the guitar and piano, and started switching the cords around for each instrument. He calls himself a “cord man” because when he listens to a song he doesn’t really hear the melody or the words. He hears the cords. After high school, Moeck played in a country band, but he quit after he got married. He didn’t feel the lifestyle, for example getting in at 2:30 am, was conducive for a healthy family life. So he worked as an aerospace engineer and helped raise his four children. He went 40 years without music in his life and says he did miss it, but was so busy with life in general he simply didn’t have time for it. Now that he’s retired, he’s making the time for music. He has a digital piano, (definitely not a “keyboard” he says emphatically), and an experienced band to back him up.
Brad Cox plays the drums and sings in the band. Cox was playing music since he was 14 years old, and did the Vegas circuit among other things, for many years. He played for “show groups” which he says were like a live production of The Carol Burnett Show with more music. He says, “When disco came along it killed the show groups.”
Rod Rodriguez plays the saxophone and clarinet, and has 3 Music Hall of Fame awards to his name. He played professionally for many years.
Singer and dancer Charleah Allen says she has been “singing forever. Since I was a little kid.” When she was 16 she had her first paying job at an old country bar in Beaumont California. She says, “I got paid for that one. Those are the ones that count.” She says she is having a lot of fun, and especially now that she’s quit her job. Drummer Brad chimes in with “She just can’t keep a job!” Charleah shakes her head at him and laughs. She continues, saying that after you aren’t working a regular job anymore, “you don’t feel important. Music makes you feel like you still count.” She motions around at the room the band is setting up in, at The Ridge Club and says, “And good acoustics make you feel like a star!”
Brad Cox plays the drums and sings in the band. Cox was playing music since he was 14 years old, and did the Vegas circuit among other things, for many years. He played for “show groups” which he says were like a live production of The Carol Burnett Show with more music. He says, “When disco came along it killed the show groups.”
Rod Rodriguez plays the saxophone and clarinet, and has 3 Music Hall of Fame awards to his name. He played professionally for many years.
Singer and dancer Charleah Allen says she has been “singing forever. Since I was a little kid.” When she was 16 she had her first paying job at an old country bar in Beaumont California. She says, “I got paid for that one. Those are the ones that count.” She says she is having a lot of fun, and especially now that she’s quit her job. Drummer Brad chimes in with “She just can’t keep a job!” Charleah shakes her head at him and laughs. She continues, saying that after you aren’t working a regular job anymore, “you don’t feel important. Music makes you feel like you still count.” She motions around at the room the band is setting up in, at The Ridge Club and says, “And good acoustics make you feel like a star!”
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The Buddy Moeck Swing Band
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http://www.budsband.com
and
contact us today to check your booking date availability!
Phone: (928) 772-8773
Email: BUDLITE@THERIVER.COM
Check our website for schedule public play dates and locations!
http://www.budsband.com
and
contact us today to check your booking date availability!
Phone: (928) 772-8773
Email: BUDLITE@THERIVER.COM