Chuck Bob CarnesVital Stats
Age: 54.
Instruments: I play rhythm, lead, bass and mandolin guitars, and lead vocals and harmonica.
Band: Chuck Bob Carnes and the Honky Tonk Heroes.
Day job: Due to my motorcycle accident, I'm not doing a day job. I just try to spend time writing, recording and performing. And getting my strength back.
Hometown: Born and raised in Louisville, Ky. Left and headed out on that honky-tonk highway when I was 18 years old.
Current residence: Living in Ormond Beach now for 12 years.
Type of music you perform: Definitely a honky-tonk country blues singer and a very alive performer and entertainer.
Repertoire sampler: "Honky-tonk Heroes," Waylon Jennings; "Mess of the Blues," Delbert McClinton; "Wheelin'," Lowell George; "Ring of Fire," Johnny Cash; "Mama's Song," original; "Cowboy Man," Lyle Lovett; "Angel Flying to Close to the Ground," Willie Nelson; "All Shook Up," Elvis.
Upcoming area gigs: 7-11 p.m. March 20, Mosquito Cove, 5934 S. U.S. 1, Port Orange.
Noon-7 p.m. March 29, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Pet Fest, Valentine Park, 1511 W. French Ave., Orange City. Free admission. Information: 386-774-2227.
CD: "My Old Guitar," available by e-mailing chuckbobcarnes@aol.com or calling 386-615-9828.
Click here to listen to Chuck Bob Carnes' "My Old Guitar"
Taking Notes
Who or what inspired you to take up music?
My dad and uncles inspired me, sitting around the house pickin' and singin', sneaking into honky-tonks, sitting in playing bass guitar and singing, and most of all watching Elvis on TV and listening to eight track tapes of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard.
The title track of your CD is "My Old Guitar," an ode to your six-string. Has there ever been a time in your life when you had to choose between a woman and that guitar, and the guitar (or music) won out?
I remember my teen-age sweetheart Denise. It was stay in Kentucky and maybe pursue a life with her or hit the road with musicians twice my age, and back then it was all about learning the trade. So I left home and her when I was 18 years old.
What was the most unusual or memorable gig you've ever played?
There's probably a bunch. One time I was playing at a Holiday Inn over in Central Florida back in the '70s and a cowboy rode his horse into the lounge and turned an alligator loose. It ran through the bar and ended up under the stage.
There was another bar we played that had the chicken wire in front of the stage, which at the time I didn't understand why. Later on that night this girl got mad and cleared the stage in about thirty seconds. I guess the chicken wire was to keep out beer bottles only.
What musician/celebrity/historical person would you most like to have dinner with?
Clint Eastwood.
What was the last book you read?
"Your Best Life Now -- 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential" by Joel Osteen.
What CD/tape/music is in your car/home stereo/iPod right now?
Bob Dylan
What is your favorite movie?
"Tombstone."
What was the best concert you ever attended?
Johnny Cash, the Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and Merle Haggard in 1969 in Louisville, Ky., at the fair grounds. It was a free show put on by the Philip Morris tobacco company. All I could do is see myself up on that stage.
"If I didn't play music, I would ... ":
Be a hard person to get along with. I could never imagine ever doing anything else.
"I'd sell my soul for ...":
My son to have a healthy, long and successful life.
Who or what inspired you to take up music?
My dad and uncles inspired me, sitting around the house pickin' and singin', sneaking into honky-tonks, sitting in playing bass guitar and singing, and most of all watching Elvis on TV and listening to eight track tapes of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard.
The title track of your CD is "My Old Guitar," an ode to your six-string. Has there ever been a time in your life when you had to choose between a woman and that guitar, and the guitar (or music) won out?
I remember my teen-age sweetheart Denise. It was stay in Kentucky and maybe pursue a life with her or hit the road with musicians twice my age, and back then it was all about learning the trade. So I left home and her when I was 18 years old.
What was the most unusual or memorable gig you've ever played?
There's probably a bunch. One time I was playing at a Holiday Inn over in Central Florida back in the '70s and a cowboy rode his horse into the lounge and turned an alligator loose. It ran through the bar and ended up under the stage.
There was another bar we played that had the chicken wire in front of the stage, which at the time I didn't understand why. Later on that night this girl got mad and cleared the stage in about thirty seconds. I guess the chicken wire was to keep out beer bottles only.
What musician/celebrity/historical person would you most like to have dinner with?
Clint Eastwood.
What was the last book you read?
"Your Best Life Now -- 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential" by Joel Osteen.
What CD/tape/music is in your car/home stereo/iPod right now?
Bob Dylan
What is your favorite movie?
"Tombstone."
What was the best concert you ever attended?
Johnny Cash, the Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and Merle Haggard in 1969 in Louisville, Ky., at the fair grounds. It was a free show put on by the Philip Morris tobacco company. All I could do is see myself up on that stage.
"If I didn't play music, I would ... ":
Be a hard person to get along with. I could never imagine ever doing anything else.
"I'd sell my soul for ...":
My son to have a healthy, long and successful life.
