on the road again
home sweet bus
road warriors
highway hobos
hitting the road
knights of the road
Semi Trailer Trucks
tour buses
rock n' roll buses
roadies
backstage
groupies
load in and load out
airports
truck stops
"I went home to my
bus...
Willie Nelson
Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard,
& Buck Owens
pic by Benford E.
Standley
Willie Nelson and Friends
ANGELS & OUTLAWS
Since Medieval times
Troubadours have been
traveling from town to town,
totin' a guitar,
or some other musical instrument...singing
their songs of poetry and love, heartbreak and
about the roads that they travel. From Minstrel Shows and Medicine Shows
to the
Tent Shows and Rag
Operas, theaters, roadhouse
and honkytonks.. .
2014 ACM AWARDS LAS
VEGAS
Kix Brooks, Luke Bryan, and Blake
Shelton backstage at
the Academy of
Country Music Awards 2014
Sheryl Crow
Joe Nichols
Miranda Lambert
Alicia Dove, Actress
Buck Page
,
Marty Stuart
and
Norm
Stephens
Buck and Norm are
original Pioneer Troubadours
along with
Marty Stewart , who we all hung with
at the Festival,
and is in our Series...
Willie and Kris were very excited to talk with Ramblin' Jack...
most of the talk was about our Troubadour show
and Willie
and
Kris both gave us a quick interview
which will be in the DVD.
Ramblin' Jack and Eric Clapton,
at the
beginning of the Pioneer Troubadour
series
Eric was
a great host to us in Dallas
Sonny Curtis tells
stories about his song
I FOUGHT THE LAW,
and his
time with
Buddy Holly's band The Crickets...
Les Paul
A Pioneer
Troubadour...our Tribute
Honorary Pioneer Les Paul comments on Troubadours
The beautiful Cowbell Dancers and Joe Ely
from the Pioneer Troubaodurs Hollywood
County Line Series at the Whisky A GoGo
Les Paul ,
Merle Haggard ,
Kris Kristofferson ,
Marty Stuart ,
Dave Somerville ,
Willie Nelson ,
Buck Owens ,
Ramblin'
Jack Elliott ,
Sonny
Curtis ,
Buck
Page
Norm
Stephens ,
Louie Ortega and many of the "road warriors" that cut the
music trails that led to
today in music... See the road from
a
Merle Haggard
& Bob Dylan tour ,
with trucks, the tour busses, backstage and stories from
the roadies...music
history, and more,
as our Pioneer Troubadours go
"on the road again."
The Pioneer Troubadours Series is as "reality" as it gets...beyond
the stage to
the backstage...we'll take you on the bus, on the road, to the sound check,
load in and load outs...truck stops, and hotels,
where we talk to the stars,
band members, roadies, promoters and friends of the Troubadours.
Each month we'll take the audience "on the road again" with a
different star,
from now to past decades...the story line is about
the road and music history.
We'll ask them about who they were
influenced by, their favorite road stories,
and show the reality
of being a Troubadour touring the highways of America...
Jump on board our beyond "reality tv"...
non
scripted reality multi-platform
documentary series
on and about the road that the Troubadours
travel..
Miranda Lambert
Ken & Chris Show
MEGHAN LINSEY
Les Paul ,
a great legend that
I called friend, had many hours
of talks on the phone, and I was
filming two projects with him
and
working on things with Les
and
Merle Haggard
Jimmie Rodgers
Father of Country
Music
North County
Line Series
Ralph Grasso
Friend of Les Paul and one of
the greatest studio guitar
players
in hitory of tv, music and movies
Leon Russell
HOLLYWOOD
COUNTY LINE
Our New
Flashback Stage
KICKIN' UP DUST
TROUBADOUR MUSEUM
Stay tuned to see more on
Jackson Browne as a Pioneer
TROUBADOURS AT
THE
PASO DIGITAL
FILM
FESTIVAL
Gary Busey, Maggie Warwick
and Pioneer Troubadour
Sonny
Curtis
backstage at the
Film Festival...
We invite you to
visit these sites
to see more info
and film footage
The
Series Stage One
The
Series Stage Two
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