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The winner will be chosen by The Hub staff popular op- pinion. 1 Corinthians 16:14 1 Corinthians 16:14 2 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM FEBRUARY 2018 3 KennyKenny GregoryGregory If you have been out to the Iron they played was ‘The Long Run’ by The Bistro Brothers as a two-man years. A bride may request a cer- Horse Pub to see a show some time The Eagles, and he worked hard on act. tain group or song, and he enjoys in the past five years, you may very playing the offbeat rhythms and Kenny’s day job for the past five doing the research on the differ- well have heard the sound tech ex- singing at the same time, and got it years has been working in the ent genres and artists. He has also pertise of Kenny Gregory. But he is down to make it work in a 3-piece Wichita County Tax Office. One incorporated the assistance of his much more than that. He is also a group. When they finished playing time when one of the ladies in the daughter who is in high school and husband, a father, a DJ, and a musi- it live for the first time Paul looked office was planning her wedding, planning on attending college. He cian in several acts in the area. over at him and said, “You suck,” she asked Kenny if he would DJ says that teaching her how to DJ is Born in Orange, California as the which was Paul’s way of saying some music at her reception. He a great way of giving her a way of grandson of an offshore driller, his ‘great job, but don’t get too heady’. had never done that before, but working a couple of nights a week family moved around a lot between But he says that has al- while in school and still have California and Texas, and finally ways kept him humble. time to study, as opposed to took root in Wichita Falls when he It made him realize working at some fast food was five years old, and he has spent that when you’re play- joint seven nights a week, the biggest part of his life here. ing in a band you have and make about the same His early recollections of his to work alongside oth- amount of money. And, musical family include his uncles ers, think outside the he says, she is very helpful Cody and Larry who played guitar box and that it wasn’t when a teenager comes up and were very skilled at the Chet the Kenny Gregory and requests a song from a Atkins style of thumb picking. His show like sitting in his current artist that he’s never uncle Larry was in an accident and bedroom playing along heard of, and she points him lost his right arm. At a family gath- with records. He says in the right direction. ering when Kenny was about eight that giving each other a Kenny tells me that the years old he remembers his uncle hard time was a way of DJ business is expanding, Cody sitting behind uncle Larry, encouraging each other as his wife wants to be in- Cody playing the right-hand parts and wanting each other volved. As a novice photog- of songs while Larry played the left. to succeed, and it was rapher, she is investing in a And uncle Larry would put a pick a learning experience photo booth to add to the in the claw of his prosthetic arm that all young players DJ shows’ events, with back- and strum chords. It inspired him should go through. drops and props. It’s just so much that it was then that he He moved to Ohio another aspect of the party knew that he wanted to learn how for a while, and when experience where people to play. he was there he says he can act silly and have a great When Kenny was young he wasn’t didn’t know anybody in time. exposed to a lot of different styles the music scene. And he As a musician, some of of music, but, like his uncles, he also noticed there was a the more well-known acts favored the Chet Atkins style of ton of small bistros that Kenny has played with over playing. He said he would sit in his had live acoustic type acts. So, he said yes. He said it was so much fun the years include Newt Laird & room and play along with his re- went into a studio and recorded a that he was instantly hooked on the The Cadillac Cowboys, Change Of cords. bunch of backing tracks, sans the DJ work. He now has his own DJ Heart (now known as The Ranch When he was about 22 years old he lead and vocal parts, and worked show, Ken E.G., and does all kinds Rockers), Sage, Laredo, Reckless, remembers one of the first bands he the rooms as a one man band. He of events. He said that it has been and Simply Honky Tonk. He says played in with Paul Carr and Barry eventually joined up with another a great learning experience consid- that he was in the house band at Sloan. Paul was a great mentor to guy that had a small guitar shop, ering his limited exposure to many Little Brothers Club for a few years him. He says that one of the songs and they played around there as different styles of music in his early with Shasta and Ben Shaw. He loved 4 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM In addition to his day job, the sound tech gig at the pub, KennyKenny GregoryGregory and his DJ business, he also currently plays in several oth- er bands, including the most recent one that sports his name Kenny Gregory, and a group he has played with for the last five years, Simply Honky Tonk, as well as The Ranch Rockers, and two church praise groups. playing with Ben because he is such years, he really enjoys seeing all His next goal is to a great player, and would interject a the local as well as the out of town put together a rocka- bit of his own style in the songs he acts that come through, and picks billy act like the Brian played. Thursdays were his favorite up things from musicians that play Setzer Orchestra with nights to play there because it was a genres that are not necessarily his a horn section be- slow night, and toward the end Ben strong suit, like some of the metal hind a 3-piece group would pull out some blues tunes bands that play there. He desires and do something and play copycat, where Ben would to be a well-rounded player, not like a six-week run play a lick and Kenny would try to just that guy that plays country. of a show around copy it. He says it was a great way to Having spent time in California, Christmastime do- learn how to play new licks. Phoenix, and Ohio he says that the ing Christmas music. He admits to being a musical musicianship here in Wichita Falls But, he admits, he has sponge for the past 30 years, and is amazing considering the size of to learn his parts be- still is. As the sound tech at the our city, and that there is real talent fore he searches for Iron Horse Pub for the last five here. other musicians to recruit. Kenny is a big part of the local scene here in Wichita Falls whether you watch him play in one of his bands, or watch a band he runs sound for at the Iron Horse Pub, or need a DJ for your next event, or you just need to pay your taxes. You can find him on Facebook at DJ Ken E.G. ~Tim Maloney FEBRUARY 2018 5 around. Sometimes I like it and is rolling and getting some steam sometimes I don’t. I am not in a downtown. I like the After Hours hurry to get rid of anything,” he Art Walks and meeting new peo- BILL LEWIS said. “I am not afraid of failure.” ple and having them come in”, Bill BILL LEWIS When he wants to “do some- added. Bill Lewis has a studio space in pictures on the cover of “Analog” the 9th Street Studios where he [which is a science fiction maga- thing mechanical”, he creates Bill will have a solo art show at creates art solely from his imagi- zine from decades ago]. I love the steam punk lights out of pipes The Maplewood in Century Pla- nation and has had no formal old cheesy 50’s movies with space and Edison Bulbs.