| Black Oak Arkansas The musicians |
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| Updated 7/02/2006 |
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| Current members playing at various times are listed in purple. Deceased members are in Gray Tommy "Dork Jackson" Aldridge or here or here - drummer - now with Whitesnake Dave Amato - guitar - With BOA in 1980 - now with REO Speedwagon Rocky Athas or here or here or here - guitar Billy Batte or here - violin/keyboard/synthesizer - 80? - also Savage Innocence Garrett Bearden - maybe this one? or this one? or this one? - with BOA in late 80's Biff "The Beast" Bingham - lead guitar - early 80's Added 4/21/06 Johnnie Bolin - drummer - presently Artis "J.R." Brewer or here - The Knowbody Else - guitar/vocals Buddy Church or here - guitar/bass Dave Cochran or here or here or here - bass - Tunica - 11/9/2003 - and others Updated 8/5/04 Johnny Courville JR. - or here personal and road manager 80's & 90's Johnny "Monk" Courville III - or here or here drummer 90-96 Chris Craig or here - drummer - 79-82 Pat "Dirty" Daugherty or here - bass/vocals Wayne "Squeezebox" Evans or here - drummer Mike Farriss - bass - 80's here or here or here also played with RADIX Added 07/02/06 "Big" Mike Fowler - Don't know if any of these sites are the right guy = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Jimmy "Soybean" Henderson or here - guitar Jack Holder or here or here or here or here - guitar/keyboard Kelvin Holly or here or here or here or here or here - guitar George Hughen or here or here - Current bass player - was with Grayghost Corky Hughes - guitar - early 80's Added 4/21/06 Harvey "Burley" Jett or here or here - guitar/vocals/organ Cozy Johnson - drums - early 80's Added 4/21/06 David Johnson - guitar - currently with Lectric Liz and Livewire Added 9/30/2003 Stanley "Goober" Knight or here or here - guitar Jamie La Ritz or here - lead guitar - 80? Shawn Lane RIP 9/03 at the age of 40 here or here or here or here or here or here - guitar William Lemuel - Bass New 7/29/04 Victor Lukenbaugh or here or here - drummer - Judge Parker Jim "Jim Dandy" Mangrum or here or here or here - vocals/washboard/acoustic guitar/frontman Michael "Knarley Dude" Martin RIP 2005 Motorcycle accident - guitar - 80's Updated 7/2/06 David "Dave" Mayo - or here or here or here - piano/bass/vocals - On "10 Year Overnight Success" Also appeared on Ruby Starr's albums "Smokey Places" and "Scene Stealer".New 8/4/04 Keith McCann - here? or here? or this one? or this one? - drummer - The Knowbody Else Hal McCormack or here or here or here or here - lead guitar - Twice nominated as best guitarist by Premiere Player's Award of Memphis. Has been in Tora Tora, Survivor, M. Slider, Driving South, and newer band Uprising. Updated 8/5/04 Randii Meers or here - drummer Steve Nunemacher or here or here - frontman/lead/rhythm guitar/keyboards/vocals - On "Ready As Hell". Also Known As Steve/Stevie Blaze. Now works with bands Lillian Axe, New Life Experience, and '70 band Angel Updated 8/5/04 Arthur Pearson or here - guitar - Judge Parker - Batesville AR 6/28/03 Larry Pearson or here - guitar - Judge Parker - Batesville AR 6/28/03, Dunmor 2004 Jeff "Heart" Palmer - bass - early 80's Marius Penczner or here - or here or here - keyboard - BOA 77/78 Terry "Slydman" Powers or here or here or here - lead guitar Greg Reding or here or here or here - guitar/piano/vocals Danny Reynolds - guitar - The Knowbody Else Rickie Lee "Ricochet" or "Wiz" Reynolds or here or here - rhythm guitar/vocals/12 string Deke Rivers or here? - guitar Deke Richards or here or here or here or here - producer/writer/guitar/piano - On "I'd Rather Be Sailing", "Race With The Devil", "Hot & Nasty: Best of BOA CD", and with Ruby Starr on "Smokey Places". Worked for many years with numerous Motown legends. New 8/4/04 John Roth or here or here - guitar Update 8/12/04 Sam Schattenberg or here or here? - drummer - The Knowbody Else Ronnie "Chickie Hawk" Smith or here or here or here? - organ/road manager Ruby Starr RIP 1/14/1995 or here or here or here or here - vocals - Grey Ghost Andy Tanas or or here or here or here or here or here or here - bass/vocals/songwriting - 77 to 80 - With Krokus after BOA. Can be seen on the "Ballroom Blitz" video. Updated 8/11/04 Jerome Thomas or here? or here - drummer - 78-82? Michael R. Todd - guitar/bass/vocals Bobby Torello or here or here or here - drummer - '77. Johnny Winter's drummer '77 to '83 New 8/11/04 Otis Watkins or here or here or here or here - guitar Jon "B. J. Wells" - drummer - 80? Joel Williams or here or here - drums - 77/78 Artie Wilson or here or here? - bass - 1994 - Kinley "Barney" Wolfe or here or here or here or here - bass - early 80's Roy Yeager or here or here or here - syndrums - On "I'd Rather Be Sailing" - Drummer for Atlanta Rhythm Section. Also played with Lobo and Melanie. New 8/4/04 Adolph Zeugner Unknown bass player (Alexandria LA 7/5/2003) |
| Black Oak Arkansas started off as "The Knowbody Else", then changed names and some of the players after a few years. BOA's biography, as a band, can be found on other sites and in books, so I'm not going to elaborate on that here. My focus is the artists themselves. |
| This will forever be a work in progress. |
| I'm going to put these in alphabetical order since chronologically would be hard for me to do. |
| The underlined names are links to sites where there is info about the artist. Some names have two or three links. Just click on the underlined portion. Some of the links are for more than one band member. |
| Below are links to some sites that have info on the various artists. I discovered some of these in my quest for artist info. Les (Mutant) Roediger's BOA site Classicwebs Shawn Lane's artist list BOA discography BOA stories BOA history BOA bio Encyclopedia of Popular Music Ruby Starr history Another BOA bio Rhino write-up BOA artists family tree |
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| Slydman Terry Powers |
| Clockwise from 12 o'clock - Jim Dandy, Rickie Lee, George, Jim & Rickie, Johnny, and Hal |
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| Crew and others of notable mention |
| Rusty - tour manager Lionel - crew |