the Rounders

HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR PAGE!CHOOSE LIFEXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOO'SAbove is a concert we did with friend Jeff Beaumont Feb. 2008Thanx for visiting our profile:The Rounders are a husband and wife duet, who love making music together. It is their desire to bring a spirit/soul nourishing, life giving message through their music. They are highly influenced by old timey music and seek to fashion the sound with styles from the 20's - 40's. MORE BELOWORIGINAL CHARLSTON CHASERS- lovely song 1926 -Jean HarlowEddie Peabody - HOT BANJOCONT.The Rounders are currently seeking other members to contribute some hot classic sounds to the music so if you are interested and play the following instruments.......drop us a line."Right now it's just the two of us. We add the other instruments when we record, but we would like to get a bigger sound live. LOOKING TO START WITH A 5 OR 6 PIECE COMBO. WOODY'S /CLARINET, Eb ALTO SAX, TROMBONE & TRUMPET..... WE CURRENTLY USE, GUITAR, HAWAIIAN AND WESTERN STEEL GUITAR (NOT NASHVILLE), UKELELE, STRING/DOUBLE BASS, A BIT OF CLARINET/SAX. ANYONE WHO HAS THE SAME TASTES IN MUSIC AND SEEKING TO ACHEIVE SOUNDS OF THE EARLY HAWAIIAN STYLES, OLD ORLEANS JAZZ, AND AUTHENTIC WESTERN SWING, PLEASE DON'T MIX THIS UP WITH MODERN WESTERN SWING WE WANT- 20'S - early 40's.Ernie Bondy – Songwriter, Vocals, Guitars, Ukulele, and Snare.Michele Bondy – String Bass/Double Bass, Ukulele, clarinet, piano, VocalsThe Rounders current works are influenced musically by Swing, early Jazz, Western Swing, Hawaiian, and Honky Tonk music of the 1920’s- 50’s but again would like to bring in more musicians to make a bigger and more distinct sound.They have 4 C.D.’s now in circulation through their own Everlastone Record label, available through their website www.therounders.us and Calvary distribution.Musical influences and likes;music; circa 20's, 30's, 40's & early 50's such as Swing, Big Band, jump blues, boogie woogie, original blues, dixieland jazz/new orleans jazz, ragtime, classic western swing, cowboy, early hawaiian, classical, and old great gospel and hymns.Favorite artists (to name a few)- Hot Music/Jazz: Fletcher Henderson, the Boswell Sisters aka "the Bozzies", the Brox Sisters, the Ink Spots, Django,DOES JESUS LOVE YOU?BOB WILLSHelen Kane, Louie Armstrong, early Ella Fitzgerald, 40's big band: Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller/Modernaires, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Kay Kyser Big band, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan.....Ragtime: Scott Joplin 1920's-30's Paul Whiteman/Rhythm Boys, early Bing Crosby, Eddie Lang, Cole Porter, Gershwins, Red Nichols & his 5 pennies, Original Charlston Chasers, Bix Biederbeck Guy Lombardo, Emmet Miller, Annette Hanshaw, Ruth Etting .....Hawaiian: Sol Hoopii, Dick & Lani MacIntire, Jules Ah see, the Royal Hawaiians....Classical: Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Many hymn writers: Fanny Crosby, John Newton, Isaac Watts, Robert Lowry, Carl Boberg, Martin Luther.... Western Swing: Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, Light Crust Dough Boys, Billy Jack Wills, Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies, and tons more..... Cowboy: Gene Autrey, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans/Sons of the Pioneers... Old time Country & Honky Tonk: Jimmy Rogers, Hank Williams SR., Patsy Cline."SWANS REFLECTING ELEPHANTS" -DaliArt: Salvador Dali, Edward Eggleston, Maxfield Parrish, tasteful pin-up art; Rolf Armstrong, Petty, Elvgren, Varga, ... "MODERN" art OR "ART DECO" (The words ART DECO were not used for this art form UNTIL THE 1960's. The word MODERN was used in the day for what we now call Art Deco). Art deco architecture, clothing, art, hair styles, appliances, furniture, interior design, cars and people (:LOUISE BROOKSBE REALThe Bee's Knee's: Carol Lombard, Louise Brooks, Billie Dove, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Betty Davis, Claudette Colbert, Veronica Lake, Katherine Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Betty Grable, Norma Jean/Marilyn, Jean Arthur, Ginger Rogers, Donna Reed, Rita Hayworth, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, ... Errol Flynn, Rudy Valentino, William Powell, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Fred Astaire, Bob Hope, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, .......Movies: the Passion, the original Ten Commandments, Jesus of Nazareth, the Patriot, Silent film, "talkies", especially the first one Al Jolson in "the Jazz Singer" which was actually part silent part talkie. Frank Capra Movies, Meet John Doe, Mr. Deeds goes to town, Sgt.York, It's a wonderful Life, Alfred Hitchcock movies from early to late, BOB HOPE movies, 50's Sci-Fi junk....My man Godfrey, the Thin Man series, Fred Astaire/Ginger Rodgers movies, Swing Time, Top Hat... Glenn Miller Story, Benny Goodman Story, Al Jolson Story, Al Jolson Sings again, The Three Stooges movie shorts, Betty Boop, BLONDIE, ... TV: I Love Lucy (of course), Leave it to Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show,.....Animated/Cartoonies- Betty Boop, Walter Lantz & Tex Avery stuff; Woody woodpecker, Tom & Jerry.... Now: Sponge Bob, Ren & Stimpy/powdered toast man and any classic funny stuff.EARLY BETTY GRABLE37' LINCOLN ZEPHYR You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !