THE BALLISTIC PINTOS WERE BORN AUGUST 30, 1997 WHILE BOBBY,KENNY,
AND WAYNE WERE PLAYING A GIG IN OKLAHOMA OPENING FOR HONKY
TONK LEGEND AND "GOOD OL' BOY" JOE STAMPLEY. THE EMCEE FOR THE SHOW ASKED THE NAME OF OUR BAND AND BOBBY EXCLAMED
"THE BALLISTIC PINTOS". THE REST, AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY.
BOBBY KEEL HAS RECEIVED 14 GOLD AND 12 PLATINUM AWARDS FROM THE R.I.A.A. FOR SONGS RECORDED BY ARTISTS SUCH AS HANK WILLIAMS JR, DAVID ALLAN COE, CONFEDERATE RAILROAD, TRAVIS TRITT, MERLE HAGGARD, WILLIE NELSON, FREDDIE POWERS, ALBERT KING, THE CARTER FAMILY, JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ, MOE BANDY AND JOE STAMPLEY, TAMMY WYNETTE, MCGUFFY LANE, TOM JONES. BOBBY DISCOVERED THE FORESTER SISTERS AND HELPED THEM BECOME A NUMBER ONE SELLING ACT ON THE WARNER BROTHERS LABEL.
AMONG HIS HITS ARE:
"WHISKEY ON ICE" RECORDED BY HANK JR, TRAVIS TRITT, AND CONFEDERATE RAILROAD,
"TIME OFF FOR BAD BEHAVIOR" RECORDED BY DAVID ALLAN COE, AND CONFEDERATE RAILROAD,
"DADDY'S HONKY TONK" RECORDED BY MOE BANDY AND JOE STAMPLEY,
"BEIN' GONE" RECORDED BY TAMMY WYNETTE,
"WHERE'S THE LOVE WE MADE" RECORDED BY TOM JONES, IF YOU GOT IT BY ALBERT KING
"YANKEE DON'T GO HOME" RECORDED BY THE CARTER FAMILY AND THE FORESTER SISTERS. KNOWN AS "THE SONGWRITER'S SONGWRITER BOBBY HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO INCLUSION IN THE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME.
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS MINOR LABEL ARTISTS WHO HAVE RECORDED BOBBY KEEL SONGS AS WELL. PREVIOUS DEMO SINGERS FOR BOBBY HAVE INCLUDED: GARTH BROOKS, KATHY MATTEA AND T. GRAHAM BROWN.
KENNY BAGGETT IS A SONGWRITER WHO HAS PERFORMED LOCALLY AND HAS APPEARED ON THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS SHOW.
WAYNE BROWN WAS A SONGWRITER WHO PERFORMED WITH MANY OF THE GREATS IN THE BUSINESS. HE PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT OF A TRAGIC AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2007 WHILE TRAVELLING TO HIS DAY JOB AS AN IRON WORKER.
