| Country Classics |
| Band Members Joe Frakes - ( Band Leader) Drums&Vocals Donny Vore - Pedal Steel Odie Fitzpatrick - Bass& Vocals Donny Edwards - Keyboards Rich Mounce - Lead Guitar& Vocals Honorary Memebers Jerry Erickson-Vocals, Lead & Steel Guitar Joey Frakes-Drums |
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| Show Dates Country Classic Band does not have any bookings at this time as band leader Joe Frakes has had some health issues. Hopefully they will be back in the music field very soon. We all wish Joe a speedy recovery. |
| ABOUT THE BAND |
| Joe Frakes: Joe makes his home in Creve Coeur, Illinois, with his wife Julie. He is a retired truck driver and spends most of his spare time with his grandchildren and playing music on week-ends. He has been playing drums for 45 plus years. Joe is the band leader and organizes all the show dates. Odie Fitzpatrick: Odie makes his home in East Peoria, Illinois, with his wife Pam. Odie is presently a truck driver. Odie's love for country music goes back to before he was old enough to be in the bars and honky tonks. Rich Mounce: Rich makes his home in Canton, Illinois, with his wife Angie. Rich has sang and played music in the Peoria, Bloomington, and Champaign area since the middle 60's. Rich is the co-founder of the CISGA organization. |
| Donny Vore: Donny makes his home in East Peoria, Illinois,with his wife Sylvia. He is a retired Cat worker, but does work part-time in the auto parts business. Donny started playing a lap steel at the age 13. He started playing the pedal steel at the age of 18. Donny's greatest love is playing the traditional and texas music. His most humbling experience was the Donny Vore Achievment Award that he recieved at the CISGA show in 2005 Donny Edwards: Donny makes his home in Peoria, Illinois. He originated from the Lacon, Illinois, area where he started out as a teenager playing in local taverns. His talent has led him into many experiences that one can spend hours listening to him talk about. |
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| Donny Vore and Rich Mounce |
| Joe with son Joey and Odie on the job at the Eagles in Bloomington |
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| Odie & Donny Edwards |
Specail Events: Steel Jam 2007 coming in June |