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unusual facts about combo


Milcho Leviev

He toured Europe with Art Pepper (1980–82); at the same time he was one of the founders and managers of Free Flight, selected Combo of the Year in 1982.


Bonnie Hayes

In 1982, the band was signed by Slash Records and at the behest of Bob Biggs, the band changed their name to "Bonnie Hayes with the Wild Combo" and released their first album entitled Good Clean Fun, a New Wave/rock offering.

Brian Glascock

He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he works as a photo technician and, since 2006, performs music regularly with 30 Second Crash, a high energy rock and roll combo based in Minneapolis.

Carl Finch

He produced and, along with Brave Combo, performed all of the music for the 2008 animated PBS television series Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns.

Coladeira

A good example is the talented Tito Paris who produced several CDs "danca mami Criola, 1994" is a good compas CD close to great Haitian and French Antilles bands such as Tabou Combo, Kassav, Caribbean Sextet, Exile One, Tropicana, etc.

Combo guard

Some players, for example Tyreke Evans, Greivis Vasquez, James Harden, Kobe Bryant and Rodney Stuckey, have the requisite size for a shooting guard (around 6'5" or 6'6"), but due to their above-average passing and playmaking ability, are used as combo guards.

Danny Barcelona

A native Hawaiian, Barcelona joined Young's Hawaii All-Stars in the early 1950s, and then later assumed leadership of the said band - a sextet known as the Hawaiian Dixieland All-Stars - when Young himself left to join Louis Armstrong’s combo in 1952.

Dr. Matt Destruction

Dr. Matt typically plays a 1970s Fender Telecaster Bass which differs from the 1950s Telecaster Bass in that the bass has a humbucker rather than a single coil pickup (note: In the "Hate to Say I Told You So" music video, he plays a Rickenbacker bass) in the band's signature white/black color combo through a white Hiwatt amplifier; he almost always uses bass distortion and a pick.

Eme 15

On April 30, 2013, the band released their first live album, Wonderland-Zona Preferente, a concert CD and DVD combo pack.

Englishkaran

"English Karan" with the tagline "Tamizh Vazhga" is a film from the hit combo from Sathyaraj and Shakthi Chidambaram whose earlier ventures "Ennama Kannu" and "Maha Nadigan" were hits.

Grant Hansen

He has released a solo album Big City Combo (2007) which features guest appearances from Wilbur Wilde, Ross Wilson, Paul Kelly and Paul Hester.

Jim Aton

While not a commercial success, the Fields band of 1950, consisting of a 12-man unit and a 6-man combo, nurtured several talented future jazz stars, including pianist Bill Evans, trumpeter Jimmy Nottingham and trombonist Frank Rosolino.

Jit Samaroo

His mother, who loved playing the Dholak, died in 1962, and so, young Jit, appointed the task of taking care of younger siblings, formed the Samaroo kids combo.

Juggy Murray

Recordings by the Ray Bryant Combo, Ernestine Anderson and Jimmy McGriff established Sue as a jazz hotbed, but the company's most important releases were in an R&B vein.

KUMU-FM

The station, which signed on the air on September 1, 1967, was originally part of an AM-FM combo and had a successful easy listening format, which they broadcast from the Hilton Hawaiian Village on the beach at Waikiki during the 1970s and 1980s.

KVCT

KVCT is part of a combo of six Victoria-area television stations owned by Saga Communications, anchored by KAVU-TV.

Mobiltown railway station

Australian singer-songwriter, Broderick Smith sang about the "Last Train From Mobiltown" on his group's 1981 album Broderick Smith's Big Combo.

Opel Combo

The Bedford/Vauxhall Astramax (Opel Kadett Combo in mainland Europe) was a very popular choice with drivers, and on the television show Lovejoy, it was used as a minor action vehicle.

In late 2006, the Azambuja, Portugal factory closed down and the production of the Opel Combo transferred to Zaragoza, Spain.

Orion Electric

Currently, Orion manufactures LCD/LED televisions and combo TVs for Hitachi and JVC, based on each company's OEM orders.

Paolo Baltaro

With the experimental jazz combo Società Anonima Decostruzionismi Organici he was awarded awarded as winner of the 12th “Tribute to Demetrio Stratos”, the "Darwin award for Italian non-conventional music" in 2008 and, as producer, he was awarded as winner of the 2010 edition of the Prog Award as best producer of the year for Weather Underground.

Paris Combo

In early 2003, Paris Combo's "Terrien d'Eau Douce" won in The 2nd Annual Independent Music Awards for Best World Song.

Pianet

Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie was a noted proponent of the Pianet N and Combo Pianet from the first group of products.

Polka Party

Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild!, an album by the American polka band Brave Combo

Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro

Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro is a project of musician and DJ, Will Holland.

Rafael Cortijo

As a member of El Combo, Cortijo met lifelong friends Sammy Ayala and Rafael Ithier, who considered Cortijo one of his idols.

RayStorm

The player uses a vulcan-like laser weapon as their primary offense, and a missile weapon which can lock onto multiple targets and gain a combo multiplier, accumulating into a point total.

Self Destruction Blues

"Dead By X-Mas" has been covered by the Japanese hardcore band The Piass in 1994, the US punk band The Hillstreet Stranglers in 2005, the British electro group Sohodolls in 2007 and the Finnish rockabilly band Big Daddy & Rockin’ Combo in 2008.

Shibuya Jazz Classics: Toshiko Akiyoshi Issue

Shibuya Jazz Classics, Monday Michiru Collection, Toshiko Akiyoshi Issue is a compilation album of recordings by jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi both in small combo and big band settings.

Smokie, Part 2

Smokie, Part 2 is a 1959 instrumental by Bill Black's Combo.

Snooky Lanson

In January 1960, Crossroads TV Productions videotaped a pilot in Springfield, Missouri for a proposed pop music-variety series called Snooky Lanson Time. Guests were Brenda Lee, the Anita Kerr Singers, Betty Ann Grove and Paul Mitchell's instrumental combo.

The Felix Culpa

For their second release, The Felix Culpa released THOUGHTCONTROL (2005, Common Cloud Records) - an EP/DVD combo that featured 4 new songs, a video for "A Murderer" (Commitment), a live set at the Knights of Columbus, Arlington Heights, IL, and roughly 2 hours of random tour footage.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Shout! Factory released The Town That Dreaded Sundown on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack along with The Evictors on May 21, 2013, the first time the film made an appearance on any home video format since the VHS release.

Twiggs County, Georgia

Chuck Leavell, an American musician and current tree farmer in Twiggs County, Georgia, who was a member of The Allman Brothers Band during the height of their 1970's popularity, a founding member of the jazz-rock combo Sea Level, a frequently-employed session musician, and long-time touring member of The Rolling Stones.

WEZC

The extensive damage and the station combo's struggling finances led the WHOW Radio, LLC, partners, led by Illinois state senator Bill Brady, to sell the station to local media group owner Randy Miller.


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