The Pistoleros Band May 30, 2009

Since the mid-1980s The Pistoleros band has actively performed and entertained many throughout the Upper Ohio Valley. The band plays a blend-style of danceable classic rock (Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Bad Company, John Fogerty, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Beatles, etc…), oldies rock (50s medley) and new country (Brooks and Dunn, Neil McCoy, Tim McGraw, etc..).

The band is 4-piece (guitar, drums, bass, keyboards). Gary Conaway is the lead singer and guitarist. Terry Westlake plays bass guitar and provides vocals. Ed Smith plays keyboards and chips in vocal harmony. Randy Conaway is the drummer, and also provides vocals.

The band has performed at the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival (Wheeling, 2006), the Ormet Company Picnic and the Betty Zane Days Festival (in Martins Ferry) for the past four years, and a host of other events such as wedding receptions, poker runs and festivals, not to mention many local restaurants/clubs/bars (Electric Flag, Hocks, Windmill Lounge, Hitching Post, The Buzz-In Cafe, Cameron Moose, New Martinsville Moose, Country Gold, The Avalon, etc…) in the Greater Wheeling area.

The band's song list includes the following:
Alright Now – Bad Company
Be My Baby Tonight – John Michael Montgomery
Black Magic Woman – Santana
Boot Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks and Dunn
Building Bridges – Brooks and Dunn
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love – Bad Company
Can’t You See – Marshall Tucker Band
Cover Me – Bruce Springsteen
Down on the Farm – Tim McGraw
Draggin’ the Line – Tommy James and the Shondells
Fifties Medley – various artists (Chuck Berry/Elvis Presley/etc…)
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
House is a Rockin’ – Stevie Ray Vaughn
House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
Keep Your Hands to Yourself – Georgia Satellites
Let the Blue Boy Play – John Fogerty
Mony Mony – Tommy James and the Shondells
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
Neon Moon – Brooks and Dunn
O! Darling! – The Beatles
Old Time Rock and Roll – Bob Seger
Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh
Shakin’ – Eddie Money
Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top
Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Some Kind of Wonderful – Grand Funk Railroad
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Dance – Garth Brooks
The Old Man Down the Road – John Fogerty
The Shake – Neil McCoy
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – The Casinos
Three Steps – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Time Machine – Grand Funk Railroad
Tube Snake Boogie – ZZ Top
Turn the Page – Bob Seger
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Young Blood – The Beatles

You can also find The Pistoleros on MySpace at:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=412452796

Come join us for a fun evening at Hocks on May 30!