Angela West
4 Piece Band of the Year
Vocal Harmony Group of the Year
2007 MCMAA Entertainer Of The Year
2007 MCMAA Female Vocalist Of The Year
2007 MCMAA People's Choice Award
2007 MCMAA Rythmn Guitar Player Of The Year
2007 MCMAA 3 or 4 Piece Band Of The Year
2006 MCMAA Entertainer
Of The Year
2006 MCMAA Rhythmn Guitarist Of The Year
2006 MCMAA Entertainer
of the Year
2006 MCMAA Rhythm
Guitarist of the Year
2005
MCMAA People Choice Award
2004
MCMAA Entertainer of The Year
People's
Choice Gallery of Greats
Female Entertainer of the Year
Female Vocalist of the Year
Angela is currently the 2007 Entertainer Of The Year and 2007 Rythmn Guitarist Of The Year She was awarded the prestigious 2006 MCMAA Entertainer of the Year and 2006 MCMAA Rhythm Guitarist of the Year
She has been awarded the 2005 People's Choice Award Winner and 2004 Entertainer of the Year in the last few years. She won three years in a row for both Female Entertainer of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year. In 1998 and 1999 Angela held the award for Female Entertainer of the Year, and continues to pile up award after award each year.
She has been playing professionally since 1977 and plays many other instruments. She has 9 years of classical and 2 years of pop and jazz training on the piano. On violin...4 years, 2 years on accordion. She also plays bass guitar. At one time she played 2nd violin in the All-State Junior Orchestra. She was a gospel artist for 4 years in New York and did many local television broadcasts, prior to her days in country music. She has opened up for such names as Porter Wagoner, Grandpa Jones, Hank Williams Sr.'s Band, Farron Young, The Forrester Sisters, The Statler Brothers, Joe Diffie, Sammy Kershaw, Wade Hayes, and many others.
Angela is the Lead Vocalist in the band, and of course, doubles on harmony when the guys are singing. As the band leader, She keeps the music HOT, the people dancing and the club owners happy
Ducky Belliveau
Steel Guitar Player of the Year
Lead Guitar Player of the Year
Ducky has been playing professionally since 1975. He took the award for Lead Guitar Player of the Year in 95 but he has won Pedal Steel Guitar Player of the Year FOUR times!!! He toured the west with American Dawn. In 1984, He toured internationally with the Bill Carson Band. He was a member of Polygram's recording artists, Rubber Rodeo for 2 years. He went on a Singapour tour with Angela and has been the lead guitarist and pedal steel player for Showdown now for 13 years.
Ducky has done and still is a session player. He has done numerous recording sessions on pedal steel with Rubber Rodeo, Beaver Brown, Terance Trent D'Arby, The Swinging Stakes and many more local artists. He has opened up for many names including The Bellamy Brothers, Highway 101, Dan Seals, Billie Joe Royale, Holly Dunn., etc., etc., etc.
Duck is the songwriter in the band, the music director and does all of the arrangements. He is also a vocalist and sings harmony and back up vocals.
John Kloczkowski, aka OOby, grew up in North Uxbridge Ma. He started playing professionally in 1969 working the local club circuit in the Boston, Worcester, Providence areas and then hit the road in the mid 70's. He also did the showband circuit on the East Coast, Midwest, and Southeast Canada. OOby has played all types of music from Jazz to Heavy Metal and everything in between. As a nationally known artist he has performed with... Ruth Pointer (Pointer Sisters), Commander Cody (Lost Planet Airmen), Buck Trent (Hee Haw), Buddy Cage (New Riders), and Lester Chambers (Chambers Bros.)