Dixie Doughboys

The Dixie Doughboys were a Western Swing/Country Western dance band that was very popular in the New York City, Connecticut area throughout the 1980's.

Some of the venues they played were O'Lunnys, City Limits, The Lone Star Cafe, Neptune Boat Club, NYCMA, and many other nightclubs in the NY Metro area.

Some memorable gigs:

Performing with Elwood Bunn on NBC's Soap "Texas"

Brooklyn Museum's Buffalo Bill Cody exhibit

Regularly featured on Mike Gross' Swingin' West Radio show

"Grand Old Country Music" tour with Mini Pearl, Steve Young, Vernon Oxford, Mindi J & the Cyclone Rangers and the Nashville Bluegrass Band

Backing Willie Nelson at City Limits, NYC

Recorded "Live At Lou's" & "2nd Time Around" at Quad Recording Studios, NYC

Tiny Moore with The Dixie Doughboys

Tiny & The Doughboys

playing "Sugar Moon"

The original band lineup consisted of:

Bruce Lang: bass, vocals and electric mandolin

Billy Lang: drums, vocals and glockenspiel

Guy "Fooch" Fischetti: fiddle

Bruce Derr: pedal steel and vocals

Skeeter Starke: rhythm guitar, bass and vocals

The original band

Ed Benjamin, Bruce & Billy Lang, Bruce Derr and Fooch

In the mid 80's Ed Benjamin replaced Skeeter on rhythm guitar & vocals. Later, Bruce Derr left and Fooch took over steel as well as fiddle duties,

with Bruce going over to guitar & mandolin and Ed to bass. Skeeter replaced Ed on bass & vocals and eventually Rick Palley took over on upright bass. The Doughboys were regulars at Ashokan's Western & Swing week since 1987, where they had the incredible experience of working with Jazz Mandolin legend Tiny Moore, and many other great musicians. In 1990, Bruce met his future wife, Colleen there and moved to North Carolina in 1991. The band would reunite for Western week through most of the 90's.

Skeeter, Fooch, Bruce