BOONE TRAIL FEATURES HENRY COOK ON THE FIVE STRING BANJO, SINGING BASS AND BARITONE. HE IS MASTER AND INVENTOR OF THE ELECTRIC FOOT-PEDALED BANJO, WHICH CHANGES THE SOUND OF THE BANJO TO PRODUCE MANY DIFFERENT SOUNDS.
HENRY WAS A MEMBER OF THE "BG RAMBLERS", A WELL KNOWN BAND OUT OF MIAMI, FLA FOR 35 YEARS, BEFORE MOVING BACK TO THE BOONE AREA AND JOINING BOONE TRAIL.
HENRY WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF A GROUP THAT WON THE ARTHUR GODFREY TALENT SCOUT AND APPEARED LIVE ON THE ARTHUR GODFREY TELEVISION SHOW.
HENRY ALSO SERVES AS THE "MANAGER" OF THE BAND AND HANDLES ALL THE BOOKINGS. HE CAN BE REACHED AT 828 264-8682.
HENRY HAS WON MANY BANJO AWARDS.
HENRY ALSO DEVELOPED A UNIQUE BRIDGE FOR THE BANJO
THAT CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR WEB PAGE TITLED "THE ULTIMATE BANJO BRIDGE".
DAN ISAACS. DAN ISAACS, BETTER KNOWN AS COACH, IS A RETIRED EDUCATOR. HE WAS TEACHER AND COACH AT THE COVE CREEK SCHOOL FOR 32 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN WITH BOONE TRAIL FOR THREE YEARS AND HAS BROUGHT SEVERAL VITAL QUALITIES TO THE BAND, MOST OF ALL HIS LOVE FOR ENTERTAINING. DAN PLAYS THE FIDDLE WITH THE GROUP, BUT ALSO PLAYS THE BANJO,PIANO AND BASS. HE SERVES AS THE BANDS M.C.
LOU HODGES. LOU HODGES AND HUSBAND JIM STARTED THE ORIGINAL BOONE TRAIL BAND IN SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. IN THE EARLY 70'S. THE BAND WAS NAMED FOR THEIR HOMETOWN, BOONE, N.C. WHERE THEY BOTH GREW UP. WHEN THEY RETIRED AND MOVED BACK TO BOONE, THEY TEAMED UP WITH HENRY AND DAN TO MAKE UP THE PRESENT BOONE TRAIL. LOU IS THE BASS PLAYER FOR THE BAND AND DOES LEAD AND HARMONY. HER RENDITION OF "HOW GREAT THOU ART" IS ONE OF THE BANDS MOST REQUESTED HYMNS. FOR MANY YEARS, LOU WAS THE FIRST PLACE VOCAL WINNER AT THE STAR FIDDLER'S CONVENTION.
JIM HODGES. JIM HODGES, THE OTHER HALF OF THE HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM, PLAYS THE GUITAR FOR THE GROUP AND DOES SOME OF THE LEAD SINGING. HE ALSO PLAYS THE MANDOLIN AND THE BASS. JIM SERVES AS THE STAGE MANAGER FOR BOONE TRAIL AND ALSO IS OUR DRIVER.
MARLENE MILLER CROSBY. THE NEWEST MEMBER OF BOONE TRAIL BAND IS MARLENE MILLER CROSBY, AKA, MARGO MONTANA. SHE COMES TO US FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. SHE PLAYS THE KEYBOARD AND DOES HARMONY SINGING. SHE IS ALSO LOU'S NEICE.
. ONE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THE BAND, THEY ARE ALL RETIRED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MARLENE,SHE IS STILL A POOR WORKING GIRL, AND LIVE JUST A FEW MILES FROM EACH OTHER. THEY ARE ALL BORNED AGAIN CHRISTIANS.
