Big Ran Feuers is now in the process of putting The new "Big Ran Feuers Band" together!

The new group will start off as a three piece and will not start adding members until the three piece core of the band is ready to expand!

In the latest news, Big Ran just got a new email from his old Army Buddy and Bandmate, the Elvis Sound-alike, "Ken Rondell Winkles" who Big Ran played the Bass Guitar for in the number one band on the Military Club Circuit during the late 1970's called "Ken Rondell and The Country Rock Revue"!
Ken is now playing and singing Gospel Music with his wife Cindy! In the email, Ken said that they have a new website at www.kenancindy.com ! At the new website you can hear their new Gospel Music on their music page and book their show!

Ken goes on to say on his website that God so loved the world he sent his only begotten Son, and Jesus asked for the Comforter...Yes the Holy Spirit, a gentlemen, healer, guide for us to call upon when in need..and that's where Ken and his wife Cindy come in! Ken said they praise and worship God, and as they sing, the Spirit comes and healing is in the air...OH sometimes he said he gets through it without crying, sometimes not (mostly not) He said it takes faith, prayer, and fasting, to step into the presence of God! Ken said they sing and play for an audience of one, and that they put everyone on notice, that they love the Lord Jesus Christ...

Ken also said on his site that he loves Jesus, his wife, his children and their children and that they sing and worship the Lord, with his wife at his side, the spirit comes, people get healed and saved.. and that it don't get any better than that! He goes on to say that they arrange their own tracks for a band sound, and they play with them! It sounds great, just don't have to pay a whole band, then they can invest more in God's work! Ken said he has been all over the world with a ten piece show band singing like, oh, someone you might recognize, made good money too. He said to call them and worship the Lord with them, as they bring the love of Christ! He also said to not forget to visit their music page on their new website!

They say to click on the music page and enjoy the sounds of worship, as some of the songs are new and never been heard before. They are straight from the heart of Ken & Cindy.

To contact Ken and Cindy email wink1026@hotmail.com or call

Ken and Cindy at 706-975-9605 for booking information!

In other news, Big Ran has been in contact with Earl Turner. Earl and Big Ran played together in a Rock N Roll, Soul and Blues Band called "Universal Reign" during Big Ran's college days at Central Methodist College in Fayette, Missouri in the late 1960's and the early 1970's!

In "Universal Reign", Big Ran Feuers was the lead guitarist and Earl was the bassist, and did most of the lead vocals as well.

The group became very popular on the Central Methodist College campus during the two or three years that the group was together!

The group also played a lot in the Boonville and Columbia, Missouri area and some gigs to the east in the Saline County area near Slater, Missouri.

Today, Earl Turner is a world-renowned award-winning entertainer appearing in some of the hottest hotels, casinos and nightclubs in Las Vegas!

Visit Earl Turners Web Site at www.earlturner.com

Click HERE to view all of Earl Turners videos on YouTube!

In other news, Big Ran and Earl are planning to stay in touch for some collaboration when Big Ran gets "The Big Ran Feuers Band" going!

Look for Earl Turner to be making some supprise appearances with Big Ran Feuers in the future!

Big Ran Feuers has just been informed by the original band manager Larry Struck of the former big time show band that he was part of, Ken Rondell and The Country Rock Revue, that a band reunion is being planned for sometime in the near future, and that a large part of the band will appear for a reunion concert some where in the United States of America very soon!

This eight piece show band was comprised of active U.S. Army Personnel and dependents living in Heidelberg, Germany during the late 1970's! The band went on to become the number one show band on the Military Club Circuit in Europe from 1979 through 1981, until most of the band members got out of the Army and returned to the United States!

An old poster and picture of the band can be viewed by clicking HERE! This old poster of the band was found by Randy Garcia, the orginal sax player!

At the top of its popularity in Europe, the show featured an eight piece band. The show was highlighted by the world's number one Elvis sound alike, Ken Rondell, doing his Elvis Tribute on the second set of the show after the first set warm-up by lead guitarist/lead vocalist Dale Drummond, rhythm guitarist/lead vocalist Chuck Johnson, and keyboardist/trumpet player/guitarist/lead vocalist and group vocal harmony leader Steve Pement! Steve has just been located in Germany where he has been living and playing music for the past 30 years.

To hear the voice of Ken Rondell, click on the Big Ran's Missouri Rock Opry album below. It features Ken Rondell on lead vocals entitled Missouri Style Midwestern Hillbilly Blues by Big Ran's Missouri Rock Opry with guest star Ken Rondell!

The 2nd set of the show, An Elvis Tribute, would start out with group's drummer extrordinare, 18 year old Bill Strong, who was a US Army dependent at the time, on stage by himself starting a very up tempo drum roll on a set of tympani, followed by bass guitarist, Randy "Dr. Bass" Feuers, known as Big Ran Feuers in Missouri, would come to the stage to join in with a bass rhythm part that would raise to a crescendo after being followed up by a rhythm buildup by rhythm guitarist Chuck Johnson and lead guitarist Dale Drummond!

As the crowd would start to feel the excitement growing, one of the groups most accomplished musicans, keyboard/trumpet Player Steve Pement would lead sax player/Randy Garcia and trombone player/Sean McCollar to the stage from outside the club while playing the old Elvis Presley instrumental introduction song 2001: A Space Odyssey!

When the horn section would reach the stage band manager Larry Struck, who acted as the emcee of the show, would introduce the star of the show, Ken Rondell, as sound technician Gary Steel ran the spot light for Ken who would always come through the crowd in an unusal way, often with a security guard escort or even on a Motorcycle as an example.

Ken would start the show with the song CC Rider, followed by whatever Elvis song he would decide to sing as he read the crowd.

Military troops, military dependents as well as many of the native German people would line up for blocks to get in to see the show throughout Germany on US Military Bases, NCO and Officer's Clubs as well as the Beer Tents on the German Economy!

The third set of the show would offer another musical twist as the group would change into Sha Na Na outfits between sets to come back with a 50's show!

The 4th and final set, the group changed outfits once again and would feature Country, Rock, Soul, Blues and everything in between! It was the late night party set and it really rocked the house down, leaving everyone in the place hyped up and wanting more!

For more information, please Contact me at 573-634-2759 or email me at Randyfeuers@aol.com

	Click on the CD covers below to buy/hear these CDs at CD Baby! The CD above on the left is a Humorous Rock N' Blues CD Featuring Big Ran Feuers! The CD above on the Right is a Rockabilly, Country Blues and 50's CD Featuring "THE NEW KING OF ROCK N' ROLL" with Guest Star/Elvis Sound-a-Like "KEN RONDELL" on a CD that Big Ran Feuers Wrote and Produced!