Can't Live Without My Rodeo
Rockin' and ropin' with Reese Thomas
By Jonathan Zwickel
Published: Thursday, March 24, 2005
You've been rocked by Queen at Pro Player Stadium; C&C Music Factory makes you sweat till you bleed at American Airlines Arena. But I'll bet a gold-plated belt buckle you've never listened to Nelly get hot in herre while a one-ton Black Angus did the Rockaway on a hapless cowboy. That's because you, sheltered hipster reader, have never been to the Davie Rodeo, and you have never heard Reese Thomas, rodeo DJ.
"Actually, it's not just a DJ thing," Thomas tells me over the phone from Sebring, Florida. "Only a little of my music is canned, mostly at bull rides. Usually, I try to do like a circus band would do, try to match the action to different music. Like a movie soundtrack, but I have to do it on the fly."
No one-trick pony, Thomas plays for a huge diversity of rodeo ring situations -- from high-speed trick riding to cattle roping to clown routines. Besides his dusty laptop full of MP3s, he relies on a guitar and a rack-mounted keyboard with bass pedals to kick out the jams... read full article.
Rockin' and ropin' with Reese Thomas
By Jonathan Zwickel
Published: Thursday, March 24, 2005
You've been rocked by Queen at Pro Player Stadium; C&C Music Factory makes you sweat till you bleed at American Airlines Arena. But I'll bet a gold-plated belt buckle you've never listened to Nelly get hot in herre while a one-ton Black Angus did the Rockaway on a hapless cowboy. That's because you, sheltered hipster reader, have never been to the Davie Rodeo, and you have never heard Reese Thomas, rodeo DJ.
"Actually, it's not just a DJ thing," Thomas tells me over the phone from Sebring, Florida. "Only a little of my music is canned, mostly at bull rides. Usually, I try to do like a circus band would do, try to match the action to different music. Like a movie soundtrack, but I have to do it on the fly."
No one-trick pony, Thomas plays for a huge diversity of rodeo ring situations -- from high-speed trick riding to cattle roping to clown routines. Besides his dusty laptop full of MP3s, he relies on a guitar and a rack-mounted keyboard with bass pedals to kick out the jams... read full article.
