Owner, engineer, guitarist, musician, luthier of hand crafted guitars and guitar repairs.
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Ed Dennis has been playing music professionally since 1975. From California to Virginia, he played in various bands. From Roanoke, VA where a friend called him to join his band; to Gatlinburg, TN where he met his wife, Vicki. Ed met Vince Gill and played in his wife’s band, “Sweethearts of The Rodeo." After that he went on the road for a year with a band out of Knoxville.
“That kind of traveling will always test you. Hopefully all of your band-mates are all on the same wavelength- if not, you’ll eventually have to get out.”
Used to moving, as his father was in the Navy, the beach was his next stop. Here music was put on hold to try his hand at his love of bicycles.
“I opened a shop in North Myrtle Beach in 1992 and was doing fairly well until 1998 when a ‘big box store’ opened 2 miles away. I kept the building and opened a recording studio.”
The studio isn’t the only thing keeping him busy; he also builds his own electric guitars. Hand crafted guitars, many in vintage style. Ed produces five “VIC” signature guitars a year. His niece, among other happy players, is a proud owner of one.
“I’m having a great time playing in bands around town. I’m playing music that I want to play, with some great people. It’s fun, and you never know what kind of material we’ll be playing next.”
Points of notable interest:
--While playing in the band 'Sweethearts of the Rodeo' Ed played a show with Vince Gill sitting in. Ed has also shared the stage with Tanya Tucker while she worked with Billy Joe Shaver.
--Ed has opened for: Brenda Lee, Ronnie Milsap, and Eddie Rabbit.
Vince Gill center Ed on your right.
Ed also plays guitar on many of his client’s studio recordings and actively performs live in various bands including his own currently Sunburst Radio.
Points of notable interest:
--1978-1982, Ed met Betty
Nicley (of the NBC Allstar Band) in Roanoke Va. Ed and Betty married in 1980, the
following year she released her first album. She since has released many albums
and wrote songs covered by many musicians. Betty's songs "Crack In The
Mirror" and "Long Bed From Kenya" were both covered
by Joan Baez on her 1997 release "Gone From Danger." (the song "Long Bed From Kenya" written about Ed). Betty opened for
Joan Baez on her European tour in '97, and is now married to fiddle great Gene Elders. (George Strait, Lyle
Lovett)
--While playing in the band 'Sweethearts of the Rodeo' Ed played a show with Vince Gill sitting in. Ed has also shared the stage with Tanya Tucker while she worked with Billy Joe Shaver.
--Ed has opened for: Brenda Lee, Ronnie Milsap, and Eddie Rabbit.
Vince Gill center Ed on your right.
Ed also plays guitar on many of his client’s studio recordings and actively performs live in various bands including his own currently Sunburst Radio.
He enjoys being involved in the producing
and creative process of each project.
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and creative process of each project.
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