On Friday, July 8, 2022, Wendell Sollis and the Sidekicks All-Star Band will liven up the Floyd County Friends’ Unity Center, on U.S. Hwy. 70, halfway between Lockney and Floydada, Texas.
The community tradition will feature country and Western swing music for dancing and listening. The event will also include a dinner beginning at 6 p.m. catered by RiverSmith’s, auctions, drawings, vendors, and a complimentary gourmet coffee bar.
According to bandleader Wendell Sollis, the band will perform Western swing, classic country, Cajun, Big Band, and even Christmas favorites. Sollis, a veteran banjo player, has performed since the 1970s at venues including Six Flags, Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium, and Quartz Mountain resort in Oklahoma and has performed with bands such as The Texas Playboys.
Cathy Jewell, general manager of KSSL 107.3 & 94.1 FM Radio, will emcee the event. The station has been nominated for Radio Station of the Year, and Jewell was named Female Vocalist of the Year from the Academy of Western Artists Pure Country.
Ronny Dale Schultz will direct the stage, as lead guitarist and vocalist. His past performances include stints with Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys and Red Steagall.
Local artist Kelly Hastey, two-time country music association award winner, will also play guitar. The rest of the lineup features several hall of fame musicians: Bob Baker on steel guitar, trombone player Steve Ham, Steve Wilkerson on the clarinet/tenor sax, and Mike Bennett on the trumpet.
On bass is Rodney Law, who directed Roy Clark’s band
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