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The Wichita Linemen (2)

Wichita, Kansas based country group. The Wichita Linemen formed in October 1969, and played their first dance in November 1969 at the NCO Club, McConnell AFB in Wichita, Kansas. During their 30 year career of playing dances and shows (mostly in Kansas), they averaged over 200 performances per year, playing from Wichita, north to Nebraska, south thru Oklahoma, east to Kentucky and Tennessee, and as far west as Los Angeles. In the beginning, there were two Disc Jockeys in the band from KFDI Radio Station in Wichita: Don Powell, (steel guitar) and Don Walton, (vocals). In addition Greg Stevens (bass guitar, banjo, saxophone, keyboards, harmonica, and fiddle), Carl Hendricks (lead guitar), and Robin Harris(drums) rounded out the band. All members were vocalists. This was the original group that played night clubs in the Wichita area. In the ensuing years, keyboards and fiddles would be added, and various other great musicians would pass through their ranks . Their last dance and show was New Year’s Eve, 2000 in Ruidoso, New Mexico with the Charley Daniels Band.