Scott Walls
Age: 50
Born: DuBois, Penn.
Instrument of mass destruction: “Sho-Bud Pedal Steel, all my life.”
Favorite song in CHB’s set: “I like all the songs we play.”
Del Puschert
Age: 74
Born: Annapolis, Md.
Instrument of mass destruction: Tenor saxophone
Favorite song in CHB’s set: “I Don’t Know Why I Love You but I Do”
Danny Young
Age: 65
Born: Defiance, Ohio
Instrument of mass destruction: Handmade rubboard
Title: Lord of the Board
Paul Skelton
Age: 52
Born: El Paso
Instrument of mass destruction: Guitar
Favorite song in CHB’s set: “I never think about it.”
Lisa Pankratz
Age: 38
Born: Austin
Instrument of mass destruction: “Drums, vintage Ludwigs, but I’m not a Nazi about it.”
CHB song I wish I’d never have to play again: “The Ballad of Amelia Earhart.”
Randy Glines
Age: 48
Nickname: the Badger
Instrument of mass destruction: Bass guitar
CHB song I wish I’d never have to play again: “I will proudly play any song Cornell ever wrote and do it with verve and enthusiasm, but I will never be sad if we don’t play ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ again because I don’t know what the hell to do with it.”
Blackie White
Age: 55
Born: San Angelo
Alias: Guy Juke
Instrument of mass destruction: Big, mean Epiphone guitar
Quote: “Please edit out the ‘uhs.'”
Howard Kalish
Age: 53
Born: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Instrument of mass destruction: fiddle
Favorite CHB songs: “Your Ex-Husband Sent Me Flowers” and “I Drink Too Much”
T Jarrod Bonta
Age: 26
Born: Davenport, Iowa
Instrument of mass destruction: piano
CHB song I wish I’d never have to play again: “It would have to be ‘Last Date.'”
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This article appears in November 3 • 2006.