G i G S . . .

- 2020 - ​

We have several bookings, but are playing things by ear while keeping one eye on the COVID-19 pandemic. Check back now and then for Dumbfounded's 2020 schedule!


MORE INFO FOR BOOKING

SONGS YOU MIGHT HEAR
AT A DUMBFOUNDED SHOW!

Ain’t Too Proud to Beg

American Band

As Tears Go By

Back in the U.S.S.R.

Black Magic Woman

Boot Scootin’ Boogie

Born to be Wild

Bring it on Home to Me

Brown Eyed Girl

China Grove

Dance to the Music

Do Wah Diddy

Eight Days A Week

Evil Ways

Fortunate Son

Gimme Three Steps

Gloria

Hanky Panky

Hang On Sloopy

Have You Ever Seen the Rain

Hold On, I’m Comin’

Honky Tonk Women

I Feel Good

I Got a Line on You

I Saw Her Standing There

I Want to Hold Your Hand

I’m a Believer

Jealous Again

Joy to the World

Kind of a Drag

Knock on Wood

La Grange

Lights

Listen to the Music

Long Time Lovin’ You

Long Train Runnin’

Louie Louie

Margaritaville

Midnight Confessions

Midnight Hour

Money

Mustang Sally

My Girl

No Matter What

Old Time Rock & Roll

Oye Como Va

People Like You

Proud Mary

Runaway

Smoke on the Water

​Soulshine

Stealin’

Take it Easy

Takin’ Care of Business

To Love Somebody

The Breakup Song

The Breeze

Try a Little Tenderness

Two Tickets to Paradise

Unchained Melody

Vehicle

What I Like About You

Whiter Shade of Pale

Wonderful Tonight

Band eager to perform in 2020

After some tough times, Dumbfounded has regrouped and is ready to make music in 2020. The band needed a break when lead singer Lanny Bryant’s wife Linda went on hospice care just before Christmas after a long battle with cancer. She passed away Feb. 28 and Lanny is still adjusting to the loss of his longtime life partner. Our prayers continue for Lanny and his family.
One thing that became clear to Lanny over the past few months is the realization that he needs to make music. It’s a common feeling among musicians. Making music is a form of therapy for everyone in the band and helps bring joy in good times and comfort during the storms of life. And so the members of Dumbfounded have commenced practice sessions again and are looking forward to making music in the near future. (Note: practice has been curtailed for a while by COVID-19.)
The coronavirus has complicated scheduling and brought all of us into uncharted waters as far as how to live life to the full without endangering ourselves or others. 
We have some tentative bookings, but understand that everything is subject to change as the pandemic plays out. 
Dumbfounded hopes to be performing in public soon. So if you’re suffering from “cabin fever” or just need to enjoy some classic rock with friends, hang in there. We are optimistic that everything will work out and life will return to normal before long.
​

DUMBFOUNDED:
Classic Rock, Garage Style!

The members of Dumbfounded grew up in a time when all sorts of music came over the airwaves via the AM stations that provided entertainment. Because of the exposure to a wide variety of music, a Dumbfounded performance reflects many facets of rock and roll, with some country, rhythm and blues and other genres mixed in. Band members just call it “Classic Rock, Garage Style,” and they play whatever they enjoy, which amounts to a nice variety of their generation’s music.
The band enjoys making music and having fun. Baby Boomers and folks of all ages seem to enjoy the effort and the feelings that the music evokes.
Dumbfounded is sought after for parties, class reunions and most any type of gathering where classic rock & roll from the 1960s and ‘70s is appreciated. 
For more information, contact George Smith at 740-572-2260 or email him at biggstox@yahoo.com.

Dumbfounded welcomes Steve Marple into the band

Steve Marple of Greenfield is one of the finest drummers our area has produced. He has played with the likes of Johnny Paycheck, George Jones, the Adams Brothers, Ralph May, Scott Cossu and a host of other fabulous musicians.
Dumbfounded’s lead guitarist Ron Coffey first got to know Marple in the late 1960s when both were members of Ralph May’s band, the Dead End, that also included, John Wilkin, Rick Knisley, Buck Young and Russell Baxla. Marple’s musical journey has taken him to many places and to many different styles of music, from rock to country to gospel and more. It’s fitting then, that perhaps Steve Marple has now come full circle as a member of Dumbfounded, playing music of the 1960s and ‘70s with the local garage band.
“We are thrilled to have Steve in the band,” said lead singer Lanny Bryant, who also has performed with Marple in the past. “Just a few years ago he anchored the rhythm section when the Adams Brothers and others put together a great band for a country music show at our Greene Countrie Towne Festival.”
Coffey remembers those days with Ralph May, an outstanding singer who made many recordings and was featured in a show at the Ohio Theatre in 1969. “Ralph was -- and is -- a great talent, and could sing any style of song. He did a lot of gigs with the Dead End, and I was fortunate to be a part of that group for a while. In addition to Ralph’s voice, we had a horn section consisting of Buck Young on saxophone and Russell Baxla on trumpet, and a great rhythm section. Steve Marple was born to play the drums and always kept us ‘in the pocket’ as he laid down a danceable beat at places like Mr. B’s in Wilmington, where we played a lot. It’s a real treat to be in a band with Steve again!”
Dumbfounded has taken on a kind of “Spinal Tap” identity in the 20 or so years the band has been together. Marple is believed to be the seventh drummer in the band’s history, although unlike the fictional group Spinal Tap none of the previous drummers died under mysterious circumstances such as spontaneous human combustion or a bizarre gardening accident.
George Smith, one of Dumbfounded’s drummers, devotes his time to playing the keyboards and harmonica these days, but is an excellent percussionist in his own right. Smith gave Marple his stamp of approval, calling him “a great drummer with an outstanding sense of timing and the ability to find the grove on anything that is being played.”
And so, the current lineup of Dumbfounded is:
Lanny Bryant - vocals
George Smith - keyboards, harmonica and vocals
Ron Sexton - bass
Steve Marple - drums and vocals
Ron Coffey - guitar and vocals
We look forward to bringing our brand of “Classic Rock, Garage Style” to help liven up your next event.

---