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PHOTOS BY GINGER PRZYBYS
By Ginger Przybys
If you want the sweet and sassy sound of
country swing mixed with some swamp
pop, then check out Kountry Kombo. In
addition to performing for dance parties,
weddings, anniversary celebrations and
the Sun City Texas Cajun Club, the
Kountry Kombo band uses their music
to help folks going through some difficult
and challenging times.
Every second Monday, the members of
Kountry Kombo set up their equipment
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Kountry Kombo consists of drummer Dennis Wilson (bottom left), bass player
Lionel Menchaca (above left), rhythm guitarist Roy Gollahon (above center) and
lead guitarist Buddy Ferguson (above right).
Kountry Kombo
The music and the memories
in the lobby of Georgetown’s St. David’s They are lead guitarist Buddy Ferguson,
Hospital, located at 2000 Scenic Drive. rhythm guitarist/vocalist Roy Gollahon,
From 11 a.m. to noon, they lift the spirits bassist/vocalist Lionel Menchaca and
of everyone in hearing distance with their drummer Dennis Wilson, and their stories
good-feel music. Then, at 3 p.m. on the are as diverse and captivating as music
second and fourth Wednesday of every is itself.
month, they do the very same thing at
Estrella Oaks Rehabilitation and Care Long before he first heard the Kountry
Center at 4011 Williams Drive. Kombo band play in a lobby of a
Georgetown rehab center back in 2006,
So who are these special guys from Buddy Ferguson was on an interesting
different musical paths that slowly musical ride of his own. Buddy first
gravitated unaware toward each other became intrigued with music around the
through unique circumstances to complete age of five, listening to his dad and uncle
the present-day Kountry Kombo Band? play the fiddle. At 12, his dad bought him
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