JOHNNY BARBATO  Born in Baton Rouge, LA and raised in New Orleans, Johnny got a dose of Coon Ass Boogie from birth. The Louisiana roots still run deep in both Johnny's vocal style and songwriting. Moving to Alabama in the mid seventies proved to be the turning point in introducing influences such as Hank Williams , the Allman Bros , Marshall Tucker and on. Today  Johnny runs his group up and down the coast with boundaries expanding as the group just signed its first record deal with "ROCKIN CAMEL RECORDS" owned and run by Legendary producer Johnny Sandlin and Gadsden mover and shaker Carl Weaver. Good things are on the horizon.

Johnny has been a mainstay at the Florabama since the 80's coming and going through the years but has managed to log the past 5 - 6 years on a weekly basis. "There is no better place to learn your craft than Florabama".

     Presently the THE LUCKY DOGGS are gearing up for festival season of 2008 with JAMES PROCTOR on drums, DAVID MOODY on bass, JOHN SEYMOUR on guitar along with Johnny.

 
JAMES PROCTOR JR.  James was born in Washington D.C. , a city with a vast musical culture. James started singing in the church choir , which was directed by his Aunt Rose . At the age of 16 James joined a local act that happened to need a drummer and as fate would have it , James discovered his talent to play the drums. James continued on playing in Rock bands , blues bands , jazz ensembles and even country bands. Later James would hit the road with the fabulous  Little Royal who was  James Brown clone.

Four years later James joined the Navy and did a ten year stint which ended with him being stationed in Pensacola . James fit right in with the diverse Pensacola scene , playing multiple instruments with several of Pensacola's  favorite acts. James logged time with LAZY DAY, SHAWN CURLE , TIGER BLUE and many more.

Currently James is the new Drummer for the LUCKY DOGGS and is filling the shoes of long time drummer and friend Brock Barackman.  The LUCKY DOGGS are very proud to have James part of the pack.

JOHN SEYMOUR   Born in Birmingham and raised in Mobile , John is chalk full of  Alabama!  John has logged plenty of time in Nashville playing with an array of up and coming acts who had the good fortune of opening for acts such as , MEL TELLIS , REBA McINTYRE , CLINT BLACK , and others.

Johns influences range from Les Paul , Pat Methany and Warren Haynes to Dereck Trucks , Albert Lee, and of course  Stevie Ray.

Locally John has played with Uncle Bud, Rondel and the Kit Kats , John Maddox Band and more.

John is a university of Alabama graduate where he played in a band called colors

John is has done a most excellent job a the new LUCKY DOGG guitar player , and is just a pleasure and a blessing to be called friend.
   
DAVID MOODY  Native of Satsuma Al. and one of my longest musical friends . David Moody is someone I could never explain , but could count on all of my life. Willie Nelson said he picked band members 90% man 10% musician.  David Moody is a man and a friend.

David has several irons in the fire including a long time effort in production under his company name "BUZZIN COUSIN". David is capable of practically anything.

David has a very simple approach to Bass , one I welcome and works well with everything else going on in this band at times.

David and I , both shared the stage with long time friend and mentor JW SLYDE. One of the greatest performers and best songwriter I ever knew.  David honed his skills in playing Bass for JW.

David also introduced me to alot of the lifetime friends I have in the music community , locally as well as from places like Austin and further west.

I am extremely honored to have my long time friend by my side , cleaning up my periodical messes , and helping me rebuild this band , and my self-esteem as well.

Thank you David!