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Butch Wax & The Hollywoods is celebrating 40 YEARS TOGETHER in 2025! They are an 8-piece band from St. Louis, MO and were formed by Gene Ackmann. The band has received a Proclamation from the Mayor of St. Louis and a special “Butch Wax & The Hollywoods Day” in St. Louis. They have been voted the #1 Band in Missouri and have been performing at sold out events throughout the Midwest and United States for 40 years. Butch Wax & The Hollywoods were the featured band for many years at the St. Louis Cardinals home openers and St. Louis Rams tailgate parties. Gene wrote and recorded the St. Louis Sports songs “Gotta Go to Work”; “Let’s Go Blues”; and “Pennant Fever” with Butch Wax & The Hollywoods and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Johnnie Johnson. The band performed at the Rams Super Bowl Victory Parade in 2000! Gene also produced and wrote several songs with Johnnie Johnson that will be featured on an upcoming Johnnie Johnson CD to be released in 2025. The CD will be called “I’m Just Johnnie” and includes special guests Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Rivers, Bruce Hornsby, John Sebastain, Henry Lawrence, and some of St. Louis best musicians and singers including members of Butch Wax.
Butch Wax & The Hollywoods are regular main stage performers at concerts, corporate events, fairs, festivals, wineries, and private parties, and continue to bring their good times and great oldies dance music to sold out crowds throughout the United States. Hear the classic songs from the 60’s and 70’s with hits from The Supremes, Martha & The Vandellas, Ray Charles, Frankie Valli, Rick Nelson, Johnny Rivers, Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson, The Righteous Brothers, Sam Cooke, Dion & The Belmonts, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Three Dog Night, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Mitch Ryder, Hall & Oates, The Beatles, Sam & Dave, Etta James, Tina Turner, The Beach Boys, and more!
Butch Wax & The Hollywoods band members are Gene Ackmann - Keyboards & Vocals; Tandra Williams - Vocals; Liz Henderson - Vocals; Mike Lutz - Drums & Vocals; Richie Daniels – Guitar & Vocals; Rob Miller - Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar & Vocals; Sonny McGraw – Sax & Vocals; and Elliot “Doc” Simpson, Len Bull, Bill Sextro - Trumpet & Vocals.
Radio Hall of Famer and Sirius XM Radio Personality Pat St. John from “60’s Gold” does the band voice overs and intro tapes and has done so for the past 20 years! Thank You Pat!!
Butch Wax & The Hollywoods have shared the stage over the years with Johnny Rivers, Chuck Berry, Johnnie Johnson, Lou Rawls, Darius Rucker, Michael McDonald, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Blake Shelton, The Guess Who, Theo Peoples, Billy Peek, The Rascals, The Association, The Lettermen, The Kentucky Headhunters, The Romantics, The Grassroots, Tammy Wynette, The Kingsmen, Frankie Avalon, and many others.
Make your next event the best ever with Butch Wax & The Hollywoods!!
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