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Cockeyed Junior is a local Las Vegas band that does mostly original music with the exception of just a few cover tunes by artists like the Allman Brothers, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, etc. Their sound is often referred to as "New Orleans" sounding and features a varied mix of Blues, Funk and Jazz. Joel Ferguson – Steel Guitar / Vocals Born in the small town of Dawson, Georgia, Ferguson started singing at age 3 and was the star of his kindergarten graduation singing “She’s a Grand Ole Flag / I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” while dressed in an Uncle Sam costume. He started playing Dixieland banjo at age 6 and got his first drum set at age 8. Always a fan of Bluegrass he started playing 5-string banjo at age 14. He played drums in bands until age 16 when he heard Duane Allman playing slide guitar. That totally changed his direction in music. Slide became his all-consuming quest and he totally immersed himself in learning slide. He played lap steel and slide until he got in a band in college named Steamboat Springs. The leader of that band was kind enough to purchase a pedal steel guitar and Ferguson applied his slide knowledge to the steel, which has ten strings and pedals to change the pitch of the strings. Although the pedal steel is normally used in country music Ferguson only wanted to play rock and blues slide. After opening shows for several bands like Bob Seger, ZZ Top, Gregg Allman, Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels, Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffett in the South, Ferguson