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RIP Billy Bacon of Forbidden Pigs
You guys are missing a huge chunk of Billy Bacon's career between 1987 and 1991. The years that really formed an amazing touring and show band with the line-up that was: Mike Hebert-Guitar, Billy Bacon-Bass, Stinky-Drums. The band toured non stop at that time, they said that they toured 299 dates out of the year, and we loved to see them at Winston's, the (old) Casbah, the Pink Panther and finally headlining at the Belly Up. They were always on the road playing and recording with bands like John "Juke Logan, The Blasters, James Harman, Los Lobos, X, The Cramps, Rosie Flores, Skid Roper, Mojo Nixon, The Paladins, The Beat Farmers etc. Towards the end of 1990 Mike had moved to Arizona and started The King Pleasure band and then the Prison Blues Band. Mario Moreno (The Varmits, The Hoodoo Kings and Mario Moreno & The Ramblers) then joined the pigs. Mario was an excellent guitarist and singer but, also he brought the accordion and true traditional conjunto/cumbia dance music to the already great Americana, Country, Swing and R&B sound of the Forbidden Pigs. Stinky left in 1991 and joined forces with Buddy Blue, of the Beat Farmers and the Jacks, and then he joined the Rugburns. Soon after Mario had left the band then Billy went on with new players and the band then became: Billy Bacon & the Forbidden Pigs.— August 26, 2019 11:29 a.m.
Billy Bacon
You guys missed two great players a drummer named **Stinky** from the Rugburns/Steve Poltz/Jewel etc was in the Forbidden Pigs from 1987-1991 and the amazing guitarist **Mike Hebert** was in the band as well from the 80's until about 1991. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2019/m…— May 31, 2019 3:47 p.m.