Chet Hogue is a
graduate of the United States Naval School of Music in Little Creek, Va.
where he majored on guitar/keyboard and percussion. He toured
extensively with the
Navy band and ultimately worked in the U. S. Naval recording studios in
Virginia Beach, Va. until the end of enlistment, and then completed
graduate studies at Duquesne University of Pittsburgh, Pa. Over the next
years, Chet performed with many of the local and national musicians and
entertainers such as Joe Negri, Sandy Mason, Jack Jones, Frankie Avalon,
Mama Cass Elliott, Charo, Sandler and Young, Al Martino, and was an
integral member of the second generation Four Coins. He also was a
featured player in the Pittsburgh jazz and classical guitar scene until
moving to Kittanning in the early 80’s. In the late 80’s, his music
tastes turned to bluegrass music and the Dobro ™. He frequented many of
the local and national bluegrass festivals and attended many of the
workshops that were given at that time by Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge,
Josh Graves, Rob Ickes, and Sally Van Meter. These provided him with the
basic bluegrass music types from traditional to contemporary. He worked
with Limited Edition from Warren, Ohio and Second Wind from Pittsburgh
to mention some of the local bluegrass bands while maintaining a working
relationship with Beard Guitars. Chet appears with many of the national
bluegrass bands at nation wide bluegrass festivals and major trade shows
for Beard
Guitars.
