Name the players Jeffran College 1982

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 3 Apr 2014 12:41 am

I attended Jeff Newmans advanced class in about June or July 1982, and have forgotten most of the names of the guys who were there with me .. how many are still playing ??

Can anyone help me with the missing names of the group below ....??

To the left of Jeff is Mike Daily (George Strait band), and to the right in the brown shirt is Henning Koch from Denmark, 2nd row far right kneeling in blue shirt is Me (Paddy Long from NZ).... so lets have some clues lads - Pete Burak I know you were there ...?

Me and Buddy Emmons

The master -- had us all spellbound of course !!

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 3 Apr 2014 7:45 am

Hi Paddy, That is me right next to you holding up my Jeffran College "Diploma"!

That is a great pic of Buddy smiling. I still have those cassettes around here somewhere.
I remember Buddy was using a Session 400 that you bought at a shop in Nashville that week.

Are you still with the nice Girl you were traveling with at that time?
I wish I could remember the name of the girl to my right, who also took the class that week... I wonder if she is still playing?

Thanks for the memories!

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 3 Apr 2014 9:04 am

What hair coloring were using at that time?

You looked so young..........

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 3 Apr 2014 9:47 am

Ray, you don't need hair color when you're twelve, which Pete looks in that picture!

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 3 Apr 2014 10:18 am

I believe Mike Daily is to the right of Jeff.

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 3 Apr 2014 1:29 pm

Hey Pete ... I couldn't remember which one was you ... that nice girl I was with was my wife :-} !!
Yep I bought that Session 400 at Gruhns guitar shop ... the only amp in the place hehe. I got Jeff and Buddy to sign those strips down the side of it.

Ray - Pete and I were both 12 at the time mate

Erv - it depends which way your looking

Yes Mike is in the Nike shirt -- He already had that job with George's band ... in fact it was the band that hired George at an audition for a new singer !!

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 4 Apr 2014 8:14 am

I hope a few more of the folks in that class will chime in.

Frank Freniere · Post by **Frank Freniere** » 4 Apr 2014 8:18 am

I was down there at Jeffran around '82 or so - don't remember anyone taking a class picture - wish someone did like you guys did...

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 4 Apr 2014 8:23 am

What a fantastic picture - Pete and Paddy there is no way I would have recognized you in that picture, so I wonder who else is in there that I might know!

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 4 Apr 2014 7:01 pm

I was there in Feb 1978. Have pics around here somewhere. Intermediate course. Anybody else? Check your diploma...

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 4 Apr 2014 7:52 pm

I was there the following year, '83, for the Buddy Emmons C6 seminar, two days.

Bruce Repka · Post by **Bruce Repka** » 5 Apr 2014 8:08 pm

Looks like it might be Steve Palousek in the back row, middle with the blue shirt. Looks a lot like the photo he has on his website from the same year, with Buddy wearing the same brown tank-top.

Steve, je to, Å¾e?

Ivan Posa · Post by **Ivan Posa** » 5 Apr 2014 8:58 pm

I still have the Session 400 in question signed by Jeff Newman and Buddy Emmons in my amp collection.

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 6 Apr 2014 6:08 pm

Hi Bruce yes I spotted Steve's avatar and asked him the same thing via PM but haven't heard back from him ....certainly looks like him in the photo

Yes Ivan that same amp is the one on the right of Buddy :-}, and I used it all those years on the Thats Country TV show....

gary pierce · Post by **gary pierce** » 6 Apr 2014 7:00 pm

Frank Freniere wrote:I was down there at Jeffran around '82 or so - don't remember anyone taking a class picture - wish someone did like you guys did...

I was too Frank, but not sure exact date. It was a E9 course, and I remember Paul Franklin Senior coming by to help with guitars.
Looks like the guy on top left has horns.

George Duncan Sypert · Post by **George Duncan Sypert** » 6 Apr 2014 7:03 pm

I thought that was Pete next to Paddy but not sure. I have only seen him twice. Once in Phoenix and once in Dallas I think. Glad he confirmed. Good Picture. Paddy I see you in Dallas each year but never seem to get the chance to chat with you.
George

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 8 Apr 2014 3:51 pm

Hi George -- lets make a point of it next year mate

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 9 Apr 2014 2:04 pm

Steve Palousek · Post by **Steve Palousek** » 10 Apr 2014 8:29 am

Yep, that's me....back row, blue shirt

Gary Lee Gimble · Post by **Gary Lee Gimble** » 10 Apr 2014 9:41 am

Steve, pardon me for asking as I am a tad curious. In the OP's PIC, are you sporting a cossack type hat?

Steve Palousek · Post by **Steve Palousek** » 10 Apr 2014 12:54 pm

Gary, I know you're gonna be jealous, but it is my hair.....and I still have lots of it

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 10 Apr 2014 3:48 pm

Hey Steve, please excuse my ignorance of our connection, I was standing there in the Telonics room while you were dialing in the combo amp before you played your set on the main stage .. I'm sorry I didn't say hello but I got called away...

Next time I will make a point of having a chat :-} ....great playing by the way .. I think I have a pic of you sitting at your Blue Ritt so I will post it up.

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 10 Apr 2014 5:27 pm

Every once in a while, i'll watch Steve P.'s rendition of "I love you so much it Hurts", and my brain will bend around itself for a spell, and that'll put me on the steel for a couple hours.

These pictures are great. What a crew!

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 11 Apr 2014 7:55 am

Hey Steve, Do you remember who the Girl in the class was?
I recall the guy standing to your left said he had gone to a Steel convention the previous year, but don't recall his name.
Wow you really became a rippin' Steel soloist. Nice!

Steve Palousek · Post by **Steve Palousek** » 11 Apr 2014 10:34 am

Pete, I don't recall the name of the girl, but the guy behind her in the blue and brown print shirt is Tim Lusby. I don't recognize anyone else right off the bat. It was a long time ago.

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Name the players Jeffran College 1982

Name the players Jeffran College 1982

Hey there Pete!

Steve?

You're right