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Bill Ford
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Question for Cal Sharp...Did you ever know/work with a guitar player named Bobby Green from Augusta Ga.??He was working the road in the 70s.
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Dale Hansen
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Paul Overstreet '97 (I'm far left, with hat)


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One of my favorites. (Do you recognize the guy over my shoulder?)

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Joe Casey
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Some old pics ,maybe someone will remember a few of the Guys.
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Cal, that guy looks more like Slim Pickens than Slim Whitman ......
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Here is a picture from a recent good gig:
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Cal Sharp
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Post by Cal Sharp »

Bill, I worked with a bass player named Bobby Green, but he was from Nashville.

Barry, you're right, that is Slim Pickens. I'll have to edit that. I don't think Whitman was one of Willie's pals. :)
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Jim Sliff
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Pulled at random:

1978 (Beaver Creek - "Rockgrass"; Jim on guitar):


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2005 (Singin' Jane @ Gramfest; Jim on bass, Bill Maresh sitting in on steel):


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My band in Germany 1967, me with the Fender Jassmaster Guitar
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in the above pic, I'm in the middle
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Rick Alexander
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This was about 15 years ago when I was working with the late great Mike Robinson.
Notice the Fender Champion on the stand . .

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This was about 14 years ago.
Notice the Fender Champion in the upper left corner . .
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this was taken a couple of years back
Bro D is on the left playin' bass

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Terry VunCannon
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Here is a more serious picture of our "Matt Hill Blues Band"...

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...We are playing at the Carolina Blues Fest...

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...A very fun job...TV.
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Bob Knetzger
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Here's my current band- The Swains, in "cow punk" mode for a Halloween gig, and "normal."


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Here we are in action at the King County fair:


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(must be some exhaust from the tractor pull...)
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I will try to get a good band photo in August with all seven of us.
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The Country Junction Band
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BELOW - Sammy Turner & The Karolina Kountry Band - Grandson on the floor, Jackson Turner. This was taken in a masonic lodge in Timmonsville, SC. I think I played guitar on this set.


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BELOW - The Rimshot Band at the Foxtrot Festival in Marion, SC. May of 2007. RC on guitar/vocals, RJ Dorsey on drums (age 16!) me on steel, Bob Dorsey on keyboards/vocals & Elvis impersonator! (the guitar player sitting on his amp is Bill Carper, he doesn't usually play with us, thank the Lord.)


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BELOW - Karolina Kountry Again, me on steel this time. Sammy Turner on bass. Joe Jacobs on guitar/vocals, Billy Altman on drums/vocals. Taken at a jam hall in Florence, SC.


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Two weeks ago, me on right, my band is SWIRL:


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Here's one of the more recent of our group.....me on the far right.
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Ok, Ok so ya can't see my face.....
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The Paperplanes, from beautiful Long Beach, CA:

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Arizona Gunsmoke Band New Years 2005Image

Me on Tele, Mike Young playing steel that night.

Me with Bill Roan and the Country Fire Band

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Wow,, what big pictures, can some one resize them?

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With Dave and Sugar, 1978, and Ray Price, 1982.
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