The Steel Guitar Forum

Here's from 1976 - Northeast Timberline out of Muskegon, Mi. I'm the one who's armed.

Great photo Howard. I recognize Suzanne, and I think, the Steel Player, who are the rest?

Ramblin Revenge.... 1980 or so....


Yup I'm a Rowdy Boy!!!!

Not MY band but it is always awesomely fun playing with Bobby Flores



The western swing festival......YOUR BAND?????!!!!!!!!! LOL

Steve Stowe and the stowaways, me on steel, 2002, Also Shorty Smith Band, 1985

Hi Frank - That was a fun band and I learned a lot. Suzanne Vorges is the vocalist, John Workman - directly behind me - guitar and vocals, Paul Tapkin in the Middle with the sunglasses - drums. That's Paul Mozen, the steel player. He's a doctor in Florida now. I'm sure you remember him. He used to go to your parents store quite a bit. Chuck Smith is the bass player to my left. He and I and his girlfriend drove his International step van to Corvalis, Oregon and that was the last I sawof him. We had some big adventures on that trip.

I wonder if any of those folks are still around Muskegon.

This was really a rough gig.

That's steel guitar great Bert Rivera to my left. vocalist Janie Quisenberry, drummer Eddie Farris, bassman Bob Poole, and Richard Wesley on guitar.

I still play in bands with Bert and Bob.

Interesting thing about this picture, which was taken in the front room of the Broken Spoke in the mid-80's, is that behind and above Eddie's hat is a picture of Hank Thompson's Brazos Valley Boys and Bert is in that picture too.

Highway Brothers, a Stockholm, Swedish country music band. Consists of 6 elderly men, who backed US country music singer Stan Martin at Ydre Country music festival, in the south of Sweden, this summer. You find me right on the left edge in yellow hat.
www.highwaybrothers.com

Cool pics Colm...Looks like a fun band....

Man, what a fun thread! How the hell do you follow a poker playing Racoon and a bear skin drum pad? Nice Colm!

Here's some of "the Portland Country Underground". First as scumbags on Halloween.

Left to Right: David Lipkind, Morgan Geer, Darrin Craig, Matt Cadenelli, WC Beck, Lewi Longmire, and yours truly.



The same band doubles as "WC Beck and the Valiant Swains". I love this photo our pal John took. Friends and band mates Lewi Longmire on guitar, Matt Cadenelli on drums at Secret Society Ballroom here in Portland. Caleb Klauder band played, it was a great night.



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"Mandy Addy" and "The Diving Horses"



My new gig "The Marshall Tucker Band"

Here's mine with the band Miz:

Yeah Joe. I remember those fellas! I worked with most of them at one time or another!! All excellent musicians my friend!! You always had an excellent band! Hope all is well in your life!!

Leigh

One of my Bands The Rodneys from Glasgow

with Rosie Flores in Europe with The Country Casuals
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Last year in May, I was asked to join a folk instrumental band for a competition at The Voortrekkermonument (Pioneer/scout monument). This building is almost a holy shrine in Afrikaner culture.

I show a picture here of the Monument inaugurated in 1949, as well.
Here, There and Everywhere came third in the adult acoustical section. 30 bands competed in all sections.

Forgive us for not smiling, this is serious business.
Some of the rules are to play the songs exactly as the original masters did, even the same key and tempo.
The judges are so sharp, they can detect a wrong key immediately just by listening to the lowest notes of the concertina or by looking at the guitar cords.
Further, no drums or electric instruments in the acoustical section and no 7th cords.

We had a concertina, acoustic bass guitar as well as a reed organ, with me on my handmade F5 mandolin.
Secret, the western belt I am wearing is more than 30 years old, and for those who know I play a perfect G Bluegrass cord, ala Bill Monroe

http://www.voortrekkermon.org.za/

we now have a "poster" of sorts...

Don't wanna scare anybody,,, but...I'm the "mysterious one." Played my old Crossover Custom, and my '58 Flying V in Methyl Ethyl and The Ketones, circa 1971. And the cutie is well-known actress Amy Madigan!

Ray Harris & the BSOB's



Uncle Sean & the Shifty Drifters



Pete VanDyk & the Second Hand Band

No steel sadly - me in my Celtic days with "The Streels", Irish/Scottish/Newfoundland music. I'm the one looking serious with the cittern (10-string octave mandolin) second from right.

My current touring band.
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers

Working with the Gary Foley Band in Aberdean, S.D., (1978). Left to right, Duane, Bill Barton, Bobby Mueller, Gary Foley.

IN MY DREAMS