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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 29, 2021 13:01:16 GMT
As described! On a gig, at home, whatever!
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Post by johnreardon on Jan 29, 2021 13:37:20 GMT
From 2014 (in long shorts)  From 2014  From 2018   |
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 29, 2021 15:00:57 GMT
This one is from 2017, but it caught me at a good moment  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2021 16:48:11 GMT
At home a couple of years ago
At an outdoor staff party a few years ago  |
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Post by infant on Jan 29, 2021 20:17:10 GMT
This was the last gig we played together this past February  these next two were taken while I was playing with a second band for about 6 months a couple of years ago   |
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Post by infant on Jan 29, 2021 20:51:08 GMT
Here’s a couple from maybe 8 or 9 years ago   and one of me playing with the holy grail of the NHL...the Stanley Cup! Not a guitar, but worth much more!!! !  |
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Post by Sgt Rock on Jan 29, 2021 20:57:55 GMT
I had a good one made some years back at a Gretsch get-together in Kansas City, but it's lost in the depths of an old computer memory that can't be accessed anymore. there is a video, but it's terrible. I mean T E R R I B L E.
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Post by infant on Jan 29, 2021 21:15:29 GMT
So DB, do you also sing in a barbershop quartet? The only reason I ask is because, back in high school, me and 3 of my friends decided that we would try barbershop for our high school talent show and we got in touch with the local Barbershop Harmony Society. We told them what we wanted to do and they told us to join them for a few evenings and they would help us out. They also helped us out with the stage appearance too...white shirt, bow tie and straw hat (actually styrofoam), pretty much like you are wearing. |
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 29, 2021 21:25:10 GMT
So DB, do you also sing in a barbershop quartet? The only reason I ask is because, back in high school, me and 3 of my friends decided that we would try barbershop for our high school talent show and we got in touch with the local Barbershop Harmony Society. We told them what we wanted to do and they told us to join them for a few evenings and they would help us out. They also helped us out with the stage appearance too...white shirt, bow tie and straw hat (actually styrofoam), pretty much like you are wearing. No, I don't think any barbershop quartet would want the likes of me! Like I said we wear the straw hats in summer too keep the sun off. That gig was an outdoor private party in July. Also a lot of places want us to wear them when we play Dixieland concerts, so I have a bunch of old hats (8 or 9) in assorted sizes in case someone needs one. In fact, my son wears my dad's old boater from the 1950's. He's quite attached to it. |
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Post by zontar on Jan 31, 2021 2:30:29 GMT
I don't really gig, and don't take a lot of selfies when I play at home--so not a lot of pictures of me playing. I think my parents have some of me as a kid when I took lessons. I did find this one--which is the background of a wide shot, this was from a semi outdoor church retreat This is the best I can find right now. Might be able to get something better later.  |
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Post by Bill h on Jan 31, 2021 19:40:48 GMT
My wife is the keeper of all our gig pics. I’ll have her send me a few and post them at some point.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 31, 2021 21:41:08 GMT
My wife is the keeper of all our gig pics. I’ll have her send me a few and post them at some point. Please do! |
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Post by Bill h on Feb 6, 2021 17:21:27 GMT
 The photos were taken 25 years apart. The photo with the explorer is a mystery as far as where it was taken, the other was back in my country band days, playing at a vfw. Attachments:
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Post by Bill h on Feb 12, 2021 1:21:16 GMT
 This photo was taken in 2013, it was an outside gig, on a flatbed I think somewhere in north Georgia, same country band I was with in the above photo with the same strat. What’s special about this pic was that it was my last gig, haven’t gigged since. Soon to change though. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2021 4:04:28 GMT
This would've been in the early 80's  |
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Post by zontar on Feb 12, 2021 4:19:37 GMT
This would've been in the early 80's I like the beard |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 15, 2021 22:42:33 GMT
 Here's a picture from yesterday's streamed concert from my living room |
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Post by Bill h on Feb 16, 2021 3:52:37 GMT
View AttachmentHere's a picture from yesterday's streamed concert from my living room That’s a great pic!! |
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 16, 2021 8:58:29 GMT
View AttachmentHere's a picture from yesterday's streamed concert from my living room Great pic, one question though. I know it's impossible for the front 3 to wear one, but why is the bass player wearing a mask? |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 16, 2021 12:21:34 GMT
View AttachmentHere's a picture from yesterday's streamed concert from my living room Great pic, one question though. I know it's impossible for the front 3 to wear one, but why is the bass player wearing a mask? Excellent question! As you said the front line can't wear masks as they are playing and there is always regular contact anyway. I'm not wearing one because I just had the 'rona anyway and considering I don't really go anywhere other than shops the likelihood of my being sick is near zero. The bass player is not one of the regulars in our group. The venue paid for 5 musicians so we brought him in. I told him you do whatever makes you feel comfortable. You want to wear a mask, go ahead and if you don't that's fine too since we were all recently sick. |
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 16, 2021 13:45:53 GMT
Great pic, one question though. I know it's impossible for the front 3 to wear one, but why is the bass player wearing a mask? Excellent question! As you said the front line can't wear masks as they are playing and there is always regular contact anyway. I'm not wearing one because I just had the 'rona anyway and considering I don't really go anywhere other than shops the likelihood of my being sick is near zero. The bass player is not one of the regulars in our group. The venue paid for 5 musicians so we brought him in. I told him you do whatever makes you feel comfortable. You want to wear a mask, go ahead and if you don't that's fine too since we were all recently sick. Is that your son on the trumpet? Looks a bit like you
A bottle of water on top of your Dr Z?  ? 
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 16, 2021 14:49:40 GMT
Yes, that is my son on trumpet and his sister on Flügelhorn next to him. People say they see a resemblance, but I think she looks more like me than he does!
Yeah, there is a water bottle on the Dr.Z but I always keep the cap on. I'm not even sure I opened the bottle on Sunday!
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 16, 2021 15:15:19 GMT
Yes, that is my son on trumpet and his sister on Flügelhorn next to him. People say they see a resemblance, but I think she looks more like me than he does! Yeah, there is a water bottle on the Dr.Z but I always keep the cap on. I'm not even sure I opened the bottle on Sunday! Now you mention it, she does look more like you.
Must be nice to have family members play in the band.
My son is the vocalist and guitarist in a band, although they haven't played for well over a year. There's no way he would play with me. It stems back to the late 80s when he was going to play at a party with his young band, in a village hall, local to where we lived at the time. I popped round, when they were rehearsing, to see if he needed transport back to our house. They were actually playing on stage and I noticed a spare guitar plugged into an amp, so I asked the boy who owned it if I could have a go. He said yes, so I joined in with the band. One of them said to my son, your Dad's good isn't he, and he went storming off  |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 16, 2021 15:38:16 GMT
Yes, that is my son on trumpet and his sister on Flügelhorn next to him. People say they see a resemblance, but I think she looks more like me than he does! Yeah, there is a water bottle on the Dr.Z but I always keep the cap on. I'm not even sure I opened the bottle on Sunday! Now you mention it, she does look more like you.
Must be nice to have family members play in the band.
My son is the vocalist and guitarist in a band, although they haven't played for well over a year. There's no way he would play with me. It stems back to the late 80s when he was going to play at a party with his young band, in a village hall, local to where we lived at the time. I popped round, when they were rehearsing, to see if he needed transport back to our house. They were actually playing on stage and I noticed a spare guitar plugged into an amp, so I asked the boy who owned it if I could have a go. He said yes, so I joined in with the band. One of them said to my son, your Dad's good isn't he, and he went storming off Maybe he's forgiven you by now- it has been a good 30+ years!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2021 3:54:48 GMT
Hit the jackpot on Facebook. Every once in a while, a post is made that seems to trigger more reaction than expected. I was on a local Facebook page and mentioned a teen discotheque called The Alter Ego that operated downtown in the late 60's. Lots of responses to the post and a newspaper clipping of my band playing there one night.  |
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Post by Die Bullen on Mar 9, 2021 12:31:17 GMT
Hit the jackpot on Facebook. Every once in a while, a post is made that seems to trigger more reaction than expected. I was on a local Facebook page and mentioned a teen discotheque called The Alter Ego that operated downtown in the late 60's. Lots of responses to the post and a newspaper clipping of my band playing there one night. Hey that's really cool! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 6:17:36 GMT
It's really too bad the pictures didn't turn out better. I posted this on a local Facebook page and so far have about 75 likes and almost 60 comments. I guess it struck a nerve with a lot of people who got to go there and enjoy it in the 60's. And it really captured an era locally.....Every time I think about The Alter Ego, I can hear a Beatles White Album song playing in my head.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jun 28, 2021 19:11:41 GMT
Here's a picture from a gig last week Attachments:
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Post by infant on Jun 29, 2021 2:24:11 GMT
Wow, even a baritone sax, cool!
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Post by Die Bullen on Jun 29, 2021 11:37:27 GMT
Wow, even a baritone sax, cool! Yeah- he's the brother of the trombone player. Since my daughter has just started working full time I can hardly ask her to take days off to play concerts so I have been bringing the bari sax player in more. We've been playing with him for years- sometimes I bring him in when I can't find a drummer. |
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