TommyRude Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 I'll get it started. Circa 1981. Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 The girls! Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 My band, circa 1989: http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/resvht4v/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/pawnz-pix-low-res.JPG Enjoy these threads! I started this one here a while back, where the emphasis was (at least initially) on individual rock star shots of us playing keys. Great to have an update! Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 1973 http://www.hotrodmotm.com/images/slaughterhouse/slaughterhouse_cc3.jpg Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 The girls! haha... yes, another universe, another time, things were very different back then. No internet, how did we survive? (very well as I recall) Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 My band, circa 1989: Enjoy these threads! I started this one here a while back, where the emphasis was (at least initially) on individual rock star shots of us playing keys. Great to have an update! Nice Moonglow! Thanks for the old thread, I did a search of recent years and couldn't find anything, this is good stuff! Most of the pics are gone. Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Cool Mr. Stubb! Looks a very 'back east' vibe.... this is east coast, yes? Back then, out west it was more the flower children thing. Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 1986 Quote "I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long" Walter Becker Donald Fagan 1977 Deacon Blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Kind of raw 1979/80..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Quinn Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 1995 Quote https://alquinn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthaholic Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Post your old or new band photos! Not a chance! Quote The fact there's a Highway To Hell and only a Stairway To Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic numbers People only say "It's a free country" when they're doing something shitty-Demetri Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Me in my drumming days sometime around 1980. My first good band. Obviously the bass player's mom took the picture. You cannot tell in the picture but there is a gong behind me. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyNQ Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 I'll try and cover the "old" and "new" (not nude) criteria in one post. My pub rock band - having fun in the recording studio, circa 1997: The same band 20 years later, all members still together, with less hair, more kilograms and a female vocalist: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Mine was confiscated for Assault with a Deadly Mullet. Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 1973 http://www.hotrodmotm.com/images/slaughterhouse/slaughterhouse_cc3.jpg This must have been smokin' in '73. Great photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 These are all awesome pics! Here's another one, 1985 Hollywood hair farmers Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Nice Dave! And to be able to play together after 4 decades, wow! Half of my old bandmates are dead and gone. And ditto on Linwood's band, that is very funky! Great singers and that tambourine player! Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 "You had two keyboard players ?"...Paul just played on a few; most of the time he was singing and then Woody ( the guy in front of me) also played trombone. I'm still in touch with most of those guys. i sure miss playin' with Blunt (drummer)...what a feel he had (rip). That sure felt good up under you playin' this type of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammondDave Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 1973 http://www.hotrodmotm.com/images/slaughterhouse/slaughterhouse_cc3.jpg Oh my! You are playing Stonehenge! Quote '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Quinn Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Al, that shot at the Blue Note in Toyko is way cool ! Who was that with ? The Yoshio Aomori quartet. It was the last gig of a wonderful tour of Japan. 1965: My first band. I'm on the left. We were inspired by that new band from Liverpool 1981 Quote https://alquinn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 And another shot of myself and Nashville's own Steve Williams- our lead vocalist and guitar/organist ala Greg Allman - at an outside concert at someone's farm in Ill. And the girl with her legs up on the porch is my wife, Diane. We started hangin' out together in the Spring of 1970. Little did she know what she was signing on for 48 years later. Oh the horror ! -- the guy who has ran around 65K miles in his life used to smoke ! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1412035012384081&set=a.1412035009050748.1073741837.100007327866309&type=3&theater Dave, what the hell is that instrument you (and your cigarette) are standing in front of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 And at a reunion in Belleville, Ill. 42 years later and one short rehearsal the day before. [video:youtube] Watching this made me unaccountably happy. Great playing all around. Did everyone go on to musical careers? Also, which stand are you using? It looks like the OnStage logo but I don't recognize that one. Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 Al, that shot at the Blue Note in Toyko is way cool ! Who was that with ? The Yoshio Aomori quartet. It was the last gig of a wonderful tour of Japan. 1965: My first band. I'm on the left. We were inspired by that new band from Liverpool 1981 Nice pics Al! The 1965 band, matching guitars and left handed to boot! Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Ok, here it goes.... Early 90s "Money I$ Power" http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/MIP.jpg Mid 90s duo "Two Cents" http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/2c.jpg Early 00's 80s band "Radio Star" http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/RS.jpg Mid 00's 80s band "That 80s Band" http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/T8B.jpg Early 10's Classic Rock Band "Class X" http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/classx.jpg Mid 10's 5pc Acoustic Band "Oh Brother" http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/OB.jpg Early 10's 80s duo (never actually materialized "Atari Twins" http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/AT.jpg Current "Contagious" http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/Contagious.jpg Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadroj Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Dammit I missed out on a fun couple of decades. Quote Hammond SKX Mainstage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 A couple notes from the above band pics of mine. In the very first one, the singer (upper right) is the current lead singer of my original metal band "seventh of never" which I have no pics of (not with me in them, since I joined later). The guitar player in that same band is also the guitar player in the "two cents" duo that came next (we split off...get it? 2 of us from "money is power"? ....Two Cents? And also what was later to become "Atari Twins". The Guitar player in "Class X" is also one of the guitar players on "Oh Brother". Also not listed is a band that ran concurrently with "Class X" called "Klose 'Nuff". It was the exact same band with a different drummer - Mark Klose, who is a local radio personality who has been on the radio for years. He didn't want to play that much, so he would split the night with the other drummer and do "meet and greets", etc. We played without him as Class X. Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 Nice pics JDan! But now I have a bone to pic - - wasn't it you earlier who was railing against wearing 501s? It looks like half of these pics that's what you guys are wearing! Seriously I'm loving all these pics.. this is a cool look into our subculture, people taking chances in life and putting it all out there against big odds. There are easier things to do in this world but the people in this community for one reason or another chose this and put a lot of passion into it. Thanks very much for sharing these and keep 'em coming! Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod S Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Some pics of my years gigging primarily on piano. Quote Korg Kronos X73 / ARP Odyssey / Motif ES Rack / Roland D-05 / JP-08 / SE-05 / Jupiter Xm / Novation Mininova / NL2X / Waldorf Pulse II MBP-LOGIC American Deluxe P-Bass, Yamaha RBX760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 ...and then a couple year later. http://www.linwoodbell.com/clientdownloads/msq.jpg hit it had to put one more clip so you guys can hear eddie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Nice pics JDan! But now I have a bone to pic - - wasn't it you earlier who was railing against wearing 501s? It looks like half of these pics that's what you guys are wearing! I'm not sure I specifically called out 501's - if I did it was probably because I don't personally like that particular cut, especially the buttonflies!. What I HAVE said is that the band should look like a band, and not just another member of the audience. I've also said that I've been in bands that have not done a good job of this, and others who have - so I can speak from experience with both. Going back through the pics - obviously the first one had a theme going - we dressed in early 90s casual baggy suits and put dollar signs all over everything. My Deltex keyboard stand was wallpapered with money. My duo didn't really dress up but it was a very different vibe - we were doing happy hours, patios, restaurant bars, etc. Radio star was an example where half the band wanted to go all out and the other half didn't. Sometimes 2 or 3 of us would dress up and the rest wouldn't, and it just didn't work. That's when I jumped ship and joined that 80s band. I think you can see between the 2 pictures the difference between going part of the way to going all the way. When I joined Klose 'Nuff/Class X I had cut back on my gigging schedule due to my divorced and joined them just to be able to keep involved in music. They did not play much or get paid very well. A perfect example of a decent band in terms of talent but didn't really have it together in terms of putting on a good show. But then again, they didn't really care, they just liked getting together to play - a common theme I hear on here, which is fine as long as everybody is on the same page. Atari Twins obviously would have dressed up had it gotten off the ground. Oh Brother is another one of those that was sort of half and half with the dressing up. Yes there are some jeans in the picture, but also shirts that stand out a bit, hats, and shades. Accessories can do a lot to make you stand out. Again, that was a 5pc acoustic, so the vibe was a bit different as an acoustic act. Also, this band is a $100/man gig...which is consistent with everything I've said about themes and dressing up. That said, I just sat in with them Saturday night for the first time in about 1-1/2 year. I did wear jeans, but with my shirt, shades, and Fedora, even though I had not played with them and hadn't gone on stage yet, when I walked up to the bar for a drink, the bartender asked "are you in the band?" That's what I'm talking about. They assumed from my look that I was in the band. Consistent with what I was saying, 2 of the 5 of us were dressed like that, so... What I listed as my current band is only regular fill-in work for me. I'm not in the band pic from the web site: http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/Contagious_Band.jpg The guy second from left is the regular keyboard player. In the live picture I showed, they had already stripped off the outerwear. That's often what they'll do. They start with jackets, vests, etc. and strip it off as the night goes on. And the jeans aren't "501's". Here is me at the recent Cinco de Mayo gig: http://www.ohbrotherstl.com/Pics/Bands/Contagious_Dan.jpg Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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