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My band, circa 1989:

 

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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!

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

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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.

Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands

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Post your old or new band photos!

 

Not a chance! :roll:

The fact there's a Highway To Hell and only a Stairway To Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic numbers

 

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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:

 

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The same band 20 years later, all members still together, with less hair, more kilograms and a female vocalist:

 

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"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.
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1973

 

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Oh my! You are playing Stonehenge!

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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 ! :o

 

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Dave, what the hell is that instrument you (and your cigarette) are standing in front of?

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And at a reunion in Belleville, Ill. 42 years later and one short rehearsal the day before.

 

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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.

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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 :)

 

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1981

 

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Nice pics Al! The 1965 band, matching guitars and left handed to boot!

Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands

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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

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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.

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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! :boing:

 

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!

Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands

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Some pics of my years gigging primarily on piano.

 

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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! :boing:

 

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

 

 

 

Dan

 

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