Now days Janice and I are all about BiaB and forum collaborations but there was a time.....in a galaxy far away that we played our own instruments. Even lefty Bud played the bass fiddle albeit backasswards I spent decades looking at the backside of four bluegrass guys...it improved when my wife Janice joined the band
Twenty one years ago at the Coca-Cocal Georgia Bluegrass Jam. Janice was stoked as her fav band, at the time, The Del McCoury Band was on the bill. For those interested in acoustics Janice is playing her '43 D-18 and I'm thumping a 1953 Kay.
Anybody else got any to share?
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What fun! Here is not exactly a gig photo but more of a studio shot from around 1999 with my old band mate cuzzie. We used to play the pub circuits and wanted to apply to play on a ship but she went sailing around the world and I got married...
We used to play with horrible midi backing tracks that we downloaded from the internet and had no idea how to make them sound decent.
I really dont know what we were thinking with these outfits!
@Jim Fogle That put a big appreciate smile on Janice’s face!
@Joane Cooper We have some that make us wonder also!
@ BlueAttitude Y’all styling Dave!
@Sslechata That’s a long time for a keyboard! Great pics.
@Matt Finley Classy for sure.
@Raymb1 Man, does that ever capture the period
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Around 1993. I had that biker 'stache thing going and Janice had the big hair thang.
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Here ya go. From Winston-Salem to New York to Paris. You guys are cracking me up by the way.Everybody looks great. By the way in the first picture, the guy sitting in front of me is on the editorial board of the LA Times now. We write music together to this day. In the last picture at Versaille I was going through my Mojo Rising Jim Morrison phase. It has not stopped, unfortunately.
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Great pictures everyone, lots of fun seeing these!
Bud, in the second picture you posted you look like Dickie Betts. Same 'stache anyway.
i used to hear that every now and then...way back then.
Here's a shot of an early band I was in...this is before Janice. 1976-77. Sorry about the hat!
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OK, here's a bit earlier, 1968. I'm on the left and my late brother is on the right. We were the trumpet players in the band. Look at those amps - we could not even hear what we were playing!
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I spent decades looking at the backside of four bluegrass guys...it improved when my wife Janice joined the band 
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The last one I posted was from 1995. Here is one from 20 years earlier, 1975. Kinda funny:
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