| Author | Message | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 653 Registered: 5-2002 |
here's a photo from 1977 of my band, my Series 1 was already one year old, that bass has been around the block, once or twice pre Sir David T  | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10020 Registered: 5-2002 |
What was the name of the band? | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 654 Registered: 5-2002 |
Fable was the name of the band | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 809 Registered: 9-2002 |
what kind of music did the band play? | ||
| mike1762
Senior Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 731 Registered: 1-2008 |
Your sister called... she wants her clothes back!!! Actually, I used to dress exactly like that in one of my late 70s early 80s band. Here is a pic of my last "serious" band:  Lets keep this thread going!!! I know Art has a great pic of himself that everyone would be interested in seeing. | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1530 Registered: 6-2002 |
Here's my band from the early 70s: Pentagram  I'm the guy in the stripped djellebra (okay, weird was a selling point). Mike | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 535 Registered: 6-2006 |
I'm not that old but I was still kinda weird: 1981 - Assasin  Late 80's Angel Marie Michael Band - she was blind and played like Jeff Healey (guitar on lap) - Dig the spider belt buckle and the 'gold' Italian Horn necklace W.T.F.?!  The famous Dexter Bracket band:  Oh and one more from the early 80's!!! A short while after this I got the second 15" cab for my Traynor stack!  | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4711 Registered: 7-2004 |
 Stonetrout, probably late 80's. I'm in front. Bill, tgo | ||
| 2400wattman
Senior Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 865 Registered: 11-2005 |
Ahhh as usual Bill has a leg up on everyone! | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1533 Registered: 6-2002 |
Look out! His bicep is radioactive!  I'd recognize you anywhere, counselor. Mike | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1671 Registered: 12-2002 |
Me at 19...  | ||
| jedisan
Intermediate Member Username: jedisan Post Number: 141 Registered: 3-2008 |
 "Johnny Quest," early 80's... I am second from left. This pic was shot in a back alley in Niles, CA by the drummers brother, who was a semi pro shooter at the time. Here he has just whipped out of his coat a Mickey Mouse camera, and said "Cheese." We all busted up, and he took the pic. Not with the Mickey Mouse camera though! | ||
| lembic76450
Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 263 Registered: 5-2002 |
This is me, at about 23-24 playing my poor mans Alembic, We were opening for the New Riders.. (resized pic two posts down) (Message edited by mica on January 11, 2011) | ||
| lembic76450
Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 264 Registered: 5-2002 |
Oops, sorry about the size, I'm still trying to figure this stuff out. Can you lend a hand Dave? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7151 Registered: 6-2000 |
Hi Kenn- Here's your pic resized and slightly lighter for more detail:  | ||
| lembic76450
Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 266 Registered: 5-2002 |
Mica, you are the best. Thank you so much. | ||
| crobbins
Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 769 Registered: 6-2004 |
"The Elmo Nails Band" 1974. Thats me on the left with the ES330.  | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1882 Registered: 10-2003 |
Here's an oldie:  John | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1883 Registered: 10-2003 |
dumplicate post (Message edited by 811952 on January 12, 2011) | ||
| eligilam
Advanced Member Username: eligilam Post Number: 294 Registered: 2-2006 |
John, you still have that Steiny (XL2?)? That picture is awesome... | ||
| gleech
New Username: gleech Post Number: 2 Registered: 1-2011 |
Two for the record. First, Steppin' Stones from around '67, (1967, that is) me on the left with the '65 Jazz Bass I still have. I was 2 years old at the time... Second, Morningstar, Kansas City, around 1978. Playing the lead guitarist's '67 P-bass. Note edge of Moog Taurus pedals to left of house right flash pot cloud. Just for fun, a fan has this: www.kcmorningstar.com   (Message edited by davehouck on January 13, 2011) | ||
| tomhug
Member Username: tomhug Post Number: 59 Registered: 7-2008 |
1981 - Chicago area. My Peavey t-40 is upside down behind me. (I am on the right)  We wanted to make it looked like a smashed pile of equipment, but actually carefully placed everything to avoid damage/scratches. We were punks, but also gear aficionados too! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10024 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thanks Mica! I love that pic of the Elmo Nails Band! | ||
| harald_rost
Advanced Member Username: harald_rost Post Number: 210 Registered: 6-2002 |
Nice thread! Here is an old picture from our rehearsing room. Should be around 1986. I'm on the left playing my Aria SB-1000 through an Ampeg SVT and a JBL cab.  | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1589 Registered: 9-2002 |
This stuff is just priceless ! I can still smell the old beer and cigarette smoke, hear somebody drunk over there, and see a stage full of Peavey and clear plastic drums and MXR and Morley pedals . . . Time to go back, somebody kill the jukebox ! My favorite 'we're gonna take a break' line: 'Gotta run back to the motel and check the traps!'. J o e y | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1476 Registered: 11-2004 |
harald..the guitarist has a lonely wah pedal..how would the modern guitarists of today survive with just one pedal instead of the pedal boards which cover the whole stage! You lot are very brave showing these pics...mine went in the trash years ago(bad haircuts, bad dress sense and even bad music!!) | ||
| gleech
New Username: gleech Post Number: 7 Registered: 1-2011 |
Maybe not brave, but proud of what we all did to play the music. In my small town in Missouri, in 1967, there were two bands playing full time. I was in the keyboard band, my brother in the 2 guitar band. We rented the Legion hall and each of us took home $100 a night. More than I made when touring a national album release. Heady times indeed. That band from '67 is back together, playing benefits for the local causes. Thanks to all for posting. So very cool. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW2Wpz38vLc&feature=related | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10034 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hi Greg; welcome to the board! | ||
| gleech
New Username: gleech Post Number: 8 Registered: 1-2011 |
Thanks, Dave. I've been lurking on the site for the 4-5 months since I got my first Epic, a 5 string. I've waited 33 years to finally have an Alembic, and just love it. I'll post pics when I get them taken. Great to be part of the family. | ||
| jon_jackson
Member Username: jon_jackson Post Number: 61 Registered: 12-2008 |
Hey Greg, I live in Prairie Village now but grew up in southwest Missouri in the '60s. What town were you playing in? -Jon | ||
| gleech
New Username: gleech Post Number: 9 Registered: 1-2011 |
Jon, we played out of Kansas City. Southwest MO would have been the ranch in Galena, KS. Probably played there 5-6 times a year if not more. Skip and Kenny would fire another band to give us a gig for the week end. What a rocking place. Always packed. Yes, the smell of cigarettes and beer, fighting in the parking lot, and the other 'things' that we did in the mid-late '70s Later, Hammonds Arena at SW Missouri University. Any other Alembic owners in the KC area? Sounds like a party to me... | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1887 Registered: 10-2003 |
Eligilam - It now belongs to my brother. Great instrument in many ways. John | ||
| gleech
New Username: gleech Post Number: 10 Registered: 1-2011 |
Vote: Elmo Nails Band: best picture, on a truck bed? quick escape? Oldest band pic: Steppin' Stones, 1967 Other? | ||
| gleech
Junior Username: gleech Post Number: 11 Registered: 1-2011 |
An 'Other' category I forgot: Best clothes; Fable | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10047 Registered: 5-2002 |
Mid '90s; so not as old as some of the others.  | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 670 Registered: 5-2007 |
Hey David, I see you played with Weird Al Yankovic (the guy to left in the 1st picture) | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 656 Registered: 5-2002 |
Me doing a Bass wiz   this is around 1979 or 80 [moderator's edit: stacked pictures vertical] (Message edited by artswork99 on February 08, 2011) | ||
| alembic76407
Senior Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 657 Registered: 5-2002 |
Me doing a Bass wiz this is around 1979 or 80 | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2310 Registered: 6-2002 |
Here are a couple from 1992 when I was touring in the USA with a reggae band. Pic 1 is in orlando florida  That guitar was a casio midi guitar controller MG510, and the pickups were pretty noisy when I got on a big stage so during my tour I picked up the strat. Pic 2 is in the bullring in Tijuana where we opened for Santana for two shows.  The second is my trusted Fender Strat Ultra with an ebony board and lace pickups. A wonderful guitar. Me on guitar and Elias on bass. around 1978/79  Cimar (Gibson Marauder Copy) I loved that guitar, it had clear plastic see through pickups and later became the my pickup and wiring and switching explorations.  Last one with my new(at the time) Ibanez SA400WN semi acoustic oh and that was my first car two door Ford Cortina 1300gls  I was a big fan of the Blackbyrds at the time hence the dungarees. Jazzyvee | ||
| toma_hawk01
Advanced Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 351 Registered: 9-2009 |
That's me with my Pan Bass back in 79! This Fender Jazz copy, sounded better than the real thing. I talked much about this bass on past threads, so when one of my lady friends had sent me this picture, I was happily surprised to show this on this thread. "The way we were... WOW!" What a trip! Peace and Love, Hal-  (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on February 04, 2011) | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1535 Registered: 6-2002 |
The Elmo Nails pic has me smiling everytime I look at this thread. Check the speaker cabinets, it looks like the band is playing AT each other (battle of the band?) Mike | ||
| crobbins
Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 794 Registered: 6-2004 |
Mike, that was our on-stage monitoring system.. | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1494 Registered: 11-2004 |
jazzyvee..J reg Cortina GLS that would make it 1969 model and looking at the pic I would say around 1974 or 75 whan that pic was took..maybe even 1976. | ||
| gleech
Junior Username: gleech Post Number: 13 Registered: 1-2011 |
to jon_jackson, went back and re-read your question and my former posts and decided I gave a lame answer. In the 60s, I was playing in Higginsville, 20 miles north of Warrensburg, 50 miles east of Kansas City. WTF geography lesson for most posters, but that's the correct answer. Still very cool to see all the posts. How many thousands of hours of music have been produced by all us bass players? Congrats to all of you. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2328 Registered: 6-2002 |
Terry, I think it was a 1971 Cortina and I bought it for my birthday in 1979 and sold it late in 1981. I bought that guitar in 1980 so that kind of dates the picture to between those years. I was still at school during 1974 -1976 and not an ASBO, joyriding, truant teenager posing with a stolen car hahaha. (for our non UK friends, ASBO = Antisocial behavior order) Jazzyvee | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1498 Registered: 11-2004 |
jazzyvee...looked in good condition for a 79, as an ex Ford mechanic, they rotted from the floor upwards. I had the GL model which was a Fred Flintstone car..ie holes in the floor pan, I gave it to a mate to weld some plates on it when he worked at British Steel, when it got MoT'ed the examiner said was I planning driving over a minefield..my mate had welded 3/8" steel plate to it and I wondered why it didn't accelerate!! Those were the days.... | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2329 Registered: 6-2002 |
Yep I had dodgy sills on that one eventually and the heater was always leaking and it was so bad that in winter it blew steam up through the vents which frosted the inside of the glass...!!! Not very good. Yeah those were the days you could do work easily on your own car. These days I can't even change the 6 spark plugs in my three cylinder smart car because the engine has to be removed to get them out....!!! Sometimes not everything that is new means progress. Jazzyvee | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 874 Registered: 10-2006 |
For reasons I never understood, my parents bought what had to be the only Cortina in the state of Ohio from the estate of a little old lady Latin teacher; I generally walked rather than be seen driving it. Peter | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1499 Registered: 11-2004 |
cozmik..they were usually a teenagers first car, that or the Mini. The engine bays were huge with this tiny engine in, not as jazzyvee says where most modern cars have two bonnets(hoods to you usa guys), the metal one on top and one inside the engine compartment. Progress mean you cannot touch them which = large garage service bills. | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 282 Registered: 7-2008 |
haven't found any photos from the 70s but heres an 80s  [moderator's edit: reformatted layout] (Message edited by davehouck on March 15, 2011) | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 283 Registered: 7-2008 |
haven't found any photos from the 70s but heres an 80s | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 284 Registered: 7-2008 |
Another 80s me on the left  (Message edited by thumbsup on March 11, 2011) | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 285 Registered: 7-2008 |
Me and my Jazz  | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1681 Registered: 5-2009 |
Cool pics guys! I have some old photos that I have to scan and I will post them as well . | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 286 Registered: 7-2008 |
Another "Heart" band lol Me and my Music Man Played alot of country in the 80s It paid more so sue me!  (Message edited by thumbsup on March 11, 2011) | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 287 Registered: 7-2008 |
Heart band was one of the many that opened for Willie and he invited us in the buss and got looooaaded!  | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 288 Registered: 7-2008 |
Opened for Steve Warnier..cool dude and super picker!  | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 289 Registered: 7-2008 |
Opened for Exile..Bass Player was exceptional and very personable!  | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 290 Registered: 7-2008 |
Opened for Gary Morris and Mason Dixon...Mason Dixon was cool.... Gary was a jerk unless you wore a Skirt! It was his last stop of tour..guess he was just ready to go home! Won't post any photos til he apolgizes...it's been over 25 years Gary...still waiting! LOL (Message edited by thumbsup on March 11, 2011) | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 292 Registered: 7-2008 |
Early 2000s Funk Band Me and my Ibenez 5 (3 piece horn section not pictured) Wish I had my MK then!  | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 293 Registered: 7-2008 |
The Band "Easy" My good friend Richard, guitar player far left had heart attack and past right after a gig. Died doing what he loved to do! RIP Richard!  | ||
| thumbsup
Advanced Member Username: thumbsup Post Number: 310 Registered: 7-2008 |
Lets see some Disco Bands Please! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10099 Registered: 5-2002 |
Not a band pic; but I found this today. Spring, 1973, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1698 Registered: 5-2009 |
Cool Dave, had you decided on a Major at that time ? I have a snap shot of me playing one of my Alembic modified Guild Starfies at about 1974 that I need to scan and touchup a bit. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2875 Registered: 10-2002 |
You haven't changed a bit dave :-) Graeme (going into the loft tonight to see if I can find some early pics of my own to post) |
