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Gig Posters
New Album In The Making!
The two main culprits! Rick Shea & GR - Photo by Shawn Nourse
The rest of the band! L-R Dave Hall, GR Shawn Nourse - Photo by Rick Shea
Rick and his Shenandoah (bequeathed to him by Dave Alvin) - working out an arrangement. Photo by - GR
Layin' down some vocals. Photo by Rick Shea
Shawn Nourse setting up his magic. Photo by GR
Shawn Nourse. Photo by GR
Dave Hall. Photo by GR.
Dave, Rick & Me workin' out an arrangement. Photo by Shawn Nourse.
Rick evidently making a point! Photo by GR.
I musta got something good! Photo by Rick Shea.
Perla Batalla, making magic. Photo by GR.
Perla Batalla, making me cry! Photo by GR.
Rick, Perla & Me. Photo by Eva
Eva, Perla & Me. Photo by Rick Shea
The amazing Jaimi Lyn Shuey!
The legendary Paul Marshall.
Amanda Shokrian on Cello! Photo by Rick Shea.
Tori Ackerman on Cello! Photo by GR.
The legendary Skip Edwards.
Lunch Break. Photo by GR.
Gig Photos
Benefit for Big Brothers/Big Sisters in front of the County Courthouse steps in the Town Square of Prescott, Arizona. Photo by Stew Schrauger
Benefit for Big Brothers/Big Sisters in front of the County Courthouse steps in the Town Square of Prescott, Arizona. Photo by Stew Schrauger
The old Coyote Joe's in Prescott, AZ. This was a benefit for Llory McDonald.
The old Coyote Joe's in Prescott, AZ. This was a benefit for Llory McDonald.
With Hoppy's Mandolin, affectionately named Mandylynn.
Pickin' on Hoppy's Mandylynn! Hoppy's bellied up to the bar, Dallas Norman and Drew Hall. Photo by Susan A. Johnson
Right after a Monsoon downpour in the Town Square for the Prescott Summer Concert Series. Photo by Herb Edwards
Night time Town Square performance, another Prescott Summer Concert Series appearance.
Brick & Bones Prescott, AZ. Photo by Bonnie Kulate
Night time Town Square performance, another Prescott Summer Concert Series appearance.
Gig at the Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach, CA - the former Pitcher House. Photo by Kevin Cody/Easy Reader
Spirit Room, Jerome, AZ. Photo by Susan A. Johnson
Spirit Room, Jerome, AZ. Photo by Susan A. Johnson
Spirit Room, Jerome, AZ. Photo by Susan A. Johnson
Spirit Room, Jerome, AZ. Photo by Susan A. Johnson
Spirit Room, Jerome, AZ. Photo by Susan A. Johnson
Spirit Room, Jerome, AZ. Photo by Susan A. Johnson
Spirit Room, Jerome, AZ. Photo by Susan A. Johnson
Potpourri
Morgan County line, just east of Jacksonville, Illinois, which is just east of Springfield. This is the Illinois prairie farm country I speak of in my song “Lincoln Penny”. There is still paternal family bloodline farming this country around the little towns of Franklin and Waverly, just outside of Jacksonville. The Oxleys, The Rawlings’, The Howsers, The Scholfields. Soybean country.
Morgan County line, just east of Jacksonville, Illinois, which is just east of Springfield. This is the Illinois prairie farm country I speak of in my song “Lincoln Penny”. There is still paternal family bloodline farming this country around the little towns of Franklin and Waverly, just outside of Jacksonville. The Oxleys, The Rawlings’, The Howsers, The Scholfields. Corn country.
Morgan County line, just east of Jacksonville, Illinois, which is just east of Springfield. This is the Illinois prairie farm country I speak of in my song “Lincoln Penny”. There is still paternal family bloodline farming this country. Abraham Lincoln country.
Morgan County line, just east of Jacksonville, Illinois, which is just east of Springfield. This is the Illinois prairie farm country I speak of in my song “Lincoln Penny”. There is still paternal family bloodline farming this country around the little towns of Franklin and Waverly, just outside of Jacksonville. The Oxleys, The Rawlings’, The Howsers, The Scholfields. Rawlings country.
Celebrating Arizona's 100th anniversary at the big Best Fest celebration in Prescott. Photo by Susan A. Johnson
The Raven in Prescott, AZ. Morphing into Dorian Gray. Photo by Mary Ann Baridon
The Frayed Knot, a 44’ twin screw Troller built in Florida in the 1970’s sitting in the marina in La Cruz De Huanacaxtle in the Bahîa de Banderas, Mexico after a two month adventure sailing north past Guatemala, all the way up the Pacific Coast of Mexico to La Cruz from Bahia Del Sol, El Salvador.
Raquel's Family House in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. Jamming away.
Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. Local girl Raquel, sitting next to me, invited the captain and me into their home with more hospitality than I’d experienced in some time. We had hired her and a friend to help clean the boat while the captain and me made mechanical repairs. The home, as many are, have dirt floors, with hammocks as the main furniture. Someone handed me a guitar.
Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. Muchos besos abuela!
Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. The cutest little girl, I was charmed beyond belief by her and everyone else.
Raquel's Family House in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. There's abuela, making stacks and stacks of tortillas for pupusas, she sells them to the pupusarias around town. In El Salvador, the tortillas are more like pitas than the thin, flat Mexican style. They make them thick enough to split apart and you stuff whatever food you want in there!
Tehuantepec Sunset
Out in the Pacific leavung Ixtapa, Mexico. The marina in Ixtapa was carved out of a swamp, there are still salt water crocodiles swimming around in it. Even though there was a huge and amazing mural of Sophia Loren painted on the wall of one of the swanky restaurants in this fancy port town that mystified me… Adios Ixtapa!!!
Doin' my singin' cowboy bit on my friend's little ranch in Prescott Ridge, AZ. That's TJ I'm on, a 4-year old gelding who I was working with at the time. Photo by Cynthia Roche
Doin' my singin' cowboy bit on my friend's little ranch in Prescott Ridge. That's TJ I'm on, a 4-year old gelding who I was working with at the time. Photo by Cynthia Roche
At my good friends Cathi and Tim Fitzpatrick’s Pony Express Cafe in Prescott Valley where we used to have a blast!
Screen capture from a videotape of my opening set for Dave Alvin at the Acoustic Music San Diego Concert Series at the Normal Heights Methodist Church. Video by Kurt Mahoney
The fabulous roots music club in Culver City, California, The Cinema Bar. Photo by Vanessa Pearson
Screen capture from a videotape of my opening set for Dave Alvin at the Acoustic Music San Diego Concert Series at the Normal Heights Methodist Church. Here I am mid-jump at the end of my rave-up on “Dollars To Dust” to end the show. Video by Kurt Mahoney
The fabulous roots music club in Culver City, California, The Cinema Bar. Looks like I’m setting up here, showin’ you my best side. I like the Mike Stinson poster on the wall. Photo by Vanessa Pearson
Suzy’s in Hermosa Beach, California. Playing my beautiful Candelas Brothers classical guitar that was stolen in a studio theft, I miss her so… I'm still lookin' for ya baby, come back!!! Photo by Dan Franzen
The fabulous roots music club in Culver City, California, The Cinema Bar. Surely telling yet another great, wonderful, funny, touching, gut-wrenching and uplifting story. Photo by Vanessa Pearson
The fabulous roots music club in Culver City, California, The Cinema Bar. Getting the show on the road! Photo by Vanessa Pearson
At the magical and long gone Mermaid piano bar, on the strand in Hermosa Beach, CA. Photo by Kevin Cody/Easy Reader
At the magical and long gone Mermaid piano bar, on the strand in Hermosa Beach, CA. Photo by Kevin Cody/Easy Reader
My garage in Hermosa Beach, CA. Outtakes from the Million Miles photo shoot.
My garage in Hermosa Beach, CA. Outtakes from the Million Miles photo shoot.
My garage in Hermosa Beach, CA. Outtakes from the Million Miles photo shoot.
My garage in Hermosa Beach, CA. Outtakes from the Million Miles photo shoot.
My garage in Hermosa Beach, CA. Outtakes from the Million Miles photo shoot.
Playin’ it softly at my mom’s house in her wooded hideaway just outside of Sturgis, Michigan. Photo by Aphrodite Rawlings
Playin’ it softly at my mom’s house in her wooded hideaway just outside of Sturgis, Michigan. Photo by Aphrodite Rawlings
Howe, Indiana. My beloved 1971 Monte Carlo right before I had to sell her, heartbreaking… My first car, had her since I was 18.
Jody’s Barn - Kimberly, Oregon Photo by Jody Foss
Kalamazoo, Michigan, Westfall Tavern.
Sturgis, Michigan. From a photo shoot for the Trojan Times, our high school newspaper. Photo by Chris Rambadt
Kalamazoo, Michigan. My favorite drummer in the world, Al “Bubba” Arkesteyn - we were shooting a video for a Rolling Rock Beer commercial.
Kalamazoo, Michigan. Diamond Dave Wright and me performing in a talent show. The song was “Seagull” by Bad Company. We won a dozen doughnuts, I’m not joking.
Adventures with Ramblin' Jack
At Jody Foss & Charlie Parker’s little ranch just outside the town of Tomales, CA. We were on the way out of town to some gigs in Southern California. Photo by Jody Foss
The Sun Theatre in Anaheim, California; now called The Grove. Jack was opening up for the Everly Brothers. This is when I got to meet Albert Lee for the first time, he was the Everly Brother’s lead guitar player and bandleader.
The Sun Theatre in Anaheim, California; now called The Grove.
Long Beach/L.A. Harbor, Foss Maritime docks. I’ve got a real good buddy, Capt. Jim, who is a tugboat captain for Foss and was kind enough to take Jack and I out for a job.
Long Beach/L.A. Harbor, Foss Maritime docks, that’s the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the background. We went out and pushed in a 900 foot container freigther and brought it all the way to it’s berth. Thanks Capt. Jim!
We had an off day in SoCal with no paid for hotel so we crashed at my apartment in Hermosa Beach. I got out of the shower and there he was playin’ “Blind Lemon Jefferson” on my Guild 12-String. Some days are diamonds...
My garage studio, Hermosa Beach - Jack asked if he could play my “electrical guitar” - so I hooked him up on the Les Paul. I’ve got a little recording of him noodling around playing some wonderful and very old songs, I was pickin’ little leads out.
Sittin’ in front of my garage studio in Hermosa Beach pickin’ on our D-28’s.
Sittin’ in front of my garage studio in Hermosa Beach tryin’ to get situated...
Hermosa Beach - I had to take a photo of Jack’s famous Martin D-28 with the classic inlays and steer ridin’ pickguard painting.
Hermosa Beach, Ramblin’ Jack’s famous Martin D-28 - here’s a shot of his hand-written set list taped to the side.
This is somewhere off of Highway 90 in West Texas, near Marfa. Jack took this shot of me and I used it for the back of my Million Miles CD.
This is somewhere off of Highway 90 in West Texas, near Marfa. I took this shot of Jack lookin’ at the moon after he took that shot of me.
This was a great moment. We’re at a roadside park off of Highway 90 near Marathon, Texas. Behind the ridge there are railroad tracks. I just missed the train for photos but as we were drivin’ Jack spotted the train up ahead and there was the park so he said “pull over, I haven’t done this since with Woody I think”. As soon as I stopped he got out of the truck and pulled out his guitar and started wailin’ just as the train rolled by. He played a few more, I played a few. Did I mention some days are diamonds?
This was a great moment. We’re at a roadside park off of Highway 90 near Marathon, Texas next to some railroad tracks. I just missed the train for photos but as we were drivin’ Jack spotted the train up ahead and there was the park so he said “pull over, I haven’t done this since with Woody I think”. As soon as I stopped he got out of the truck and pulled out his guitar and started wailin’ just as the train rolled by. He played a few more, I played a few. Did I mention some days are diamonds?
Just outside of Bend, Oregon.
Just outside of Bend, Oregon. Jack, Sugar, GR.
Kimberly, Oregon at Jody’s. Jody’s boyfriend at the time, Mark, drove us to the gig that night in this bitchin’ loud old Cadillac. Jack and I sat in the back seat with the double barrell in the rear window bay. It was a magical night - thanks Jode!
Napa Valley CA. Gail Stieger, Trinity Seely - an award winning cowgirl singer from British Columbia, Canada and Jack. That night I bunked up with Jack, he was kind enough to share his $160 Motel 6 room with me, cheapest around found in the town of nearby Napa. Funny thing, it didn’t seem much different than any other $39.99 Motel 6 room off of the highway, but then things are a little different in Napa Valley. I wonder what thoughts my fellow Sturgis, MI native, Tom Bodet, has on such matters…
Tomales Bay, California, Jack’s house. This is Jack sittin’ in his Jerry Garcia chair, talkin’ on the phone. The story on the Jerry Garcia chair is, Jerry liked to cruise around Marin county and would occasionaly pop in on Jack. Evidently Jerry really loved that chair so Jack let him sit in it for a while every time he came over.
The Cinema Bar, Culver City, California. Jack sitting in with his girlfriend Vicki Lee’s rockabilly band. Ms. Lee is a cousin of guitar hero Albert Lee so go figure, I’m hanging out with Mr. Lee again! He was sitting to my left as I took this photo and his arm was in a cast so no Albert on stage that night, unfortunately. Once again, he was a gentleman to visit with.
Napa, CA. On my left is Gail Steiger, a ranch foreman and friend from Prescott, AZ who’s also a poet and fine singer/songwriter. To the left of Jack is another friend, Joel Nelson, legendary Cowboy Poet and Horse Breaker from Alpine, TX. I was driving down the coast and tracked down Jack in Yountville, they were all there for a cowboy poetry event. Joel was bunking up with Gail, we hung out in their room for a nice evening of tellin’ stories and drinkin’ Cowboy Poetry wine.