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Post by jon hynes on Oct 4, 2008 0:40:58 GMT -5
My father played the drums in bands down in the valley during the 50s & 60s. What was you're father's name? There's a good possibility one of us musicians might have known him. Kit said he invented a dance called the frog. I knew a guitar player that went by the name Froggy T Gremlin. |
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Post by jon hynes on Oct 4, 2008 3:16:32 GMT -5
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Post by jon hynes on Oct 4, 2008 3:24:05 GMT -5
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Post by jon hynes on Oct 4, 2008 13:35:38 GMT -5
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Post by jon hynes on Oct 4, 2008 14:53:37 GMT -5
Dave - While you were working at WTLB did you know Bob O'Donnell? He joined with Jimmy Hanna, Janet and myself to make the Wingate Singers. I thought Bob was pretty Cool even though I never cared a whole lot for hours of listening to the Banjo.
I met someone at Bob's house one night, couldn't recognize him by his face but his voice was very familiar. Turned out when introduced to him he was Tex Anton, the guy that did the Alcoa Aluminum commercials on national TV.
I'm good friends with Ken Cornell's son.
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Post by stoney on Oct 7, 2008 13:02:19 GMT -5
Jon, his name was Wayne Stone, but everybody called him Stoney (never Wayne).
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Post by dgriffin on Oct 7, 2008 18:22:11 GMT -5
Hi Jon. I didn't work at TLB. Jimmy did, as record librarian. in high school. A couple of years later while I was in MVCC, I auditioned at TLB as a weekend news reader and switch thrower. But they never hired me.
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Post by jon hynes on Oct 7, 2008 18:57:49 GMT -5
I didn't work at TLB. I auditioned at TLB as a weekend news reader and switch thrower. But they never hired me. I did notice that you said you didn't get the job, but it was after I had posted. I have to get more sleep. |
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Post by jon hynes on Oct 8, 2008 21:16:58 GMT -5
Jon, his name was Wayne Stone, but everybody called him Stoney (never Wayne). I really can't do any more than give an educated guess. Because of his age I don't think he was a 'Rock 'n' Roller'. The place between Illion and Frankfort you mention, could that be Whitey's Brass Tack? If so he might have played with The Joe Carde Quartet. The name Stoney is very familiar to me as a Drummer. Is your mother still alive? Would she remember anything about where and with whom he might have played? |
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Post by jon hynes on Oct 8, 2008 21:32:25 GMT -5
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Post by jon hynes on Oct 8, 2008 21:47:09 GMT -5
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Post by stoney on Oct 9, 2008 12:20:29 GMT -5
Whitey's Brass Tack, that was it!
He was quite the rock n' roller as a matter of fact. He was in his 20s & 30s back then. He taught me how to do the twist when I was in kindergarten, & I remember he really liked the Electric Prunes & the Kinks.
No, my mother's not alive & they were split up anyway so she wouldn't have known. One of his many groupies would though if I could find them. lol!
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Post by wilum47 on Oct 10, 2008 22:29:49 GMT -5
Who is This Guy ? Where did he go? Still sitting on the roof of the Truck I'll Bet  Gads Jon, where the hell did you find that! Got to be the only "Featured" with my name in existence. That was the owner's idea. Branded was short lived with Edsin Collins-Bass, Ron Saunders Drums, Sarkis Sageer (Sgt Snorkel) lead. Edsin left and we ended up in Boonville for half the winter watching the indians and loggers kill each other up at the Pub. Fun times! |
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Post by jon hynes on Oct 10, 2008 23:02:40 GMT -5
Edsin left and we ended up in Boonville for half the winter watching the indians and loggers kill each other up at the Pub. Fun times! Yeah I played there too. He also owned a bar in Alaska and tried to hire me to play there. He flew you in, but you couldn't leave for 6 months. The money was good but I couldn't stand to be away from Utica for 6 months. (yea right) Boonville was bad enough. Can you imagine the fights they'd have there in Alaska. |
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Post by Clipper on Oct 11, 2008 7:27:36 GMT -5
Well Willum. I am sure now that I know who you are. I didn't remember your face or name for sure, but now I do. I didn't see you at the Partner's, but I DID drive to Booneville to see Sarge once at the Pub. I was friends with Bill Manny and Sis ( the owner, and his manager) of the Pub. I have known Bill Manny since he was a young man running a trailer park and a small garage business in Sauquoit, and Sis was a barmaid at Gasper's Hotel in Clayville. I know Sis went on to own the Milk Plant Tavern in W. Leyden.
I lived in Booneville for a spell. I ran a dairy farm for a friend on my mom and dad's when the guy lost his leg in a tractor accident. I was up there about 7 or 8 months and loved every minute of running the farm, but could not agree on pay issues. I more or less did it as a favor while the man recovered. He eventually found a permanent replacement for me. I love the farm, but always dreamed of having one of my own, and not being a $150 bucks a week farm hand. Free milk and a 10'wide mobile home was not my idea of utopia, haha.
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