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Yet another ancient band photo (this one's from 1977)


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Sunstorm 1977=cropped.jpg

Hadn't seen this one either for a while (about 47 years). One of the nursing assistants that's caring for the Missus is the daughter of the bass  player, and she sent this. This was caused some retrospection and introspection for various reasons. For one thing it was taken around the time my first marriage was imploding. 

The band was named Sunstorm, and this picutre dates from Spring 1977. Perusing  this closely is interesting concerning the gear: Donnie, the lead guitarist, played a Les Paul Deluxe, I played a Gibson L6-S and John the bassist had a Rick 4001 (he was good; he could play "Sailor's Hornpipe" on it).  My amp was a undistinguished  Kustom 4 X 10. It appears I've got a can of Finger-Ease on the top of the amp, and methinks those are some off-brand/cheap copies of Kalso Earth Shoes (negative heel)  with which  I have my right foot entangled in the guitar cord.

Donnie was also  the guitarist in Executive Rock (earlier trio photos posted here); after Sunstorm split he'd  played on my demo album and had been pestering me to start performing live again after eight years; Executive Rock cranked up in early '86 and lasted about four years.  He died in 2004.

 

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Great picture!

I spy some sort of Electro-Harmonix box on the floor - Big Muff Pi, possibly?

There looks to be another pedal too, but it's hard to see what it is.

Also, any idea what song you might have been playing when this shot was taken?

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Private school prom in Prattville, Alabama. That's a Big Muff Pi alright, and the other is combined footswitch for reverb and tremolo on the Kustom amp.

I think we might have been playing our version of Bob Seger's "Night Moves", on which we rocked out pretty hard so folks could dance---slightly faster tempo, power chords, no acoustic instruments. Worked out pretty well.

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53 minutes ago, Dutchman said:

Looks like a couple of ya got leid that 

From the photo, leis for everyone except the bass player.  Same as always.

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Love the smile and desert boots, Willie!!!

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And the other guitarist looks like he’s related to Jol…..

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Hey Kiz; Whaddabout the drummer and Dickey Betts?

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12 hours ago, Willie G. Moseley said:

Hey Kiz; Whaddabout the drummer and Dickey Betts?

Do you have a photo of a completely disinterested Dickey Betts pretending to play an entry-level drum kit?

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