The Metro St. Louis Live Music
Historical Society
Who Are These Guys?
Occasionally I happen upon a photo or a name that doesn't have a CLUE of explanation!
If you recognize the band or even a player, PLEASE give me a shout-out at greg@dejawho.com
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Todd Arnett has identified Tim Albert on the left, anyone else? Band name?
Jeff Warfield has identified Rose and Scott Bray and thinks the mustached guy is Mark Grimm...thanks Jeff!
Now if we can come up with a name I'll move them to the Bands page!
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Jon Ubben has identified this band as HOT ICE. Please see their page and help me fill in the blanks!
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Fuzzy Walker RIP
Fuzzy, apparently from Granite City, keeps popping up in conversation. But what Bands
was he in? What else should we know about him? Where is he now?
Does ANYONE have a pic/pix of Fuzzy?
I recieved this from Jim Duey about Fuzzy:
I played with Fuzzy in a
several bands around 2000. Fuzzy and I were both 'hired guns', although I was
not and never will be on his level. To paraphrase Boxing Champ Larry Holmes,
I'm not worthy of carrying his guitar strap. Fuzzy was a few years older than
me and had some health problems. He was diabetic and narcoleptic. He wasn't
driving at the time, so the band leader usually had to get him and take him
home. This is probably the only reason I got to play with him. If he'd been
able to travel and was interested in doing it, he would have been a first call
player for any number of show bands and on a much higher music circuit. He had
a great sense of humor although he was usually pretty quiet.
In my 40 years of bar banding, I've never worked with such a complete guitar
player. He had about 1,000 songs ready to go on any particular night; original
key, correct progression and chord structure...not just faking it. He use to
bring a midi for his Strat and get a organ sound and you'd swear there was a B3
in the room. And he could play a lot of different styles, Country, Rock, Jazz,
Oldies. Never saw him stumped too many times. Sometimes they'd call out a song
that I wasn't familiar with. When I'd ask Fuzzy for the progression, he'd have
to think about it for a minute. He could play it instantly, but translating
that to a chord structure took a few seconds. He operated on a different level
than most of the weekend warriors I've worked with over the years.
Fuzzy passed on several years ago, and I went to his visitation. I believe it
was from diabetic complications. My only regret is that I never got to see him
surrounded by musicians who were at his level. That would have been a great
band!
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Gabie McGarrah has identified Lyndon Syckmyre and Keith Edwards, Thanks Gabie
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