Where were you 45 years ago?

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » 8 Jan 2007 4:55 am

I was 8 yrs old growing up in the beautiful
mountains of east Ky.

Rick

www.rickjohnsoncabs.com

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 8 Jan 2007 6:00 am

45 years ago I was almost 15. I was playing guitar and singing in a little 3 piece band at school dances, teen hops and house parties.

I remember we did a killer rendition of "BeBopALula" . .

I played a Harmony Stratotone and a Harmony Amp. The amp bit the dust many years ago, but I still have the guitar.

Bobby Bowman · Post by **Bobby Bowman** » 8 Jan 2007 8:00 am

Well Ray, let's see,,,,,,I think I was getting ready to go to kindergarden school

,,,,don't you know!
Actually, I think I was playing a little music, trying to continue my college education in Abilene, Texas,,,,playing a little music and ended up in the Army and playing a little music.

Don Sulesky · Post by **Don Sulesky** » 8 Jan 2007 8:24 am

I was 21, playing folk music and dating my wife to be and we are still a pair.

Don

Doug Childress · Post by **Doug Childress** » 8 Jan 2007 5:14 pm

Biggs AFB, El Paso Texas. Detachment 16, 9th Weather Squadron supporting the SAC mission. Some good times were had then and I still get together with some of my buddies every year.

John Rickard · Post by **John Rickard** » 8 Jan 2007 7:53 pm

Vernon Hester · Post by **Vernon Hester** » 8 Jan 2007 10:12 pm

I was operating a TV studio for WLOS-TV in Greenville S.C.Mircowaving the signal thru a 3 hop system back to our main studios in Asheville N.C. Using some old Dumont TV cameras I had rebuilt.Directed 6 and 11 o"clock News-Weather,Sports, Monday tru Friday.Many time had to go climb the U-wave towers on top of the Mtns to keep the signal flowing.Cold,Cold this time of year.
Vern

Mark Lind-Hanson · Post by **Mark Lind-Hanson** » 9 Jan 2007 8:33 am

Living in Honolulu and in the middle of 2nd grade.
That summer I got a ukulele for my birthday (woo-hoo!)
A year later I would begin the campaign on my parents to get me an electric guitar (not fulfilled til Xmas 1966).
An aunt came over from the mainland in Jan 62 and gave me some lessons in oil painting- and through the years 61-63 I had also a tutor in French. It was the prehistoric age of rock & roll, until... of course, the next year...

ray qualls · Post by **ray qualls** » 9 Jan 2007 8:59 am

Kinda nice to remember the good old days. I remember in 1961 in Korea, us guys would go to the PX and eat hamburgers & malts and listen to Faron Young sing "Hello Walls" and Patsy Cline singing "Crazy" on the juke box. Two big willie nelson songs. Didn't have any bands at the NCO club. To small of a compound as I was way out in the boon docks guarding "rice paddy's".

I was in an Engineer Battalion. Had a USO show come one time and all I remember was the main guy looked and dressed like Col. Sanders. Had Donut Dollies come once a month on Sunday and they were the only american women I seen for 16 months. I guess the "good old days" weren't very good, "good old days". Miserable tour!!!

George McLellan · Post by **George McLellan** » 9 Jan 2007 9:44 am

"Pickin hot licks, showin off, and all that jazz". I didn't know it at the time but 4 short years later I would be in Nam today.

Geo

Mark Treepaz · Post by **Mark Treepaz** » 9 Jan 2007 10:11 am

Boy oh boy! What a bunch of old GEEZERS!!!

45 years ago I was in kindergarden!

Marc Mercer · Post by **Marc Mercer** » 9 Jan 2007 10:17 am

I was all of 3 years old, and my family was in the process of making the transition from Wiesbaden, Federal Republic of Germany (my birthplace) to Fort Dix, N.J. (temporary housing) to my Dad's new duty station, Fort Carson, CO. Dumped on the eastern edge of Colorado Springs, I was in a new wonderland of snakes, lizards, frogs, salamanders, turtles, and I brought each and every one of 'em home with me ('cept prairie rattlers)!

About that time, my folks decided to get me a dog.

Dick Wood · Post by **Dick Wood** » 9 Jan 2007 11:52 am

I was 6 and for whatever reason, driven to later attempt to marry every women in Dallas/Fort Worth area over the next 45 years.

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 9 Jan 2007 2:44 pm

Nowhere significant 45 years ago, but 40--yesterday--Seoul, Korea, enroute to Camp Howze, Hq, 2nd Div.

Delvin Morgan · Post by **Delvin Morgan** » 9 Jan 2007 4:02 pm

I was a Sophomore in High School, and didn't know anything about music, let alone the Pedal steel!

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 9 Jan 2007 4:56 pm

Recuiting members for a harminca band. I had also just puchased my first 48 chord, chromatic harmonica; 24.7 inches long. Steel guitar was not even thought of at that point in time.

ray qualls · Post by **ray qualls** » 9 Jan 2007 6:56 pm

Man Les, a two(2) foot long harmonica????

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 9 Jan 2007 7:19 pm

I was teaching guitar in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Sebastapol Calif and playing my Steel and Guitar around there and the Bay Area. Russian River, and Clear Lake. It was a nice area and one that our Bobby Lee is familiar with...al.

Mike Winter · Post by **Mike Winter** » 9 Jan 2007 7:21 pm

In Toronto, Ontario...growing up. It's an on-going process.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 9 Jan 2007 7:54 pm

going crazy in a city housing project in Flushing N.Y.

Calvin Walley · Post by **Calvin Walley** » 9 Jan 2007 8:10 pm

i was 5 years old and we had just moved to Vicksburg Mississippi,
reading these posts its amazing how many of the places mentioned that i have been to in the past 50 years

Chris Schlotzhauer · Post by **Chris Schlotzhauer** » 9 Jan 2007 8:23 pm

I was 8 yrs old our family just moved to Bedford Tx (DFW) from Tyler, Tx. Building tree houses, catching lizards, listening to my brother's 45's and fantacizing about making out with Leslie Gore.
It was two years later before my fantacies turned to playing rock & roll.

Darryl Hattenhauer · Post by **Darryl Hattenhauer** » 9 Jan 2007 9:56 pm

I was 14 in a trailer in Nevada where they practiced the oldest profession. And I swear on a stack of Bobbe Seymour CDs, the name of the town was Wadsworth.

Jim Kinley · Post by **Jim Kinley** » 9 Jan 2007 11:05 pm

I was 15 and was just learning to play my Harlin Bros. steel, Double neck, 8 string, 6 pedals. Going from a six string lap steel to a pedal steel was quite an exasperating experience. Kept at it though and spent several years playing EM and Officers clubs at Camp Pendleton. Still like playing for troops, they always appreciate the music.

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 10 Jan 2007 11:30 am

ray qualls wrote:Man Les, a two(2) foot long harmonica????

Just for you Ray. I buy my harmonicas custom made, like many who play steel guitar for a living. The one below, has 384 reeds, 48 chords and is worth $1,860.00 CDN from Germany. This one is almost new and is 23.7" lng. (I hope the picture works because we can't edit in here anymore)

I wonder if I could buy a good pedal steel guitar for that price?

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