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Martha Randall

 

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Hollister, MO
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 1:09 pm    
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2018 March OzSGA Spring Show

In spite of the rainy week before the show , we had a pretty good turnout.
Our Jam session was held on Thursday night Mar, 29, 2018 as this was Easter Weekend and everyone had a great time. Joining us this year and making it an actual INTERNATIONAL Show was Gina Timms from Tasmania, Australia. What a powerful voice this lady has. Thanks for coming Gina and hope you can come back sometime...

Fri Mar 30, 2018
Opening​ the show on Friday this year was a duo consisting of our new ​President, Charlie Steichen and our new Vice-President, Mike Squires. Congratulations guys on a fabulous set!
Larry Gerdeman was up next and always does a great job!
​Following was JoAnn Kreder who gets better every time she appears.. JoAnn is our Treasurer also. Russ Burns sang a song,
Rick Crow from Oklahoma played a marvelous se​t also...
While setting up for the next player, the fill-in lead player, George Geisser sang a few songs from his tribute show at the Little Opry. Fabulous, Go see the show!
Next ​Mr Bethel did an awesome job​ and asked George Geisser & Gina Timms to sing with him. Lynn Owsley joined him on Gins's song "Don't be Angry" since he played with Stonewall Jackson. What a treat!. Lynn played a few by himself. Afterwards Buck Reid was asked to join them for triple steels!!! Terry actually spoke the verses to Smoke, smoke smoke that cigarette!....Woohoo!
Lunch break!
David Dean White filled in for Dean Holman and did a beautiful job. Cathy Smeenk sang 2 songs with David.
Second player was Jerry Smythe who brought his own bass(Jackie Wilson) and lead(Denver Callahan) players. Great picking guys!
Buck Reid was up next....excellent player! Max King played bass for Buck.
Bob Tuttle did an awesome job on the set.
Jerry Foster played beautifully with Mike McGee on bass and Larry Jackson on drums. Mike Beasley sang too...
Larry Garrett played fabulously and also asked Gina Timms to sing a song.
Mike McGee was awesome as always. Max King was on bass and Gina Timms sang another song Thanks to Gina for visiting the Ozark Steel Guitar Spring show and all the players who allowed her to sing with them. We hope she can visit us again soon...we love you girl!
Mike Beasley closed out the day with a great set.......Mike McGee again played Bass.

Sat Mar 31, 2018
Starting the final day was Michael T Hermsmeyer, who formerly played with Mickey Gilley. What an awesome picker.
Following Michael was Jerry Newberry ...another fabulous set! Mike McGee played bass for Jerry also.
Next was another lady player.Beverly Harris from OK, she gets better every time she performs here, too. Way to go girl!
We were blessed to have the twin steels of Terry Bethel and Lynn Owsley again today. Such a great duo!
Up next was our Lovable Eddie Lane. Eddie is a marvelous player and person. George Geisser set in on fiddle.Fantastic set guys....
Next to play was another OK boy, Marty Neer. Marty is a smooth player. He also had George Geisser playing fiddle. Fabulous guys!
Keith Hilton was the next to play. George Geisser was on fiddle. Buddy Lewis sang as well as Eddie Asher....wow super set guys!!
Lunch Break
What a great start to the afternoon with the mellow sounds of Jack Musgrave who brought along Luann Turner to sing, Awesome performance! Max King on bass and George Geisser on fiddle. Eddie Asher also sang.
Jack was followed by young 14 year old Jacob King who is already a monster player. He has only been playing for 3-4 years.....WOW. Max King, his grandpa, played bass & vocals and George Geisser was on fiddle. Watch out world, here comes Jacob!
​Closing out the Spring show was a legend, Mr Buck Reid​ who has played for Lyle Lovett for 25 years. Hope to see you back again!

Thanks to Charlie, Mike, Cathy, Rosemary, Sheena and Pat for all their work in putting the show together. Also to Terry Bethel, Eddie Lane and Mike McGee for their sage advice!. Thanks to all those who brought snacks for everyone to enjoy.
Thanks to the Stone Castle Hotel & Convention Center for the lovely venue and their wonderful hospitality. Also thanks for providing coffee, water and accessories for the crowd!
Thanks to the players for providing the beautiful music and to all the pickers in the band; Dino Strunk, Russ Burns, Buddy Lewis, George Geisser, Max King, Jackie Wilson, Larry Jackson, and Roy Rosetta who traveled all the way from Texas to help us out!
Thanks to all those who sang; Cathy Smeenk, Buddy Lewis, George Geisser, Max King, Eddie Asher, Terry Bethel's recitation, and especially Gina Timms from Tasmania Australia!
What a splendid show we had and I'm sorry if you missed it!
Hope to see everyone in July but till then, Keep Steelin'!

Martha J Randall
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Buck Reid

 

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Nashville,TN
Post  Posted 14 Apr 2018 7:55 am    
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Martha, thank you for the wonderful hospitality and your kind words. Tammy and I had a LARGE time with some really great folks. God bless you and we hope to see you again soon!
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Martha Randall

 

From:
Hollister, MO
Post  Posted 14 Apr 2018 1:17 pm    
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Aaawwww thanks and thank you for the cd....it's beautiful work
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