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Pics shot at shows:

 

Steve Howe

Roanoke Civic Center 1976

Ronnie Montrose

Salem Civic Center 1976

Billy Gibbons

Roanoke Civic Center 1977

Frank Zappa

Not really Frank. Audience members at Dixie Dregs gig, Overhill Lake, Richmond 1977

Return to Forever

Romantic Warrior tour, Richmond Mosque 1978

Jerry Garcia

VA Tech, 1978

Peter Gabriel

Stanley Theatre, Pittsburg, 1979

Frank Zappa

Stanley Theatre, Pittsburg 1978

Adrian Belew

Capital Centre, Landover 1979

Steve Morse

Schafer Court, VCU, Richmond 1979. Signed by Steve in 2001

Steve Morse

Schafer Court, VCU, Richmond, 1979.

Joe Satriani

Engines of Creation tour, 9:30 Club Washington DC, 2000

Steve Morse

Dixie Dregs at the Birchmere, Washington DC, 2001

Frank Gambale

Solo tour w/ Ohm, Raleigh NC, 2004

Frank Gambale

Elektrik Band tour at 9:30 Club in DC, 2004

Joe Zawinul

Zawinul Syndicate at Blues Alley, DC, 2006

Linley Marthe

Zawinul Syndicate at Blues Alley, DC, 2006

Buddy Guy

Toad's Place, Richmond, 1978.

Genesis

MCI Center, DC, 2007

Third Eye Blind

Toad's Place, Richmond 2007

Eddie Van Halen

John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, 2008

Buckethead

The National, Richmond, 2008

 

Halloween getups:

1980

Jamming at a Halloween party in B'burg; costume from the local Thrift Shop

2001 Devo

Great Devo sounds on that Casio

2002 Willie Nelson

Talk about a signiture guitar sound

2003 Buckethead

My poor workmates had no idea who Buckethead was

2004 Slash

Sunburst Paul and a Marshall stack at Richmond Music

2005 Stevie Ray

Sampling Strats at Richmond Music

2006 Frank Zappa

As Frank said "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny"

2007 Billy Gibbons

Billy and his nudu hat make a visit to Richmond Music

 

2006 to 2008 - PLAN B

Garage 1

Garage 2

Garage 3

Gil

DMSP 1

DMSP 2

DMSP 3

DMSP 4

DMSP 5

DMSP 6

DMSP 7

DMSP 8

 

2000 to 2005 - ROY G BIV

Original logo

Garage band

2001 Biker gig

2003 Murphy's

The Palmer girls

Battle of the Bands - We win!

2004 Shamrock the Block

Elliott

Jay

Mike

Stan

Mitch

Steph

Stevie Ray?

Bob Marley?

Phantom of the Opera?

 

 1997 - The Flying Buttresses,  Richmond, VA

Practice w/ the HM Strat

 

1989 - Four To One,  Richmond, VA

Band logo

Flyer 1

Flyer 2

Flyer 3

 

1987 - 5G,  Richmond, VA

Schaffer Court, VCU, opening for Secrets

 

1980 to 1981 - Zebra, Blacksburg, VA

Band shot 1

Jim Ball, Roger Freeman, Bill Paris, Walt Kneis and myself.

Band shot 2

Jim Ball, Roger Freeman, Bill Paris, Walt Kneis and myself.

Party Invite 1

Played this show w/ a fever of 102

Party Invite 2

Gig in a field w/ generators

Party Invite 3

Another field party

Party Invite 4

Alternate

Flyer 1

Multiplication

Flyer 2

Barbara did a nice series of these line drawings, for Daddy's Money gigs

Flyer 3

One of my faves by Bill P - we were in the Reagan era

Flyer 4

Valentine's weekend gig

Flyer 5

Daddy's Money had mainly jazz acts, but sometimes fusion

Flyer 6

Daddy's Money used to be a fried chicken joint

Flyer 7

Sometimes got called "The Zebra"

Flyer 8

Call and response

Table Card

Tent card for the tables at Kennedy's

Flyer 9

Manager Brad Fineman did this one

Flyer 10

Minimum information

Flyer 11

Dr. Dolittle

Flyer 12

"and friends" was when Jim Holtzlander and Andy were doing some vocal tunes w/ us

Flyer 13

Five zebra bandmembers with the Modes

Flyer 14

End of semester gig

Flyer 15

Zebra became a vehicle for guest musicians. Kevin Gallagher on guitar and Keith Carper on bass

Flyer 16

Halloween gig at Kennedy's

Zebras in snow

My sister's print; zebras in an illogical environment

Review

Review from local college paper

Thanx

Band took an ad out in the local college paper

Flyer 17

Another band version - Steve Bolecheck on bass, Kevin Gallagher on guitar

Newspaper Ad 1

Misspelled personnel

Newspaper Ad 2

Some other band named 'Beacher Zebra' must have been playing that weekend

 

 

1979 to 1980 - Beached Zebra, Blacksburg

Spanky's 1

Lining up for 'Cruise Control'

Spanky's 2

Theatrics

Spanky's 3

Home made Zebra tie

Top of the Stairs

This place is still having bands outdoors

TOTS 2

Bass amp road case covers as pedalboard

TOTS 3

Good times

TOTS 4

Rob and Tony communicating

TOTS 5

Aria Pro II guitar w/ Fender Bassman amp

TOTS 6

That pre-CBS amp had no ground - could feel current in the wet gravel...

TOTS 7

Robert taking a break during drum solo

TOTS 8

The obligatory show move

TOTS 9

Jim Ball is a working musician today - check out www.mercycreek.com

TOTS 10

A Johnny Winter T-shirt, with holes - college attire

Flyer 1

The first gig, at a frat

Flyer 2

The Campus Club was a long and narrow second floor firetrap, but easy to fill

Flyer 3

Trying to explain fusion

Flyer 4

Frat gig, with simple instructions

Flyer 5

A beached zebra

Flyer 6

Tony's flyer done during the 80's oil crisis

Flyer 7

'punk' flyer

Flyer 8

'The Zoo' was a frat house - logical place for Zebra

Flyer 9

The flyer for the Top of the Stairs gig photos above

Flyer 10

Gig during summer break

Flyer 11

Didn't Zappa do a song, 'Yo Mama'?

Flyer 12

Road trip down to Radford University

Flyer 13

The days of $1 covers and 25 cent beers

Flyer 14

Mr. Pope's creation involving various celebrities of the time

Flyer 15

Kevin Gallagher now in the band

Letter from the Guv'nor

My brother in law got a hold of some Governor's stationary

Review 1

Big news - The Collegiate Times

Review 2

More good (and bad) press

 

The early years:

1965

Dad on a pawnshop guitar, sis and myself on plastic guitars we got for Xmas

1973

The first electric guitar in the house - my sister's Harmony, thru a Sears amp

1974

The first 'owned' guitar - a Gibson Melody Maker, bought from a neighbor down the street

1974

Early band with Richard Lumpkin on bass & Al (K?) on drums. Playing dad's FBI summer picnic

1975

In the freshman dorm at VA Tech, jamming with the stereo

1978

Talent show played with fellow architecture student Tony Pope. We went on to form Beached Zebra

 

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