Kenilworth Ave., Charlotte. My parents' 1st wedding anniversary.
With Mother's
parents, Mother pregnant with her first child - me...
1958
1958
1959, January
Kenilworth Ave. 1st birthday.
1960, Christmastime
Somerdale Lane, Charlotte. I eventually straightened up and played right-handed...
1961
Somerdale Lane. I couldn't make up my mind...
1962, December 25
With my little brother Brian.
1963, January 15
At Somerdale Lane. My birthday.
1964
1st grade, Windsor Park Elementary School, Charlotte.
1965
2nd grade, Windsor Park Elementary School, Charlotte.
1966
3rd grade, Windsor Park Elementary School, Charlotte.
1968
With my guinea pig.
1970
At the Outer Banks of North Carolina, with little Brother
Brian and Sister Jan. I'm on the back seat.
1972
The old Somerdale Lane home driveway... 1970 Ford LTD, 1972
International Orange Ford Pinto station wagon (parked in front
of the LTD), and the Prowler travel trailer.
1973
10th grade yearbook, Independence High School, Charlotte, NC.
1974
11th grade yearbook, Independence High School, Charlotte, NC.
1975, September
Senior season at Independence High School in Charlotte.
1976
A summer afternoon at Farmwood, with little Sister Jan on
one side and Brother Brian on the other.
1977, May
At Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina, with Rick
Barry..
1977, August
At Farmwood, with the Rould 10-speed I bought in the summer
of '72.
1978, June 26
Outside the Greensboro Coliseum with a handful of tickets to
the Rolling Stones show. With a big group that included
Teresa...
1978, July
Atop the Empire State Building in New York City.
1978, July
At Flushing, Queens, New York, with Randy Angel (left) and
John "Toots" Tartaro.
1978, Christmastime
At Angel Manor (Beau Arbor).
1981
At Bob & Sherry's Selwyn Village apartment. With Edie Green
and Rodney Rowland.
1985
With Bob Davis at the Traveling Elvis Museum, Durham, NC.
1986
At Jazz Charlotte, with Dr. John and Pete Davis.
1987
Pete's apartment, in Charlotte, before a Mick Taylor show
Kneeling (l-r): Wayne, Donnie, me (yellow shirt), and
Sherry.
Standing (l-r): Fred, Craig, Mark, and Bob Davis.
1990
With Amy. We hiked to the summit of Crowder's Mountain
(about 25 miles west of Charlotte).
1991, May 4
At Charlotte, with Charlotte, at the reception following Tom
Billotto's marriage to Karen Sacra.
1992
With Christie, hanging out at a custom car show in Charlotte
with our old pal "Chris in the Morning"... I mean John
Corbett...
1993, May
"Colonel-ing" with the Rank Outsiders at a festival in
Charlotte.
1994
Playing accordion with Jeff Hart at the Stanleyville Grill
in Charlotte, opening for the Rank Outsiders.
1996, May Managing the music at the annual Derby Days event put on by the
Young Affiliates of the Mint Museum, in Charlotte.
1997, September
With the Derailers, out back at Jack Straw's in Charlotte,
after one of the last shows I managed in the music business.
1999, May 30
With Michiko and Hiroko. We were having a nice little picnic
on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina, and the
next thing I knew we were over in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
painting the town!
2000, August 1
At Missouri Headwaters State Park, near Three Forks,
Montana, on the Lewis & Clark Trail.
2000, August 2
At the Columbia River in Washington State.
2000, September 28
On the Wyoming border... on a drive up from Denver.
2000, December 7
In Prague, Czech Republic with a newly purchased marionette.
2002, February 23
With Karl Shifflet (of the Big Country
Show), in Tacoma, Washington.
2002, July 29
At Seaside, Oregon.
2003, July 4
In Marin County, California.
2005, March 30
On Queen Anne Hill in Seattle... with Bigfoot.
2005, October 1
In the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, near
Barlow Pass.
2008, January 12
With Nancy. We were at Hong's condo in Renton, Washington,
where Hong prepared a hotpot to mark my upcoming birthday.