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Jim and Becky Halloween

Aside from the Off-the-Wall Hall and the Opera House, one of our most frequent venues was the Jazz Place, soon to become the Jazzhaus.  The Jazzhaus is in a loft on Massachusetts Street, and at that time, it didn't have its own P.A. system, so hauling the equipment up and down the stairs was always a lot of fun.  It's a nice, intimate place to play,  generally standing room only when anyone even slightly popular plays there.

The pictures here are obviously from Halloween, 1980 or 1981.
Andy and Judy
                halloween Andy with Judy "Bozetta" Jones
John and Bud
                halloween
Farmer John Lomas and Buddy the Enforcer
Jim halloween Becky halloween



June 2006 - I saw Jon Hoke last weekend, and he provided a recording  he made that I didn't have.  Here are the first two sets from the Jazz Place Christmas Party on December 13, 1981.  The sound is pretty decent;  drums, especially the bass drum, are a little loud, and Wilson's, Pettit's, and Lomas's mics for some reason don't come through as well as Becky's and Andy's.  But it's good anyway.  It sounds like we're all feeling pretty mellow, as James Brown might say.  Becky sounds great here, and I must say I sound pretty darned good too.  The music is presented in the same order as we played it.

SET 1

SET 2


Lomas's calendar.
John Lomas has actually kept calendars, and he lent me ones from 1979 and 1980.   One interesting thing is that, except for Becky, we were all making more money playing in other bands at the time.  Here's  the Used Parts itinerary for those years:
1979
Jan. 5 and 6, Off-the-Wall Hall
Jan 18 and 19, Opera House
Feb 2 and 3, Coyote Club, Wichita
Feb 20,  ?
Feb 22 and 23, Opera House
March 2 and 3, Ramona's, Perry - this little beer tavern was run by Robbie Schall
March 16 and 17, Off-the-Wall Hall
March 23 and 24, Coyote Club
March 28, 29, and 30, Opera House
April 20 and 21, Ramona's
May 4 and 5, Off-the-Wall Hall
May 8, Off-the-Wall Hall
May 18, Opera House with Albert Collins
June 1, Big Eat
June 24, picnic at Lone Star Lake
June 29, Opera House with Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows
July 13, Ramona's
July 27, Off-the-Wall Hall
August 10 and 11, Coyote Club - Buddy had mechanical problems with his truck, and we fixed it in terrible heat at Lynn Piller's house
August 31, Off-the-Wall Hall
Sept 27, KU Student Union Ballroom
Oct 5 and 6, Off-the-Wall Hall
Oct 12 and 13, Coyote Club
Nov 2 and 3, Off-the-Wall Hall
Nov 12, Off-the-Wall Hall
1980
Jan 4, Opera House
Jan 25, Opera House
Feb 1, Opera House
Feb 19, Opera House with Muddy Waters
Mar 7 and 8, Coyote Club
Mar 17, Off-the-Wall Hall
Mar 28, Opera House with John Mayall
April 9, Opera House, benefit for ... Spears?
Apr 16, Off-the-Wall Hall with Homesick James and the Dusters
Apr 18, Off-the-Wall Hall
May 3, Opera House
May 16, Off-the-Wall Hall
May 23, Opera House
June 2 and 3, TNT Club, Topeka
June 15, picnic
June 21, Off-the-Wall Hall
July 3, ?
July 14 and 15, TNT Club
July 18 and 19, TNT Club
Aug 1, ?
Aug 14, Opera House with Asleep at the Wheel
Oct 19, ?
Dec 15, ?

*** Newly added November 2011 ***
August 15, 1982 - Jazzhaus, Lawrence, Kansas - Bill Lynch sitting in
In the order we played 'em.
It was always a pleasure having Lynch sit in.  
If you can tell the difference between the sounds of a Stratocaster (Lomas) and those of a Telecaster (Lynch),
you'll know who's playing what.

Set 1
Night Train
Sea Cruise
Dream Lover
(This May Be the) Last Time - yes, the one by the Rolling Stones!
Rocket 88 - sung by Bill Lynch, this is regarded by some as being the very first rock-and-roll song.
He's Funny That Way - great rendition by Becky and the rest of us
Since You've Been Gone (Baby Baby Sweet Baby)
Our Day Will Come - Ruby and the Romantics

Set 2
Twistin' the Night Away - we usually did this as an instrumental, but Bill Lynch sings it here
Still In Love - a Big Joe Turner ballad from the early 1950s, done nicely by Andy
You Can't Catch Me - Lomas always liked to play this Chuck Berry tune; Andy sings
Flying Home - what would Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman say?
Nobody But You
Funny, But I Still Love You
Just a Little Bit
Rescue Me - we'd just worked this one up, so it was rather rough
Before You Accuse Me - Bill Lynch sings
Goin' Out of My Head (Over You)
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Mean Old World
Set 3
Further On Up the Road
Walk On By
Love Don't Love Nobody - Bud found this song somewhere - don't remember who was the original artist, but it's fun.  Andy sings.
Hearts of Stone Medley:
    Hearts of Stone
    Cherry Pie
    I'll Go Crazy
    Show Me
Soul Shake - this was a minor hit back in about 1968 for Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson.  Becky and Andy sing a duet.
Set 4
The Night Time Is the Right Time - Becky and I aren't Margie Hendricks and Ray Charles, but we're not bad...
My Babe
Drivin' Wheel - Bill Lynch sings
Troubled in Mind
Baby, I Love You
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
Treat Me Nice
Since I Fell for You
Hands Off Him
Whatever I Am (You Made Me) - a Tracy Nelson tune from the early 1970s
Cold Sweat
Key to the Highway - John Lomas sings
Prisoner of Love - this song is from 1931; this is an instrumental featuring Jim.
I Got the Last Laugh Now - a jump blues from Roy Brown
Good Rockin' Tonight - also by Roy Brown!



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