FRIENDS THAT HAVE COME TO OUR RESCUE..
KEVIN ALDRIDGE
THANKS, KEVIN FOR HELPING US OUT AT THE YONAHLOSSEE RAQUET CLUB ON
JULY 25TH. HE WAS A REAL TROOPER FALLING RIGHT IN THERE WITH US ON ANYTHING
WE PLAYED. HE HELPED JIM OUT ON THE GUITAR.
DUKE WILSON
DUKE WAS A MEMBER OF BOONE TRAIL FOR NINE YEARS PLAYING RHYTHM GUITAR AND SINGING. HE IS STILL A HONORARY MEMBER. HE DROPS BY FROM TIME TO TIME TO HELP US OUT. HE HAS PERFORMED WITH US AT SIM'S BARBECUE, TODD GENERAL STORE AND AT CHURCH. COME BACK SOON DUKE, WE MISS YOU
 THOMAS ISAACS
THOMAS WAS ONLY 15 WHEN HE FIRST STARTED HELPING BOONE TRAIL REPLACING DAN ON THE FIDDLE. HE IS SUCH A FINE YOUNG MAN AND HAS ALREADY GONE FAR IN THE MUSIC WORLD. THANK YOU THOMAS FOR HELPING US OUT. |
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 GARY TRIVETTE
GARY IS A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS SOUTHERN ACCENT BLUEGRASS GOSPEL GROUP. WE ONLY HAVE TO ASK GARY FOR HELP AND HE DOESN'T HESITATE. HE IS SHOWN HERE WITH THE BASS BUT IS PROFICIENT ON THE BANJO AND GUITAR. HE FILLED IN FOR HENRY AT SIM'S BARBECUE. THANK YOU GARY. |
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 GEORGE WILSON
WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT GEORGE EXCEPT WHAT A GOOD FRIEND HE HAS BEEN. HE HAS HELPED US OUT TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. HE REPLACED JIM TWICE WHEN HE HAD KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND SO MANY OTHER TIMES.
GEORGE HAS HIS OWN BAND CALLED THE "BUCK HAGGARD BAND" AND IF YOU WANT TO HEAR SOME GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC BE SURE AND GO HEAR THEM WHEN THEY ARE IN YOUR AREA. GEORGE IS GREAT ON THE COUNTRY CLASSICS. THANKS GEORGE FOR BEING SUCH A GOOD FRIEND. |
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 BRUCE HILL
HERE IS ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND WE CAN AWAYS COUNT ON TO HELP US OUT. BRUCE LIVES IN FLORIDA DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND IN BLOWING ROCK IN THE SUMMER. WE HAVE SOME GOOD JAM SESSIONS WHEN HE IS HERE (see Photo Album). HURRY BACK BRUCE AND PATTY WE MISS YOU. |
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 ROGER HICKS
ROGER IS ONE OF THE FINEST GUITAR PLAYERS AND SINGERS IN THIS AREA. HE CAME TO OUR RESCUE PICKING AND SINGING WITH US FOR A PARTY AT THE YONHALOSSE RAQUET CLUB. THANK YOU ROGER FOR BEING THERE WHEN WE NEEDED YOU. |
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THE VW BOYS AND JIM
WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT
THESE GUYS, EXCEPT THEY ARE FUNNY.
HERE THEY ARE DOING THEIR USUAL
THING. THEY HELP US BY TAKING
JIM OFF OUR HANDS OCCASIONALLY.
FROM LEFT; TIM WHITE, JIM, LARRY MCPEAK
AND DAVE VAUGHT.
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 PINKY NORRIS
PINKY HAS HELPED US OUT SEVERAL TIMES AT SIM'S BARBECUE AND AT THE LUTHER ROCK CAMP REPLACING LOU ON THE BASS WHEN SHE HAD HEART SURGERY. HEY, "PINKY" TELL US WHERE YOU GOT THAT NAME |
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 Michael Ward
MICHAEL WARD, A NICE YOUNG MAN FROM DAMASCUS, VA. HELPED US OUT AT SIM'S BARBECUE, REPLACING JIM ON THE GUITAR WHEN HE HAD HEART BYPASS SURGERY. THANKS MICHAEL FOR HELPING US OUT. |
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