Music In Family Past?

Motzart
Motzart Posts: 1,075
edited May 2009 in The Clubhouse
You have Vintage Family pics of relatives that were in a Band or such?

As I had mentioned before My Grampa was in a Jazz Band up until the late 1960's.
This was when He (we) lived just outside Saint Louis Missouri.

Found this old pic the other day and tossed it in the scanner and did some Photoshop clean up.
I BELIEVE this dates to about the time I was born 1965 but not certain.
That's Grampa on the Piano.....I was told He was a descendant of Mendelssohn.
My Mom's whole side of the Family is from Germany...came over sometime in the 1800's.

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2009
    Yours truly pounding the keys....

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    :D Let's see....this has to be around the late 60s in Hong Kong. Working on that punk haircut already
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited February 2009
    Awwww geeeee you were actually cute then....what happened now? :D

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2009
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    Yours truly pounding the keys....

    me1.jpg

    :D Let's see....this has to be around the late 60s in Hong Kong. Working on that punk haircut already

    that look on your face is priceless.. i think because you just found out that your pet kitty didn't run away.. your dad him him stuffed and is now sitting on top of your piano. :p




    JK... cute pic. really.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited March 2009
    danger boy wrote: »
    that look on your face is priceless.. i think because you just found out that your pet kitty didn't run away.. your dad him him stuffed and is now sitting on top of your piano. :p

    :D I still have no idea what that animal was....can anyone tell me? That porcelain tiger, right next to the stuffed animal, is still in our house....I think.

    Less than 48 hours ago, I found out that one of the closest aunts to our immediate family was a musical pioneer in China. This was totally out-of-the-blue. I recognized her name on a blog and apparently, back in the 1930s, she was part of a singing duo that combined Chinese songs, sung in Cantonese, with western instrumentation....amongst the first to do it this way. She's the girl pictures on the right in the 2 pictured shown in this blog....

    http://blog.chinaunix.net/u/14418/showart_1087924.html

    Interesting fact about her....she always stayed with us when she comes to San Francisco from Hong Kong and have these long talks with my mom during late night hours. She would see Johnny Carson on TV and always say "Every time I come to the US, he's always on TV". Shortly after Johnny Carson's retirement from "The Tonight Show", she stopped visiting (due to advanced age) and she passed away about 10 years ago.
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  • timlitton
    timlitton Posts: 289
    edited March 2009
    Oh my gosh... I think you guys are related!

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    :p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2009
    ^^^ Now that is funny LOL!!! ^^^
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2009
    My uncle was in a band in the 70's called The Bush. I wish I had pictures... :D
    Jake
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited March 2009
    timlitton wrote: »
    Oh my gosh... I think you guys are related!

    LOL :D:p I guess I was the child prodigy in the band.....
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2009
    My grandfather played with Glen Miller. I wish I had the pics. My mother played with the Philly women's orchestra again I wish I had the pics. My father was in a band and was a musical prodigy.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited March 2009
    I hope to be a harpist someday.

    Nice "do" Danny!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,536
    edited March 2009
    Mama plays a squeezebox...but daddy don't sleep at night.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2009
    :D ROTFLMAO!!!! Steve you are crazy!:D

    That's one of my favorite songs BTW.
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Mama plays a squeezebox...but daddy don't sleep at night.
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited March 2009
    Frank Zappa is/was my fathers cousin.
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited March 2009
    Mother or father's side?
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited March 2009
    My grandfather's side. Sicilian.
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited March 2009
    My dad played in "The Back To The Bible Blues Band" In college. I have their old recordings, transferred to the PC from an old rotting tape a few years ago. Wish I had pics of them together!
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited May 2009
    My dad played poker.
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited May 2009
    My dad played with my mother.
    That's how the SRT prodigy was born :D
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited May 2009
    ESavinon wrote: »
    My dad played with my mother.
    That's how the SRT prodigy was born :D

    Ed, Shame on you!;)

    How are you my friend?:)
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited May 2009
    I'm sick as a dog with the flu.
    I'm resting comfortably. I won't have to go to work until next week.
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

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