This page is dedicated to all the Bands and Groups that used to play in the area clubs!
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It's Party Time....at the Club!! *****pictures, dawson smith, ronnie rathers, bill everett, janie brew, john price, ronald coleman.

Here is our...Featured group....Cuffs & Sleeves reunion! Remember! Here is our…Featured group….Cuffs & Sleeves reunion! Remember![/caption]

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[“The Jivers!

Above! The Original cuffs & Sleeves, then the Jivers! 

Here is Dawson Smith with his solo effort “I Don’t Know If I Can Make it!”(click play) 

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Dawson “Sweetcake” Smith, 
Robert Tanner, L. A. Brown, Melvin Lewis, here they are, The Jivers! 
(CLICK HERE) to hear “Sweet Memories” by the Jivers on “youtube!”  
(CLICK HERE) to hear “Tell me your Name” by the Jivers on “youtube!”  
  
This shot below was taken at a recent party at “Sweetcake’s” house! Look at the bid below for a Jivers record on e-bay$$!

[The Jivers: Dawson The Jivers: Dawson “Sweetcake” Smith, Robert Tanner, L.A. Brown, the late Melvin Lewis!
“ “Sweetcake” and “Count Basie!!”
This is a real on line e-bay bid, overseas for a Jivers record! This is a real on line e-bay bid, overseas for a Jivers record! “The late Joe Bradshaw, at the WW Lounge! The late Joe Bradshaw, at the WW Lounge![/caption]

Winfred Tapley, Joe Bradshaw, at the Elks Rest!

Winfred Tapley, Joe Bradshaw, at the Elks Rest!

the Dynatones! the Dynatones!

It’s gonna be superbad!! The Dynatones will be at the Hunton Y!” That is what it sounded like over the radio! Oliver Burks, Larry Scott, Larry Dorsey, Ricardo Abbott, Nat Reeves, Jimmy Abbott, Roy Patterson, and Lover Everett! The Dynatones!  
(CLICK HERE) Check out Nat Reeves and his Jazz group on “youtube!”
note: Dynatones picture courtesy Lover Everett. 


(CLICK HERE)The “Soulmasters” band and show out of Danville, Va.
(CLICK HERE) to hear them on “youtube!”

Remember Donnie Brown and Rebirth? (CLICK HERE) To hear “Fool I was” on you tube!  

(CLICK HERE) Here is a link to a song by Lynchburg’s own Deleesa Carr on “You Tube!”

note: I am looking for old group songs to put on my web-site! I am looking for a not to scratched copy of “Mrs. M” by Joe Bradshaw, “Be Gone” by Jimmy Brown, and any local talent! I’ll give the record back to you, I just want to scan it and put it on the web-site for all to enjoy! Look through your record collection and call me! 

thanks…Da’ Lad! 

  

BY THE WAY…AFTER SEEING THAT JIVERS RECORD ABOVE ON E-BAY, I’LL BET YOU WENT DIGGING THROUGH YOUR COLLECTION DIDN’T YOU?? THERE WERE ONLY 500 PRINTED UP, SO IF YOU HAVE ONE…IT IS REALLY VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY OVERSEAS!  
 
I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR BAND PICTURES FROM THE PAST FOR THIS PAGE! I AM LOOKING FOR “FUTURE SHOCK,” THE LATE RONNIE WILKERSON’S BAND? I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR THE LATE W.A. ROSS’S BAND THE IMPROVISED SOUND OUT OF FARMVILLE, AND GREGORY & THE MG’S?

  

The local Bluenotes! Albert Mallet, Betty Haley Scott, Russell Wright, Joe Bradshaw, Stewart Moore, Deams Melvin, Hank Mason, Bip Daniels, Ernist Deane, Vincent Quarles, & Dawson Smith!   

 

 Lynchburg Bluenotes!

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Let’s take time to remember the late Joe Bradshaw!  Joe played for the local Bluenotes, and the Epics. Joe had a unique style of putting “now” at the end of a line in a song to make it his own! Here is “Try Me, & Hold On I’m Coming!”

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(CLICK HERE) To hear Ron, Joe, and The Lynchburg Bluenotes sing “Go Away & Stay!”
Below are pictures of the guys in the band I played for…The Virginia Wolves! Perry Smith, George “Speedy” Walker, Jessie Griffin, Kenny Banks, Jimmy Abbott, lead singer-Milbert “Piggy” Megginson, Walter “Snooky” Wood, Ronnie Rathers, Ricardo Abbott, and Danny Stamps. Click play on the player below and check out the our band at the First Colony Teen Party at the Paramount theater in 1966? The late Stan Jayson from WLLL radio is the M.C!
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(CLICK HERE) Ronnie Rathers on “you Tube!” To listen to Ronnie Rathers from his latest CD!
(CLICK HERE)!

My. band. the Va. Woolves!

My. band. the Va. Woolves!

 


The Ronnie Rathers Band and Show in Las Vegas! The Ronnie Rathers Band and Show in Las Vegas! Ronnie Rathers, Kenneth Banks visiting!  
****** new Above…. The Improvised Sound band and show out of Farmville, Va. This group was managed by the late W.A. Ross, owner of the Starlight Club in Buckingham County back in the day! note…Anyone knowing any members still around please contact me!
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Lynchburg Bluenotes! Lynchburg Bluenotes!
[c]Lynchburg Bluenotes! Lynchburg Bluenotes! [L.A. Brown, Joe Bradshaw!Lynchburg Bluenotes! Lynchburg Bluenotes!

Above, here are the Vistatones! James Melvin, Ronnie Coleman, Perry Brice, Ernest Coles, Bernard Coleman, Michael Cook, Danny Farmer, Victor Fowler, Alonzo Walthall and Lewis Brown.  


Above…Rebirth! Ronnie Hall, Rod Garland, William Robinson, George Rucker, Donnie Brown, and Joe Russell! Elvis DeLoatch is also heard on “Fool I Was!” 

[]Early Vistatones!The top band in the land...early Vistatones! l-r, Leonard Coleman(mgr.), Lewis Brown, Ronald Coleman, Talmadge Coleman, Bernard Coleman, George Melvin, and his organ The top band in the land…early Vistatones! l-r, Leonard Coleman(mgr.), Lewis Brown, Ronald Coleman, Talmadge Coleman, Bernard Coleman, George Melvin, and his organ “Miss Lucy”!  Early Vistatones!

 

The top band in the land…early Vistatones! l-r, Leonard Coleman(mgr.), Lewis Brown, Ronald Coleman, Talmadge Coleman, Bernard Coleman, George Melvin, and his organ “Miss Lucy”!

Another shot of the Vistatones from 1962! Another shot of the Vistatones from 1962! Another shot of the Vistatones from 1962!The Vistatones, James Melvin, Leonard Coleman, George Melvin, Ronnie Coleman, Victor Fowler, Perry Brice, Ernest Coles, Chris Townes, Bernard Coleman, Lewis Brown, Alonzo Walthall, Louis Shortina, Danny Farmer, Michael Cook, Tom Cook!! The Vistatones, James Melvin, Leonard Coleman, George Melvin, Ronnie Coleman, Victor Fowler, Perry Brice, Ernest Coles, Chris Townes, Bernard Coleman, Lewis Brown, Alonzo Walthall, Louis Shortina, Danny Farmer, Michael Cook, Tom Cook!!

[Early Rockin' Rhythms! Early Rockin’ Rhythms!  More Rockin' Rhythms, taken maybe at the Sportsman's Club? More Rockin’ Rhythms, taken maybe at the Sportsman’s Club?Jack Davis and Dennis Saunders! The Rockin' Rhythms! Jack Davis and Dennis Saunders! Binky & The Flamingos, the late Howard Scott, Carlton Reynolds, Lester Seay, Mike Mayo, Ronnie Rathers, Tim Jackson. Binky & The Flamingos, the late Howard Scott, Carlton Reynolds, Lester Seay, Mike Mayo, Ronnie Rathers, Tim Jackson. The Boppers, Frank Monroe, Marvin Adams, Al Scott, Leroy Haythe, Alfred Martin, Sherman Price, Nat Clements, Ronnie Townes, Melvin Price! The Boppers, Frank Monroe, Marvin Adams, Al Scott, Leroy Haythe, Alfred Martin, Sherman Price, Nat Clements, Ronnie Townes, Melvin Price!
The Soul Connection! The Soul Connection! We remember the late George Melvin from the Vistatones! We remember the late George Melvin from the Vistatones![
Remember Chris Towns from the Vistatones? He is now at Fellers Chevrolet! Soul Brothers Plus! Soul Brothers Plus!] Soul Brothers Plus! Soul Brothers Plus: Donnie Dixon, the late Janie Brew, Mike Randolph! The late Janie Brew, the late John Price, Donnie Dixon! The late Janie Brew, the late Edgar Jack Davis on stage at the reunion of the local bands! Jack passed away August 2012. Donnie Brown & Rebirth, the group! Donnie Brown & Rebirth, the group! Rod Garland came by my house for a visit! Here he is checking out my antique radio collection! Ronnie Hall, Rod Garland! Ronnie Hall and Rod Garland!

THIS PAGE IS A REFERENCE BOOK FOR WHO SANG WITH WHAT BAND IN THE AREA! A LOT OF GUYS PLAYED WITH MULTIPLE BANDS, OR LEFT ONE GROUP TO JOIN ANOTHER! THIS REFERENCE IS TAKEN FROM THE PROGRAM GUIDE OF JOHN PRICE’S BAND ’02 REUNION SHOW AT DUNBAR!