Band photos, 1968-1975.
Days of Grace: Don Slater, Larry Fritts, Gene Swift in Larry's living room,
Richland, Washington,
Dec. 31, 1967.
Days of Grace: Larry performing a skit during a break at the Carmichael Junior High
Ninth Grade party, Richland, Washington, May 10, 1968.
Lightnin' Slim and the Rangers: Paul Stratton, Gary Harmon, Larry Fritts, Gene Swift, Gene's living room,
Richland, Washington, Aug. 1969.
Dog Years: Larry Fritts, Gene Swift, Gary Harmon (obscured), Tri-Cities Music Festival,
Columbia Park, Washington, Fall 1969.
Dog Years: Larry, Gary, Gene.
Bittersweet Jam: Russ Gage, Rick Gwinn, Jack Tackle, Larry Fritts. Poster from 1970.
Saturday Miles: Larry Fritts, Gary Harmon, Gene Swift, Todd Meislahn,
Publicity poster. The misspelling of "base" got us a discount.
Saturday Miles: Larry Fritts, Gary Harmon, Gene Swift (not pictured, Todd Meislahn),
Grandview High School Senior Prom, Grandview, Washington, May, 1972.
Cowboys and Indians: Allen Gill, Glenn and Louise (dancing), Ed Elam, Tom Lively,
Larry Fritts, Marks' Tavern, West Linn, Orgeon, Fall 1972.
Straight Arrow: Gene Swift, Larry Fritts, Ed Elam, Pendleton, Oregon, 1973 or 1974.
Straight Arrow: Ernie on harmonica, Larry Fritts on guitar, Pendleton, Oregon, 1973 or 1974. Ernie was our
road guy and played harmonica on a few songs. We called him "Sunnylips." I see that we are wearing plaid
shirts here. They were very popular in the Oregon music scene in the early 70s (I started wearing them
in 1968). I don't know if the Seattle grunge movement evolved out of this or not.
Straight Arrow: Larry Fritts, Pendleton, Oregon, 1974-1974. Playing on an
Oriental rug became common among bands in the 1980s and 90s. I don't know why we did this. We
rehearsed in a hippy house, so maybe this came from there. The stratocaster in these
photos would be worth a ton of money now. That guitar saw me through over 1,000 gigs.
Stage Band, Columbia High School, Richland, Washington, 1970.
Bassist Terry Delsing flips the bird. Larry Fritts, with the strat, ignores him, as usual.
Swing Choir, Columbia High School, Richland, Washington, 1970.
Larry Fritts, bass; Marcia Thompson, piano, Julie Cole, crazy legs.
Cheerleaders at Columbia High School, Richland, Washington, 1969. The workers at the Hanford area lived in Richland. Hanford produced weapons-grade plutonium and ran a number of reactors throughout the 1950s
and 1960s.
The bomb symbol used in sporting events created only a little controversy, and was mostly viewed
positively by the students. I was in the minority when a 1969 poll showed that 97% of students wanted to
keep the bomb as a sports symbol.
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