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"Those were the days my friend....I thought they'd never end"....here's the very FIRST BR549 page we put together waaaay back in 1998. Gosh -- was it that long ago? Hey, I even left in the dash from the olden days! Ain't that cool?


I'm Arigon Starr, your host for this page and Gay's sister. We have a band called "Arigon Starr" and a CD called MEET THE DIVA which you can order from Amazon.Com. Gay and I are Hillbilly Nuts for BR5-49 and took these pictures during their December 1998 swing through Southern California.

By the way, Chuck -- we saw your buddy Apasahnkwat, chief of the Menominee Tribe at the First Americans in the Arts Awards -- where our band also performed. AP was fit, tanned and looking good like an Indian man should. We sent your regards!


The Belly-Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA -- December 10, 1998


  Here is Chuck and Gay! Don't they look cute?
The Family Meets Chuck Mead
The Whole Family gets in the act...except Chuck is asleep! That's our dad, Ken Wahpecome. DAD graduated from Haskell Indian College which is in Chuck's hometown of Lawrence, Kansas.
 Chuck Mead and Gary Bennett

Here are the boys singing at the Belly-Up

 Donnie plays the steel guitar

Donnie plays the pedal steel!

What song do you think he's playing???

Cherokee Boogie?

You Flew The Coop?

A Hank Williams cover?

 Don Herron and Gay Wahpecome Possibly the cutest picture in the ENTIRE world. It's Don Herron and Gay muggin' for all they're worth!
 The original Bennett Sandwich Everyone loves a Bennett Sandwich! Do they serve this at Jollie's? That's Arigon, Gary and Gay. Ham not included!
 Gary and Donnie Rock Out!
Toiling at the Belly Up!
 It's Jay and Gay! It's only Jay! He's not on "General Hospital" or getting hitched to Carly...actually, that's Chuck Mead as Jasper Jax! HAHAHAH!
 Chuck Tells the Story in Song "Down here nobody knows my name, back home my name is MUDDDDDDD." Sing it, Chuck!
 Chuck Tells His Secrets!

Thanks for coming to the Belly Up Tavern.

Did you leave a big tip in the tip jar?

Did you request a song?

Did you know I went to school with John "Moose" Morris?

[Moose Morris is our Sac & Fox cousin from Lawrence, Kansas.]

 Gary Sings about Earrings?

Here is another shot of Gary.

He looks like he has an earring? Is this so?

Maybe it's just a weird flash?

 Super Secret Shaw!

The ONLY picture we took of the reclusive HAWK SHAW WILSON.

Nice detail on the shirt, tho.


SUDDENLY.....IT'S THE HOUSE OF BLUES IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
December 9, 1998


 Russ Tamblyn or Chuck Mead?

Here are the boys at the House of Blues in LA! Chuck kinda looks like

Russ Tamblyn in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." It's the RED hair.

 Jay Strolls! Jay looks at lot like Ed Grimley in this picture...you don't say???
  Gay and Convoy girl, Felicia. Ain't they purty?


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