The SOC HOP stories

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Knucklehead's is definately a great place for music...
You can do the boogie woogie or even the hand jive....
or just visit, like Garry Mac and Danny Gregory are doing....
or clap to the beat of the sound.......
or just sit and watch and listen

Little Joe Sherrick and Frank Plas made some great sounds at the Knuckleheads SOC HOP reuinion. Joe always sounds good and Frank is as good as ever. Could this possibly be the look of The New Silvertones??? Guess we will have to wait and see....and hope....!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Danny Gregory, Jackie Foster and the rest of the Shelter band put on a Great show at the SOC HOP Revisited at Knuckleheads on 8/31/06. What a super group of musicians. And Garry Mac of Mac Truque fame jammed with them for a while and it was just like the old days......
Absolutely fantastic........More pictures to come.......

What else do I need to say ? ? ?

Hey, What can I say. It was, as they say, Priceless.
For the couple hundred folks that made it, everyone had a great time. For those who did't make it, 'You missed it, baby!!' I do believe a good time is what it will be remembered as. Anyway, it certainly was for me. There were a lot of old familiar faces, some of which I could recall a name to put with, others I had to be reintroduced to. Some of the folks I hadn't seen for many, many years. And there were people who came from miles away to be there. My old SOC HOP and school friend Susan Pelton came all the way from Arkansas. I couldn't believe it. ( And she is still as beautiful as ever - it was Great dancing with her again.) As it was with my old, (I guess I should be using the term 'long time' here instead of 'old' as none of us were very 'old' last night) anyway, Sharon Gravino Bowman and Shirley Weir Quastler were wonderful dancing partners way back then and still to this day give me a thrill. And dancing with Joni (Calkins) Simms brought back many memories of the wonderful times dancing with her while Roger and the guys played. I thought the music was awesome. Danny Gregory and the Shelter band started things off with some great licks and Garry Mac played with them. They are all still great musicians that are still bringing joy to those that hear them. They were followed by Little Joe Sherrick on bass with Frank Plas on lead guitar. Frank has just recently started playing again, but you would never know he had ever stopped. His rendition of 'Midnight Thunder' sounded as good to me as it did forty-five years ago. I certainly hope to see more of him in the future. The original sax player with Larry Emmett and The Sliders ( and I am embarrassed to say, his name slips my mind at the moment, so somebody please remind me in the comments section below) - this guy put on a heck of a perfomance and blew us all away - he was a great addition to the stage. Listen, it was just one of those great nights - way to many names for me to remember this early in the morning, - it was great seeing Buddy Ross again. My ole pal Fred the alley cat Allison showed up and still had his original SOC HOP membership card in his pocket - funny the things we save. Louie Milberger was there, long time no see. Sorry, just way to many names to recall at this moment - maybe some will come to me as I recoup. If you were there, please add comments to this post and name some names of others who were there - that would help alot. Special thanks to Frank Hicks, owner of Knuckleheads, for allowing us the pleasure of using his place to bring back so many memories - and thanks to all of you for your kind words regarding my parents who just thought they were opening a place for their kids and their friends - it turned out to be a heck of a lot more than they ever thought it would - I will give them your best when I take them out to lunch today.....................Thanks for the memories........................................