The Day Before the Concert - Oct. 15, 2009

Setting Up Stage Platforms

Stage is up......ready for equipment

Stage is taking shape

The Lancers East - Burgundy Show Room

Rod Crosby's "Magical Space"

Stage complete - 6 hours to set up

Time to visit with old friends - #1 benefit of this show!

L-R Robin Venikoff, Davis West, Lee White,

Paul West, Roy Moore, David Woods

Sam Stephenson came in from Houston to

play with "Mourning". He and Rick Kern

went on the road together in 1973 with

the "Sounds Royale Show" and have been

great friends for all of these years. Sam

has been a big help with supplying Rick

many photos seen on the site that started

all of this: http://www.musiciansofelpaso.com/.

Drummer Danny Lucas McDaniel calling musician

friend Mark Cianfrani in LA to see if he was

coming to the concert. Danny played drums with

Buddy Holly in 1958. He has been a great friend to

many of us through the years. He had Danny's

Music Box - where many of us have been buying

our equipment for many years.

Rod Crosby and Robert Manning setting

up the sound for the stage monitors and

back line

Rick taking a call from musician friend

Sean McGeeney in Ireland. He and his

band "The Urge" were wishing us "good

luck" on our show tonight. Fiddle player

Bobby Napier introduced Sean to me a

year or so ago and we have become great

friends ever since.

Danny Joe McDaniel and Rick having a

nice visit. Danny loaned us the drum

kit for tonight's show. The McDaniel

boys are the best!

Rod - Great Musician, Great Soundman

Putting on a show like this requires

great support. Vivian Louis and Connie

Trumbo stepped up and helped us out

with T-Shirt and CD sales. Thank you

all - we sold out!

Sam Stephenson and Billy Taylor Sparks

Rick Kern and Karen Taylor - Good
Karen is a Grammy Nominee with
some major credits as a writer and
performer. She gladly accepted my
invitation to be our Mistress of Ceremony.
We couldn't have made a better choice!

Karen and Sam rehearsing their duet

Patricia Crosby and Kathryn Powell

Connie Trumbo selling our Border Legends

Concert T-shirts

Laura Neal, Dalton Powell, Patty Tiscareno,

Kathryn Powell and Andre Bonaguidi

Doug Neal & Dalton Powell

David & Cindi Rutledge

Sound engineers Elias, Robert Manning

and Patricia Crosby

AppleJack was the first group to perform.

Rod's smiling.....it must be sounding

pretty good!

Zoomer got the first standing

ovation of the night with his

rendition of "Lil Darlin"

He set the bar pretty high

for all of us!

The Sherwoods - Billy Taylor Sparks

The Sherwoods - Frankie Sotelo, Bobby

Maddox, Henry Martinez

The Sojourners - Ron Gorton, Sue Dawson,

Randy Jones, Rick Kern on drums

The Sojourners - Rick Kern

The Sojourners - Richard Starnes

Rick Kern introducing emcee/performer

Karen Taylor - Good

Karen singing one of her

original hits.

Karen Taylor - Good and Sam Stephenson

singing one of Karen's songs "One Mile Apart"

Karen Taylor - Good singing her hit

"Tex Appeal"

Videographer Rick Kern Jr. shooting

Bobby & The Premiers

Dalton Powell on the congas

Bobby & The Premiers