Barry Ollman's Scrapbook
A soulful D minor, 1962, age 9, on my brother Arthur's DART guitar. Flying in the face of all applicable intellectual property laws, Arthur used one of Dadd's grease pencils to cleverly customize it into an "ART" guitar. Photo by Benn Ollman.
Me and my lifelong companion, my Guild D-40. Photo by Benn Ollman.
With my band, the Rogues, at the UW student union, Madison, WI, c. 1969. Wish I still had that Gretsch Tennessean! Photo by Arthur Ollman.
With my band, the Rogues, at the UW student union, Madison, WI, c. 1969. Photo by Arthur Ollman.
At the Catacombs Coffee House, Milwaukee, 1972, photo by Rich Zimmermann.
At the Catacombs Coffee House, Milwaukee, 1972, photo by Rich Zimmermann.
At the Catacombs Coffee House, Milwaukee, 1972, photo by Rich Zimmermann.
At The Messengers' Studio, on Milwaukee's East side, 1970 or '71. Photo by Arthur Ollman.
At The Messengers' Studio. Photo by Arthur Ollman.
At The Messengers' Studio. Photo by Arthur Ollman.
The late Peter Barnes, guitarist and singer for The Messengers in their studio. Photo by Arthur Ollman.
New York bluesman, by way of Milwaukee, Jon Paris at The Messengers' Studio. Photo by Arthur Ollman.
Danny Teplin at The Messengers' Studio. Photo by Arthur Ollman.
Earth Day, 1971, Milwaukee, with Ox guitarist and Leonard Cohen's guitarist since 1988, Bob Metzger. Photo by Bob Dickey.
Earth Day, 1971, with Jon Paris and Peter Barnes, Milwaukee. Photo by Bob Dickey.
Studio-A Summersession, J. Pellmann Theatre, Milwaukee, June 17, 1971. Check out the poster on my Curious Documents page.
The North Country Jesters—we were called the North Country Justice after one of my songs until the local newspaper misspelled it and we accepted our fate. Willy Claflin, now a well-known musician and storyteller; me; Steve Ericson. Bucksport, Maine, 1971. Photo by Arthur Ollman.
The North Country Jesters. Bucksport, Maine, 1971. Photo by Arthur Ollman.
Singer-songwriter David Halley, me, Danny Wheetman of Marley's Ghost, longtime friend and amazing musician, in Austin, Texas, ripping it up at Cindy & Gary Young's wedding, c. 1982.
Barry and Graham Nash at Graham's 60th birthday party, San Louis Obispo, CA, 2002. Photo by Henry Diltz. I was one of very few mortals at this party!
The Thrills photoshoot, with daughter Angie, and custom-built Telestang/Mustacaster, c. 1985.
The Thrills at our farewell gig, after 10 great years together. Sorry, no pictures from our gigs at the nudist colony. Me, Dave Lampert, Lawrence Haburchak, Farrel Evans, Denver, October 1992.
My hipster webmaster and early musical inspiration—my older brother Rick—along with Dadd, who's doing an awesome Phil Silvers imitation.