Steve's Place

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This is the first folk group I played in, The Royal Minstrels, of Redfield High School, in Redfield South Dakota. 1963.

From left to right: Me, Roger Eckstrand, Dave Aaker and Mike Syverson.

This is the 1st edition of The Travellers of Oceanside High School. All were members of the Varsity football team ---- except me. from left to right, they are: Larry (Owen) Andersen, Jim VanderMate, me & Joe Sullivan. BTW, this is a xerox copy of fhe original pic.

here we are again....in color!

This is the "over the hill" edition of The Travellers. Larry and Me (with my daughter, Alaina, down there in the corner).

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The pic of me to the right is NOT a comb over....it's a wind over... :-)

pic by Jeffrey Dahl

Here is a gathering of folk singers in the Senior Fountain at Oceanside High School. This was in the fall of 1964. With (on the far right), Dale Jones, me playing banjo, Ken Opiat & Mark Jones.

This is the "College" edition of The Travellers. In the foreground is Bob Lynch, in the back on the left is me, then Larry on the right.

The many forms of The Travellers

My Solo Career Starts

On March 22, 1991, Dave Guard, the founding member and leader of The Kingston Trio, passed away. It was a sad day for folk music. I hadn’t played music in public for over 10 years following the break-up of the group I was a part of, Mixed Company.

To honor Dave’s memory, I checked around to find an open mic in the area. I located one at The Titusville Station in Kent, Washington, the town I lived in. The open mic was happening that evening so I took my banjo down to play. In honor of Dave Guard I chose to play a song that he made famous with The Kingston Trio, The MTA.

This started my solo career as a folk singer.

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