Three Shows and a photo shoot.

November 7, 2005. Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada.
Monday…looking forward to the weekend already!

November 12, 2005. The Back Forty played to celebrate the expansion at the hospital in Carson City.

Later than night, Hellbound Glory played a private party. It's my third week playing bass.
Adam Jaffe: pedal steel, Leroy Virgil: songs, voice, and guitar, Andrew D. Barron: on the '72 Mustang bass.

Chicks this hot make me nervous! Thankfully, Brandi probably snapped these photos (except this one).

Leroy Virgil: guitar, Andrew D. Barron: bass, Chad Kortan: drums. The Crown Royal on the piano looks menacing.

There was a show at Davidson's Distillery, November 18, 2005. The great Adam Jaffe, pedal steel.

November 23, 2005. Our new bluegrass band is to be featured in the News & Review newspaper. We assembled for a photo shoot.

Straight Ahead Bluegrass Band
Andrew D. Barron: mandolin, Jim Denoncourt: guitar, Luke Hoffman: bass, Joseph Martini: banjo.

"These old blues, they got me down..."

Little Mount Hoffman

Joanna and Ronna explore the obsidian flow.

Mount Lassen faintly visible in center.

Mount Shasta and Little Glass Mountain from Little Mount Hoffman.

Joanna and the crescent moon.

Sunset over Mount Shasta.

These were shot with my 1993 Kodak Cameo Zoom Plus on unknown film, probably iso400. The digital source was Kodak PhotoCD with initial resolution of 1536x1024 pixels.

Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival

Photo by Robert Piechocki with his Kodak DX7590. Thank you.

My 2004 Lebeda F5 Premium Plus at the Davis Creek Campground. Time for another set of D'Addario J75's.

Bluegrass in the sage with a Black Butte Porter.

[edit: June 2007]
I miss that Martin hat. Another casualty of the long and winding road.

Busy Musician

all photos by Lora. Thank you.

April 3, 2005. Reno, Nevada.

Andrew D. Barron: mandolin, Michael Franz: banjo,Ed Crandall: bass, Daryl Salley: guitar

April 8, 2005. Night Of All Nations, Reno, Nevada.
Ed Crandall: bass, Andrew D. Barron: mandolin, Michael Chambon: dobro, Michael Franz: banjo, Cindy Gray: guitar.


April 28, 2005. Nevada GIS User Conference, Sparks, Nevada.
My first show with The Back Forty!
Vicki Hass: fiddle, Andrew D. Barron: mandolin, Norris Shultz: bass, Jim Denoncourt: guitar, Joseph Martini: banjo

April 30, 2005. Back yard Woodstock, Reno, Nevada.