Ol' friends!

Kevin Mincke · Post by **Kevin Mincke** » 9 Mar 2013 1:55 pm

I went to the musicians trade/swap fair ( since it was raining out but better than snow)

And ran into some old dobro & steel pals. Brian Peters, Cal Hand, me. Couple of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet. Cass we were talking bout you

and some others.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 9 Mar 2013 2:56 pm

Thanks, Kevin for the great photo! Remember Brian from Clem’s place on West Lake, and Cal taught me how to play in Rog Suneson’s basement on East Lake!

Mike Cass · Post by **Mike Cass** » 9 Mar 2013 6:05 pm

my ears were burning.......

Gary Schwartz · Post by **Gary Schwartz** » 9 Mar 2013 6:53 pm

Here's Cal testing Ronken steel guitar #1 at the Musician Trade Fair today.

Brian C Peters · Post by **Brian C Peters** » 10 Mar 2013 11:44 am

Kevin - thanks for posting! Nice to catch up with you and Cal. I have many good memories of driving to the twin cities in the 70's to just to watch Cal, Mike Cass, Mark Lee, Russ Pahl, Al Udeen. Great times!
Brian

Gary Schwartz · Post by **Gary Schwartz** » 14 Mar 2013 10:20 am

Here's Cal Hand playing dobro at the Musicians Trade Fair last Saturday in Eagan, MN. Background noise - lot of people milling about and shopping. Cal is playing the dobro portion of the song "Short Stories" that he co-wrote with Leo Kottke and recorded on Leo's "Ice Water" disc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdXrcxNcd48

Kevin Mincke · Post by **Kevin Mincke** » 15 Mar 2013 2:03 pm

Thanks Gary! Nice hanging with you and your brother, Denny.

Gary Schwartz · Post by **Gary Schwartz** » 1 Apr 2013 10:04 pm

Good to see you again Kevin. Here's Cal tuning that Ronken steel:

Gary Schwartz · Post by **Gary Schwartz** » 14 Apr 2013 2:33 pm

Remember this Minneapolis institution?

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 14 Apr 2013 3:11 pm

This Is A Photo At The Famous SUNESON'S MUSIC STORE" On E. Lake Street In Minneapolis. "Uncle Roger Suneson" At The Front Of The Store & Gary R. Behind The Counter.

I Used To Visit Suneson's Music Almost Every Saturday
Afternoon Between 1968 To 1978. I Would Quite Often Meet Up With Gordy Parker & Don Smith.

ROGER

Joe Savage · Post by **Joe Savage** » 14 Apr 2013 3:49 pm

Looks like Gordy with a cup of coffee over on the left by the music books.

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 14 Apr 2013 3:53 pm

Looks Like Johhny Fields In The Middle Of The Center Aisle.

Dennis Atkins · Post by **Dennis Atkins** » 14 Apr 2013 4:17 pm

I spent many a Saturday at this store. Made some great friends there, and learned a lot musically. Wish we had a store like this again. It was a great place to hang out and listen to some great local players. Roger and Char were great people to know and was a instant friend to everyone that came in. Didn't care if you bought or not, but you always ended up buying something anyway. Some of the people that I met there were Al Udeen, Joe Savage, Albert Svenddal, Bill Lane, Gordy Parker, Lucy and Russ Paulson, Earl and Randy Anderson, James Dungan, Nate Dungan, Pickin' Bob, Dennis Johnson, and many others.

Dennis

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 14 Apr 2013 5:56 pm

Thanks, Gary!

Gary Schwartz · Post by **Gary Schwartz** » 19 May 2013 7:45 pm

Here's another photo taken at Sunesons.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 21 May 2013 6:38 pm

Keep those photos coming, Gary! Anyone recognize the musicians? Is that John Fields on the steel? Gordy on the banjo?

Gary Schwartz · Post by **Gary Schwartz** » 5 Jun 2013 6:51 am

Yes that is Johnny Fields on steel and Gordy on the banjo. I did take more photos of the store on this day. I'll dig into my well organized archive and see what's there.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 19 Nov 2014 3:53 pm

Roger Shackelton wrote:"Uncle Roger Suneson" At The Front Of The Store & Gary R. Behind The Counter.

Could that be Jim (Ritchie?) behind the counter instead of Gary?

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 20 Nov 2014 9:07 pm

Jim Isn't That Tall & He Has Blond Hair. Well, At Least At That Time.

Roger

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 21 Nov 2014 8:02 am

Wasn't that Suneson's who brought Curly Chalker to town that time?

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 21 Nov 2014 8:41 am

Roger Shackelton wrote:Jim Isn't That Tall & He Has Blond Hair. Well, At Least At That Time.

Roger

I don't remember Gary ever having his hair nearly as long as the guy behind the counter. Still looks like Jim to me.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 21 Nov 2014 8:44 am

Erv Niehaus wrote:Wasn't that Suneson's who brought Curly Chalker to town that time?

Yup. And Maurice Anderson, too. Rog handled MSA when Chalker was an endorser.

Gary Schwartz · Post by **Gary Schwartz** » 3 Jan 2015 9:40 am

Saturday afternoon jams at Suneson's were a tradition for decades. Here's Betty Holmer, Al Udeen, and Albert Svenddal in May 1996.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 3 Jan 2015 10:38 am

Gary Schwartz wrote:Saturday afternoon jams at Suneson's were a tradition for decades.

Thanks for another great trip down Memory Lane, Gary.

You wouldn't have a pic of Russ & Lucy Paulson on a Saturday at Suneson's in your archives, would you?

Gary Schwartz · Post by **Gary Schwartz** » 3 Jan 2015 8:13 pm

Jack - not that I know of. Here's another photo of Al Udeen and Albert Svenddal from that May 1996 jam.

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