Hello from central Texas

[garybrantley]

Jan 24, 2024 9:15:01 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Jan 24, 2024 9:03:16 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Howdy, Mike! 👋  I meet the nicest folks here! 😃 And, I'm glad to be here...or anywhere else at my age.   badda bing!

 And it's great to have you here Gary!! Whatchew talkin' bout main? You aint a day over 30 are ya??!! 

Thank you, Joe!   Hell, I'm almost as old as Lyle!   Turned 71 just before the old year ended...

[406 Silverado]

Jan 24, 2024 10:38:27 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Jan 24, 2024 9:15:01 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

 And it's great to have you here Gary!! Whatchew talkin' bout main? You aint a day over 30 are ya??!! 

Thank you, Joe!   Hell, I'm almost as old as Lyle!   Turned 71 just before the old year ended...

 LOL! I hear ya Gary! Happy Belated Birthday btw. Wait'll lyle reads this. 

[lyle]

Jan 24, 2024 10:40:06 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Jan 24, 2024 10:38:27 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Thank you, Joe!   Hell, I'm almost as old as Lyle!   Turned 71 just before the old year ended...

 LOL! I hear ya Gary! Happy Belated Birthday btw. Wait'll lyle reads this. 

Rookies.

[garybrantley]

Thank you, Joe 🙏🏻...and Lyle, you a mess! 😁
Hey, I know what!   Let's all get older. 😃  

...I'm workin' on it 

[Whiterook]

Welcome aboard, Gary! I’m looking forward to seeing your work and learning from you.

[garybrantley]

Feb 19, 2024 10:18:16 GMT -5 Whiterook said:

Welcome aboard, Gary! I’m looking forward to seeing your work and learning from you.

Thank you for the warm welcome, Whiterook!  🙏🏻  I'm happy to be the company of so many gifted modelers! 👍  Here's a look at my most recent efforts:


M41 Walker Bulldog


most recent work

[Whiterook]

Feb 19, 2024 10:33:06 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Feb 19, 2024 10:18:16 GMT -5 Whiterook said:

Welcome aboard, Gary! I’m looking forward to seeing your work and learning from you.

Thank you for the warm welcome, Whiterook!  🙏🏻  I'm happy to be the company of so many gifted modelers! 👍  Here's a look at my most recent efforts:


M41 Walker Bulldog


most recent work

NICE!!! I’ve a Walker in my stash for sometime in the future. Love your work!!!

[garybrantley]

Feb 19, 2024 10:44:01 GMT -5 Whiterook said:

Feb 19, 2024 10:33:06 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Thank you for the warm welcome, Whiterook!  🙏🏻  I'm happy to be the company of so many gifted modelers! 👍  Here's a look at my most recent efforts:


M41 Walker Bulldog


most recent work

NICE!!! I’ve a Walker in my stash for sometime in the future. Love your work!!!

Thanks so much, I'd love to see another Bulldog done. 👍 They are one of my all-time favorite tanks.   I appreciate your kind comments, Whiterook!  🙏🏻

[jmarc]

WWWWWWWWWWWWelcome !

[garybrantley]

Feb 24, 2024 9:41:18 GMT -5 jmarc said:

WWWWWWWWWWWWelcome !

Thank you so much for that welcome jmarc! 🥃

[cheyenne]

A belated welcome Gary , welcome to the group ............

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[garybrantley]

Mar 11, 2024 6:22:52 GMT -5 cheyenne said:

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Haw, haw, haw!   They got a lot of pretty girls down there!   🤠 

Thanks for the wonderful welcome, Cheyenne! 🥃  Love the 'Top pic; I remember when the guys looked just like that-makes me quite the seasoned citizen, I guess. 😁

They look very similar to how they did the first time I saw them in concert.   That was the infamous ZZ Top Barndance and Barbecue, held on Sept. 1, 1974 at UT's Memorial Stadium.    It's described here:

www.concertarchives.org/concerts/1st-annual-barndance-and-bar-b-q 

And it looked like this:

My friends and I were in the side opposite the stage (the stage is the near end in this pic).   



We were to the right of this guy.   And man was it hot! 🌞 No shade on a blistering Texas summer day, and we brought not one drop of water (Very few people did back in '74; it just wasn't a thing yet.)   All the concessions were emptied out early in the afternoon and we were about to fold when my friend, Richard Krall, left and found a couple headed back to the stadium with a 20-pound bag of ice, probably cost less than a dollar then.   He gave them 10$ for it and brought it back to us.   I can still see him grinning with that bag over his shoulder, climbing the steps.  People around us saw that too and soon we had numerous requests for some ice; with folks offering to trade weed or anything else they had to offer for a cap full of that ice!   Richard saved our day!  It wasn't long before the sun began to sit behind that upper deck to our West, and Santana was playing.   Oh, the good vibes! 😁



Bad Company was a brand-new act in 1974.   They were the opening band for the day, with Jimmy Page, on the right, coming out for their encore, shown here:

[garybrantley]

Hey, I just thought to ask, by chance, were any other members here present at this concert?   If you were there, I'm betting you have stories to tell too!  😁