Historical Photos

Here are some photos from my past, some of them musical in nature, some of them just weird. Some of them involve flying, another passion of mine that alas, I don't really do any more, except as a commercial passenger.

The picture below is the cover of my 2003 CD "Jardin du Luxembourg." The cover is a picture I took in that Paris park in June 2002. The annual "Fete de la Musique" was going on all over Paris and there was music everywhere, including the student orchestra you may be able to see in this picture. Inspired by all this, I used my travel guitar and wrote the song "Jardin du Luxembourg" pretty much on the spot.

 

Me, Mom, and Doug, some years back.

When I was 20, had a music "manager," and planned to be the next James Taylor or something.

Aerobatics, wheeeee!

One of my 2003 gigs with guest vocalist Glen Irving giving me the evil eye.

I used this collage as the cover image for a 2002 collection of demos that I gave out to a few friends and relatives. I was just starting to work on the songs and recordings that would be included on the 2003 CD "Jardin du Luxembourg." It was a work in progress, as indeed we all are.

Rob Simbeck, Bruce Irving, and Doug Irving in 1978. Ah, hair.

Rob Simbeck & Friends in a reflective mood, 1978.

It's a long story, though not as long as the one about playing on the street in Munich. That's my little Martin travel guitar.

For no special reason. It was a nice evening in Jaffa.