PHOTO GALLERY - BANDS AND ARTISTS

MAN MOUNTAIN AND THE GREEN SLIME BOYS - Ron Rose -guitar,voc / David Hill -guitar,voc / Jimmy Rose - drums / Jimmy Fuller - guitar / Don Cass - ? / .

(Contributed by Ron Rose) Ron writes: "Joker Moon grew up out of the breakup of the original Man Mountain & the Green Slime Boys , which consisted of me, Don Cass, David Hill, Jimmy Fuller and Jimmy Rose (no relation). Kinky Friedman was quoted at the time as saying "That band has one of the best names going!" After the split in June of '73, David, Jimmy and Jimmy formed a short lived group with Chris Holzhaus, then settled in with Don Earl Harding (now deceased), Will Belamy, Merilee Webber and Mike Marchel to form the first incarnation of Joker Moon. At the same time, Don Cass and I moved to Austin to regroup "the Slime". While I got to play with some talented musicians and had some fun, it was very difficult to establish anything cohesive. In the mid 70's, there were 10 bars and 10,000 bands, pay was pitiful with only a few exceptions and all the "side men" were just biding time until they got the big call. I lost two players to Michael Murphy's tour of 73/74, picked up players from the Jerry Jeff Walker band when he came off the road and after six months I moved back to S.A. to regroup, personally and professionally."

Photo below: Joe Sarli -Bass / Ron Rose -guitar / Jimmy Rose - Drums / Don Cass - Guitar

(Contributed by Roger Johnson) Roger writes: "Man Mountain and the Green Slime Boys- the first time I saw them was at the old Scotchman's Club on San Pedro ca. 1973. Ron Rose had started the band about a year earlier. He and I were classmates (Lee, 1971) and also took RTF classes together at SAC in 71 and 72. The original lineup included a guy who went by the name "Preacher" and a big bass player named Duffy. This is just about the time they released their single about the Chicken Ranch on Armadillo Records. Ron could probably help you with some of the names of other members I am forgetting."

(Contributed by Bill Lieber) "Now let's see if I can scrape the cob webs away and remember who was in Man Mountain back in '75. I think the keyboardist was Bobby O'Neil. Bass Guitarist was Joe Sarley. The steel player was Tommy Nowles. Bobby is still playing with Secret Circus with Phil Arroyo. Tommy played steel on the demo that Rick Yaney and I put together a few years back at Studio M (Mike Morales' studio). I think Tommy still subs for Denny Mathis at Fiesta Texas once in a while."

Contributed by various sources