AT THE DAIRY BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT, WE AGAIN ENJOYED LISTENING
TO ONE OF JACKSON COUNTY'S MOST POPULAR BANDS..."THE COUNTRY TRADITION".
TOP PHOTO: DAVE JARGO, LEAD GUITAR
SECOND FROM TOP: SANDY MANUEL AT THE DRUMS. THIS FALL, SANDY WILL
BE INDUCTED INTO THE IOWA ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
THIRD PHOTO: SHAWNA HAYWARD, BASS GUITAR AND VOCALIST, AND
THE BOSS....I MEAN WIFE OF THE BOSS.
FOURTH PHOTO DOWN: RUSS HAYWARD, FIDDLE AND STEEL GUITAR AND
THE BOSS.
BOTTOM PHOTO: MIKE MAYFIELD, KEYBOARD AND THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE BAND WHO MOVED FROM TEXAS TO ANDREW LAST YEAR.
THE BAND WAS ORGANIZED IN 1981 AND HAS OVER THE YEARS, OPENED FOR
SUCH FAMOUS COUNTRY SIGNERS AS ROY ACUFF, ERNEST TUBB, BILL MONROE, PORTER WAGONER, KITTY WELLS, BILL ANDERSON, FARON YOUNG,
SONNY JAMES, GENE WATSON, MOE BANDY AND OTHERS. THEY PLAY
QUITE REGULARLY AT THE MOONEY HOLLOW BARN AT GREEN ISLAND.
CLICK-ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY