THE FIRST EVER RUSSIAN ROULETTE BAND PHOTO, MCGAUGHEY SCHOOL , MT.ZION IL 1983
L TO R: GREG BICKERS, DAVE SMALLEY, STEVE REVIS, TRACY THOMPSON, DANNY RILEY
THE FIRST EVER ROULETTE GIG, 1981, THE DOWNTOWN LOUNGE, DECATUR. THE GUITAR PLAYER IS DENNIS SENDZIK WHO WAS WITH THE BAND FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN GONE. RUSTY LAKE REPLACED HIM. HE WAS THERE FOR A SHORT TIME ALSO, THEN CAME TRACY AND GREG, WHO GOT THE BAND OFF THE GROUND. DANNY RILEY ON THE RIGHT.
DAVE SMALLEY, 1985, 'OIL CAN HARRY'S' DECATUR IL.
THE FAMOUS 'RIVER BOTTOM JAM' PHOTO FROM 1982 TAKEN AT RUSS BRAMEL'S GI-NORMOUS OUTDOOR CONCERT. YES, THOSE ARE JORDACHE JEANS, SIZE 29-31. OH HOW I WISH. (PHOTO BY TIM REVIS)
THE FIRST 'ROCK WARS' SHOW FEBRUARY 1983, LINCOLN THEATER, WHICH WE WON.
DAVE SMALLEY, ROCK WARS, LINCOLN THEATER.
GREG BICKERS, ROCK WARS, LINCOLN THEATER.
LINCOLN THEATER, THE INFAMOUS BLACK SPANDEX PANTS AND BASEBALL SOCKS, PONY HI-TOP TENNIS SHOES.
TRACY AND DANNY, LINCOLN THEATER, 1983.
TRACY AND STEVE, BAND PRACTICE, 1989.
DANNY RILEY. MR. BIG STUFF'S, MT ZION IL, 1984.
MIKE MCKINNEY, ET'S, DECATUR, IL , 1988
1987 LINEUP L TO R: TRACY THOMPSON, TIM BAILEY, STEVE REVIS, FRANK HUBBARD, DANNY RILEY
THIS WAS A GOOD COMBINATION, BUT DIDN'T LAST TOO LONG... THIS BAND PLAYED MOST OF THE LATER ICE HOUSE GIGS BEFORE IT CLOSED . FRANK ALSO PLAYED PRETTY MEAN KEYBOARDS... REMEMBER "LOVE WALKS IN" BY VAN HALEN?
TRAZFEST 2007
SCOTT COGAN ONSTAGE WITH THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF ROULETTE, TRAZFEST 2007.
SMALLEY'S KIT, 2007 TRAZFEST
RUSSIAN ROULETTE, STEVE REVIS, FIRST SHOT, WATERFIELDS, CELESTIAL BODY, CLASSIC ROCK, DECATUR