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September, 2009:

Butte Saddlery & Harness – Butte, MT

© Frank H. Jump

Men's & Boy's Shoes © Frank H. Jump

Overland Rye – Cures the Blues – Butte, MT

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

It looked like half of the town was waiting for the next meeting.

Meth: Not Even Once – Butte, MT

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Memphis – Home of the Blues – Birthplace of Rock 'n' Roll

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

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WC Handy Park © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Elvis © Frank H. Jump

Old Beale Street is coming down
Sweeties’ Snack Bar, boarded up now
And Egles The Tailor and the Shine Boy’s gone
Faded out with ragtime blues
Handy’s cast in bronze
And he’s standing in a little park
With a trumpet in his hand
Like he’s listening back to the good old bands
And the click of high heeled shoes
Old Furry sings the blues

-Furry Sings the Blues, Hejira
(1976) Joni Mitchell

Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement

Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb (1878) -Wikipedia

Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb (1878) -Wikipedia

Vogue Italia – Rosario Dawson

Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia

O.K. Houck Piano Co – Vose Pianos – Steinway Pianos – Memphis, TN

Music Trade Review - digitized by support by namm dot org

Music Trade Review - digitized by support by namm dot org

Overlooking the Mississippi River © Frank H. Jump

O.K. Houck Piano Co. - Everything in Music- Overlooking the Mississippi River © Frank H. Jump

Steinway Pianos © Frank H. Jump

Steinway Pianos © Frank H. Jump

Vose Pianos © Frank H. Jump

Vose Pianos © Frank H. Jump

Overlooking the Mississippi River © Frank H. Jump

Overlooking the Mississippi River © Frank H. Jump

During the mid 1950s through the mid 1960s when Memphis, Tennessee appeared to be the virtual center of Rock ‘n Roll, Soul and R&B talent, the O.K. Houck Piano Co. was the premier dealer in the area where almost everyone bought their instruments.

Tennessee Centennial Prize March by Maurice Bernhardt 1897 O. K. Houck & Co. publication  - Scotty Moore dot net

Tennessee Centennial Prize March by Maurice Bernhardt 1897 O. K. Houck & Co. publication - Scotty Moore dot net

VOSE & SONS
James W. Vose was born on October 21, 1818. He became a cabinetmaker, then learned the piano making trade from various Boston area piano factories. In 1851 he made his first piano, starting his own business. He had three sons, and all of them learned the business, and joined their father as partners in the firm. At this time, he renamed it Vose & Sons. The business was incorporated in 1889, with the Vose family holding the entire stock. Eventually, the American Piano Company purchased the firm, and used the Vose name until 1982.

According to Spillane’s History of the American Pianoforte (printed in 1890):

“Vose & Sons came into existence in 1851 in Boston, and therefore bear the distinction of being a very old piano-makers. J. W. Vose, the founder and senior member of this firm, is a native of Milton, Mass., the birthplace of Crehore, where he was born in 1818. He served an old-fashioned apprentice course in Milton and Boston, first learning cabinet-making. At twenty, he became a piano-maker. Later he acquired a varied experience in various Boston shops, subsequently founding his business in the year indicated. The Vose & Sons piano of to-day contains all the standard improvements, besides specialties originated by the firm. It is a popular instrument, and has a large following of admirers in the musical profession throughout the States. The firm of Vose & Sons is made up of Mr. J. W. Vose, the founder, Mr. Willard A. Vose, born in 1852, Mr. Irving B. Vose, born in 1850, and Mr. Julien W. Vose, born in 1859, all practical piano-makers, and graduates of good educational institutions in Boston.”

One of America’s most distinguished pianos. The “Vose” piano has sustained itself in the respect of musicians and the admiration of the public through Mr. James W Vose, recognized as one of the greatest presidents of the many great piano manufacturing concerns of the country. From the first the career of the Vose piano has been steadily gaining until it has reached a position ranking among the foremost pianos of the world. The “Vose” pianos of today are marked by a distinct originality of case designs, careful and most thorough construction, and musical effects of the most satisfactory character. They are pianos whose characters are of a kind to attract the attention of people of refinement and good taste.

Coca-Cola – Bristol, TN

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Fowl Tucson Roadkill

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© Frank H. Jump

Family Booterie – Nashville, TN

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© Frank H. Jump

Family Booterie Little League team picture

Family Booterie 5 Stores Baseball Team - Chip Curley's Green Hills Homecoming Page

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“The Family Booterie store in Hillsboro village had a fluoroscope that would show your feet inside the shoes you were trying on.  I wonder how many cooked feet resulted from that particular commercial gimmick. I can still hear their ad…”Two for the price of one plus a dollar, two for the price of one plus a dollar…” followed in a few weeks by “table and rack (clap clap) it’s back.” – Nashville Links