The Barquentones: Snaps and Notes

SEPT. 8, 2001: Mulligan's Fall Jam, Houston, TX    Mulligan's is a combination good ol' Texas icehouse -- and golf driving range (go figger!) in northwest Houston. The 'Tonz played a variety of nautical, Western swing, blues, and what-have-you, leading off a card of 5 bands ranging from bluegrass to rock-n-roll. An appreciative audience, and as the saying goes, "A good time was had by all." A BIG THANX TO JoANNE HEAD FOR THESE PIX!

ABOVE: Them's us, folks -- from left, Rob, Max, Bob, Judy, and Al tweetling away on her magic pennywhistle.

LEFT: Rob, Max and Bob: "You load 16 tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt ..." ... Not to mentiom a bloodcurdling scream if yer thumb gets between the marlinspike and that anvil!

ABOVE: Judy demonstrates proper tongue techniqus for playing washboard, while RIGHT, Judy, Bob and Al (Mrs. Bob)harmonize on "Only 17"

Three days after Mulligan's Fall Jam -- Sept. 11, 2001 -- terrorists struck on American soil, destroying the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan and damaging the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Approximately 6,000 persons died in this new "Pearl Harbor."     Proceeds from this event, matched by Exxon-Mobil Corp., were donated to the recovery effort.