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Bobby Counts
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Fort Worth
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Hey Arvil. Haven't seen you much lately. Send me an email and let me know what you're up to. I could use you as my special guest at the keys sometime.
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ROY PAPAJOHN
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FTW.TEX.
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ArvEL,
Great Site,keep up the good work.I was a fan of all the great music and musicans,but also made a lot of great friends in the process.It's All Good!See you Brother.
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Burl Wilkerson
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Llano,Texas
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Hey Arvel, great site! Boy, talk about bringin up memories. If you see Charlie Stevens tell him hey. It was great seein the pictures of Tudi. I miss him every day. Later..Burl
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Bonnie and Guy Parnell
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Cleburne
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Hello, Arvel! Good site, good art work.
Good luck,
Bonnie & Guy
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Erica
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Arvel are you not going to be a the Poop Deck anymore? I sure hope so, I think your great.
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Dan ( STRETCH ) Bazer
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San Diego,Ca
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I walked into the Cellar in
early 1965,wound up washing
glasses for Mr.Oliver on week
ends and running the bar on weekdays.Went to Houston in'66
Retired now.VP for UMF of America
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Dan ( STRETCH ) Bazer
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San Diego,Ca
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I walked into the Cellar in early 1965 and wound helping Mister Oliver on weekends and running the bar weekdays, We went to Houston in September 1966 to renovate the building,and I stayed until 1972. Sure do miss it and all the friends we had.
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Dennis Pratt
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Branson, MO
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Hey, Arvel, remember me? I played piano with you, Charlie Mitchell and Randy Panda in the band Texas Wildlife in the late-early '70's (yikes!). Over at Quadrasonic Corporation of America Studios in Fort Worth - we recorded our first rehearsal in the studio . . . we just let the tape run. We recorded ''Country Gospel'', ''My Bad Luck's Old'', ''Devil Shivered In His Sleeping Bag'', ''Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms'' and ''Shotgun Willie''. I've still got the reel-to-reel! And remember when we drove my 1973 yellow Pinto Squire station wagon to Tucson in the middle of the summer and I bought all those amps, etc.? I remember you got a pre-CBS Fender Twin Reverb and a Fender Vibratone from me. Still got 'em? Drop me a line, old friend. It would great to hear from you. Enjoying your site, too! Dennis Pratt P.S. I am now band leader and keyboard player for Mel Tillis . . . I have been with Mel for 28 years (so far)!
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DAVID HESTAND
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OGDEN, UTAH
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Holy Cow, Arvil...what a site. I first entered the Cellar, downstairs, in Nov. 1961. 18 yrs. old and a student at Weatherford Jr. College. I drove to the Cellar every night until late 1962. My first night there I was greeted by the guy in the black and white vest....JoJo...remember him?
What memories! All the ''flavored rum/coke I could drink. In 1967 I joined the Texas Highway Patrol and still frequented the Dallas and Ft. Worth Cellars. Pat would still sneak me a ''flavored'' rum/coke and let me sit in back...after all I was in uniform. I would come in, but they didn't play the Mickey Mouse theme. Lucky for me. Love the site..keep it up!!! Dave
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Bruce Harper
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Las Vegas
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Hi Arvel, This is Bruce Harper. You may remember me sitting in on drums all the time for Adrian and Chester in the 1965-1966 time period and even before that as far back as 1963. I was raised in Ft. Worth and while attending UNT I used to drive down form Denton with Lon Price to play with you guys several nights a week! I remember playing with you, Tudi, Johnny Nash and all the others! I wouldn't trade those nights for anything! I really gained some valuable experience form playing with the Cellar musicians! I actually put a band together at the Cellar in 1965 called the Wilibu Six. Band members were Al Griffin, Mike Steele, Lon Price, Bobby Blood and Dick Geer. We made our debut at the Cellar and worked around Ft. Worth at the Partyline, Traser Club, East Side Club and Gringo's in Dallas. I am still playing the drums professionally in Las Vegas! Thanks for putting the stuff on the internet about you and the Cellar!
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