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First Photos of The Gringos
Cripple Creek, Colorado July 1970
L to R
Steve Jones, Ramon Acevedo, Donna Byrd,
Jimmy MIller, Clyde Score, Alan Harkrader,
Lynn Tivens & Joe Vaughn
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Cripple Creek, Colorado July 1970
L to R
Jimmy Miller, Clyde Score, Donna Byrd, Lynn Tivens, Alan Harkrader, Steve
Jones, Ramon Acevedo, &
Joe Vaughn
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Tavern On the Green Photo 1972 |
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The Gringos 1971
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The Gringos Brockton 1972
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Evansville, Ind. (1973)
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| Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away...Jimmy Miller
(the lead trumpet player, arranger and all around nice guy), had a vision of bringing forth a musical group with a different kind of
presentation and style. This new musical group was called The Gringos. Originally stylized after
the Tijuana Brass, Jimmy set out to not only improve upon this musical statement,
but to create a much more all encompassing musical experience.
The band got its original start in 1963-64 while Jimmy was still in
high school. But with band members not taking Jimmy seriously, the
band didn't really solidify until that fateful day in April of 1970 when,
Jimmy Miller, along with Donna Byrd (Lead Vocals) invited Steve Jones
(bass & vocals), Clyde Score (Drums & vocals) and Lynn Tivens
(Trombone & rhythm instruments) to become members of the
band. Two additional members from that first encounter Ramon Acevedo
(Trumpet) and John Tatum (Guitar & Vocals) rounded out the band those
early days.
The group headed to Colorado in the summer of 1970 to learn to
play and perform together. During that summer Alan Harkrader
(Keyboards, Vocals, Guitar, & horns) was added to the band and Joe Vaughn
(Guitar & Vocals) replaced John Tatum.
When Ramon decided to leave the band in December of 1970, that set the
stage for Ty Newcomb (Trumpet) to round out the personnel of The Gringos. |
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The Gringos 1975
(Front row Left to right) Steve Jones,
Clyde Score, Ty Newcomb,
Jimmy Miller
(Back Row left to right) Lynn Tivens, Joe Vaughn, &
Alan Harkrader |
The Gringo Leer
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The last promo photos |
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