Chessmen of Fort Wayne

Peace & Love

Snake and the Armpits

Basics of South Bend!

Brotherhood! Recorded in Mishawaka, Indiana

Promo photo of Claudra recording artists, the Jiants

Walter Bittle and the Flying Saucer Boys -- Ray Smith, Glynn Hipp and Bobby Johns

Glynn Hipp and band during recording of Glynn's Hop.

Horn player from Soul Relation Band

Soul Relation Band, authors of Mongo Strut

Fabulous Naptown hitmakers the Vanguards

Authors of the amazing "Can I call You Baby" and "Shooting High"

Legendary Knaptown recording artists the Sentimentals opened for groups like the Spinners in the late 60s.

Fantastic modern soul group "Style" featuring William Drane on keyboards and Michael Thomas Woods on guitar!

King James Version. Never recorded, but played in the niteclubs in late 60s

Later Words of Wisdom promotional photo

Giraffe Winterfield was a mixed group that put out one r&b record on PRO Recording. Their name was a play on Buffalo Springfield.

The amazing Hamilton Movement that recorded the massive modern soul hit "She's Gone" as well as lesser known "Love Circuit"

Rickie Clark's "Circle City Band" recorded "Magic". First released on Circle City Records, it was later picked up by Becket.

Diplomats Band (recording as Diplomatics) in some unknown parking lot. Keyboardist Rodney Stepp (atop drummer) went on to play with the Spinners. This group wrote the great Hum Bug Parts 1 and 2 on the Lamp Label. Members of the band were in their early teens when it was recorded!

Words of Wisdom (Lamp Recording Artists)

Billy Ball and the Upsetters November 2001

at the Slippery Noodle in Downtown Indianapolis

Highlighter's drummer Dewayne Garvin

in the Madam Walker Theatre Ballroom (Summer 2001)

Me and Them Guys of Greencastle Indiana