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The Poker Chips |
The Poker Chips began with two Parkville 6th graders, Chuck Frohlich on drums and Tom Poteet on alto, playing "The Sheik of Araby" for their enraptured classmates. They were amazing. A year later, in the summer of 1959, a real band began to form with Chuck Frohlich, Dwight Miller, Don Lehnhoff and Buzz Sappington. They rehearsed every day that summer and grew into a group of musicians and friends who were inseparable throughout their junior high and high school years. As a horn band before R&B took hold, they played "standards" all over town and out of town, at pageants, oyster roasts, adult dances, county fairs, debutante balls, private parties, and an appreciative home crowd at Perry Hall Teen Center. For shows and events they played dixieland and built a reputation as young professionals.
The following 3 photos were taken in Bill Tawney's basement, circa 1961.
The Poker Chips
L. to R.: Bill Tawney (guitar), Don Lehnhoff (trombone), Chuck Frohlich (drums), Dwight Miller (trumpet), Bill Holland (tenor)The Poker Chips
L. to R.: Bill Holland (tenor), Don Lehnhoff (trombone), Chuck Frohlich (drums), Bill Tawney (guitar), Dwight Miller (trumpet)The Poker Chips
T. to B.: Chuck Frohlich (drums), Don Lehnhoff (trombone), Bill Tawney (guitar), Bill Holland (tenor), Dwight Miller (trumpet)