Scott
Barbee ~ Keyboards, Bass
Mark
Booth ~ Elec. Violin, Keyboards
Doug
Casady ~ Vocals, Bass
Gary
Church ~ Bass
Robb
Clarke ~ Vocals, Harp
Joe
Cox ~ Bass
Randy
Fuller ~ Bass, Guitar
Mark
Gallagher ~ Vocals
Chip
Hayes ~ Drums
Bill
Hornibrook ~ Vocals, Keys
Bob
"B.J." Jones ~ Guitar
Gordie
Kjellberg ~ Lead Guitar, Vocals
Vern
Kjellberg (aka Joey Newman) ~ Guitar, Keyboards
John
Morris ~ Guitar
Jim
Pompeo ~ Drums
Don
Poncher ~ Drums
David
Price ~ Guitar
Bob
Salterelli ~ Guitar and Saxophone
Chris
Stevens ~ Guitar
Eddy
Young ~ Drums
Crew
Alan
Quinn ~ Roadie
Gary
Church
Bob
"B.J." Jones
BJ passed away in his home in Sioux Falls, SD on Friday night or early Saturday morning, (14/15 June 2013). He continued to bless us with his amazing guitar skills and wonderful voice right up to the week before he passed. BJ truly will be missed!Valerie VanDeVeire, June 2013
The top photo was taken in 1972 by Saulius Pempe at the Warehouse Tavern on Westlake Avenue, Seattle WA. A crazy looking picture, but was Saulius's idea and we went for it. To make the group members easier to identify from the rest, we were planning to have the members colorized at some time but it never happened.The five group members are pictured middle-center - left to right, Gary Church "RIP", Gordy Kjellberg and Bill Hornibrook. Seated in front is Robb Clarke and Chip Hayes standing with the bull whip. This was Seattle's first Blue Mountain Eagle and features the same members as in the below color photograph. The color photo was taken in Canada and sometime in 1973.
The Buffalo Springfield changed their name to Blue Mountain Eagle in 1969 when different band members quit and different members hired. My brother, Vern (AKA Joey Newman) Kjellberg, was one of three guitarists in the first California based Blue Mountain Eagle. They put out an album on Atlantic/Atco Records in 1969 and the group broke up in 1970. I asked Mike Zalk (Blue Mountain Eagle California group manager) and my brother Vern if I could use the group name in 1971, they said yes and the first Seattle based Blue Mountain Eagle was formed.
Gordon (Gordy) Kjellberg, April 2011
The above photo is an early California-based Blue Mountain Eagle photo. It was taken in 1969. Randy was the bass player in his brothers group, The Bobby Fuller Four,who had the hit song "I Fought The Law".This is another early California-based photo of Blue Mountain Eagle taken in 1969. Members are identified below the photo. The identity ofthe young boy in the photo is uncertain.
Bob (BJ) Jones, Vern (AKA Joey Newman) Kjellberg, Don Poncher, Randy Fuller and David PriceGordon (Gordy) Kjellberg, April 2011
Credits: Fuzz, Acid & Flowers, Brian Semple, Don Rogers, Gary Church, Joe Cox, Robb Clarke, Delene Brandt, Alan Quinn, Gordon (Gordy) Kjellberg, Valerie VanDeVeire
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Last Update: 19 June 2013Band # 194