Gary
Ewert ~ Bass
Robin
Feetham ~ Bass, Vocals
Jeff
Helm ~ Drums, Vocals
Bil
Hemsher ~ Keyboards, Vocals
Jimmy
Winkler ~ Guitar, Vocals
Jimmy Winkler
Jimmy
Winkler playing solo at the University of Washington - about 1969
Photo
Courtesy of Steve Hudziak
Jimmy
Winkler - Lake Washington - 1968 or 1969 - Photo by and Courtesy of
Steve
Tuba
Jimmy Winkler was best known as being the perennial warm-up act for Boyd Grafmyre's productions at the Eagles Auditorium in downtown Seattle during the late 60's. While Jimmy started out doing just a solo act, he subsequently put together his own backup band and dubbed them the "Translove Airlines" and continued to do work for Grafmyre. Probably the pinnacle of Jimmy Winkler and the Translove Airlines history came on May 11th, 1969 when the band opened up for Three Dog Night, Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin at the Green Lake Aqua Theater. At the end of the our opening set, Jimmy, who was well known at that time for his stage antics, jumped into the water in front of the stage and did a little water ballet for the crowd, which of course was well taken and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Jimmy and the band continued to play mainly rock festivals such as The Satsop Rock Festival, The Aldergrove Rock Festival (Canada), The Duval Rock Festival and others until rock festivals were essentially outlawed.Robin Feetham, November 2002
I remember him (Jimmy Winkler) fondly -- and I saw him do the swim in Lake Washington. What he may have been best known for was "Tick, Tick, Tick, Tck, Dingaling, Crunch, Gurgle."Sandy Beall, July 2007
Back in 1968-69 - The Jefferson Airplane flew into Morristown Airport in NJ to do concerts here and in NYC. I took photos of their plane, an old vintage DC-3 painted red and white with "Trans Love Air Line" spelled out on both sides of the fuselage.
Rich Reitz, July 2007.
