Blues Print was Born in 1967,
Eugene, Oregon, and dissolved in 1969
Original members were: Bruce
Knutson,
Allan Pearson, Doug Moore, Dennis Haase, and Darrell Murray. We
were
all 16 or 17 years of age.
Members at the conclusion were:
John
Tabor, Stan Beacraft, Doug Moore, Steve Pelligrin, Debbie Gordon and
Darrell
Murray.
Among the many venues played
were:
OIT (Klamath Falls), Douglas County Fair, EMU Ballroom, High School
dances,
campus fraternity parties, Oregon School for the Deaf, Fashion show for
clothing store opening in Eugene, etc.
Genre: Blues (e.g. Paul
Butterfield,
John Mayall, etc.) and Rock (Hendrix, Doors, Cream, Byrds, etc.)
Darrell Murray, November 2014
I played keyboards with this band in
1968-69.
At that time we had two keyboard players, Steve Pellegrin and
me.
I played a Vox Jaguar through a Leslie 122. The other members at
that time were John Tabor on drums, Stan Becraft on bass, Doug Moore on
guitar, Steve Pellegrin on organ, Darrell Murray and Debbie Gordon on
vocals.
Randall Knutson did in fact do our management at that time. Stan
informed me that Doug Moore passed away some time back, I believe in an
accident (car?). John Tabor is still around Eugene, and Stan sees
him from time to time. I don’t know the whereabouts of anyone
else
in the lineup.
After living and playing in CA for 20
some
years, I returned to Oregon in 1995, playing mostly jazz (acoustic
piano).
I was reintroduced to Stan Becraft about 2 years ago. Stan
Becraft
and I play occasionally in a blues trio now, with Michael Anderson (see
Coos Bay late 60’s) on guitar and vocals, Stan on drums and me on
organ,
and we call the band Blues Print Reunion! You might catch us at
Traveler’s
Cove in Florence from time to time.
Greg Aldridge, August 2015
