The Merging Traffic Reunion Saturday, May 16, 2009 Casa Mexicana, North Little Rock, Arkansas
Here's the story. Richard Shook, who lives in Nashville, was attending a wedding that day in Little Rock. So Bob Younts, who also lives in Nashville, called Phil Miller and said he would come to Little Rock too if we could get most of the band members to agree to meet for a reunion. Everyone in the band was contacted except for Gary Hall who couldn't be reached and all agreed that we should get together and have a reunion. Next question was the location. Turns out Phil was playing in a band called "Chuey and the Dudes" who happened to be playing at Casa Mexicana that Saturday night so it was decided this would be the best place for the throw down. Other musician friends were contacted and we all met at the restaurant around 5:00 pm to party and reminisce. Chewy and the Dudes played from 8:00 to 10:00 so we had a five hour party and everyone had a blast. Here's a list of the band members and some of the others who were there...
Original Merging Traffic Members:
Gary Hall         (only member not there) Bob Younts Phil Miller Rocky Hestes Richard Shook Jim Matthews Bobby Lincoln	Vocals and Sax Vocals and Sax Guitar Vocals and Hammond B3 Vocals and Bass Drums Trumpet
Members who joined the band later, circa 1969-1970:
Gloria Hogan Don Garrett Ty Corbett Doug Duffy Thumper Sweeney	Vocals Vocals and Bass Drums Vocals and Keyboards Vocals and Guitar
Musician friends who were there:
Eddie Miller Smith Joe Marchese Gary (Puddy Man) Aklin Bill Ramsey George (Birdman) Kelley Bob Evans Shannon Boshears Pat Puckett Kenny Hall	Hammond B3 with "Rock Creek Reunion" and others Keyboards with tons of bands Keyboards with tons of bands Guitar with tons of bands Guitar with tons of bands Vocals and Percussion with "Rock Creek Reunion" Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter Vocals and Bass with the Jim Aldridge Band and others Drums with tons of Bands
Members of Chuey and the Dudes:
Phil Miller Don Garrett Roger Reynolds Chuey Frank Cox       (sitting in)	Guitar Vocals and Bass Drums Vocals and Guitar Guitar
So here are some of the pictures I made that night.
By the way I know I have mispelled some of the names or left some people out altogether. Please, if you notice any errors in the copy above or in any of the captions below the pictures, or if you know the names of any of the people in the pictures that I may have forgotten or left out, give me an email at boblinc@swbell.net and I will make corrections. What the hell, go ahead and send me an email anyway! Another website that might be of interest is one I wrote after a concert/celebration down at the Arkansas RiverMarket back in November, 1999. The Central Arklansas Library System had just released an audio CD of several of the tunes recorded by some of the bands from the local area during the latter half of the 1960s. These bands included The Romans (predecessor of The Merging traffic), The Coachmen, The Culls, The Dutchmasters, and many more. Click HERE to go to this page. One last thing. Some of you may be interested in 8 1/2 x 11 color photographs of some of the following images. All images on this page have been reduced in resolution so this page doesn't take forever to download to your computer. I have the full resolution images of over 175 pictures I shot that night and can print them for you or arrange to get a CD to you. Let me know if you are interested by sending me an email at boblinc@swbell.net. Thank you very much! Bobby Lincoln
Bob Younts, Rocky Hestes (behind the page), and Jim Matthews. Ty Corbett and Don Garrett. (top) Ty Corbett and son Mitch, Jim Matthews, Bob Younts, and Rocky Hestes. Bobby Lincoln. This is the only picture I'm in because I shot all the others. Ty Corbett on the right and his son Mitch. Ty Corbett and Phil Miller. Bob Younts, Rocky Hestes, back of Jim Matthews head, and Ty Corbett. Frank Cox and Puddy Man. Bob Younts. Rocky Hestes. Gloria Hogan and Rocky Hestes. Gloria Hogan and Jim Matthews. Bob Younts. Ty Corbett. Bob Younts, Phil Miller, and Kenny Hall. Ty Corbett and Don Garrett. Ty Corbett, Gloria Hogan, and Don Garrett. Jim Matthews, Bob Younts, Puddy Man, and Rocky Hestes. Eddie Miller Smith. George Kelley and Shannon Boshears. Richard Shook in the wheelchair. Richard. Rocky Hestes and Richard Shook. Lotsa' folks. Shook and Miller. Phil, Ty, and Rocky. Eddie Smith and some friends. Richard Shook. I've never seen him so happy. A toast. Birdman, Shook, Younts, Pud, Hestes, and Matthews. Gloria grabs her glass. Still toasting! Phil Miller, Don Garrett, and Roger Reynolds. Phil Miller. Chuey and the Dudes. Phil, Don, Roger, Chuey, and Frank. Pud, Trish (Miller's wife) Rocky, and Bob. George (Birdman) Kelley. Bob Evans and his wife. Chuey. Pat Puckett, Younts, and Trish. Frank Cox. Ty and Pat. Don Garrett and his wife Sandy. Ty Corbett and Joe Marchese. Joe, Ty, and Roger Reynold's sister Ramona. Roger Reynolds. Sandy and Don Garrett. Pat Puckett sits in with Chuey and the Dudes. Phil and Pat both get down on Purple Rain. Bill Ramsey and Joe Marchese. Rocky looks over some memorabilia. Have another beer Ty.
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