After the crash into the River I went back for my guitar and wallet. The guitar still plays!!

Tobi Crosby sings Angel from Montgomery at the Fire on the Mountain.

Fire on the Mountain jam.

That's what I'm talking about.

Jack-Jack the cat. Photo by Ana Hooper

Clownin' around

Peace, mahhhn.

Jakob Bradley Hooper gets his first lesson from Chris.

Wenzel and Leznew at the Hilltop Hotel 1988.

Spoons playing my Gibson L6 at the Little Jap Tea House in Bryant Pond circa 1982.

I miss you, man. Joe was killed in a tragic loading accident in Alaska. The microphone I use when I gig is a gift from him 'cause he was sick of seeing my beat up SM58 in my face. We love you, man.

The blues? That's just something old guys sing about, right?

Pay no attention to the blow up doll.

Me and Jon.

Peek-a-boo.

Squintwood "hamming it up" for the local paper.

Alan Bean of www.bakedbeansrecording.com.

Out here, you come as you are.

Where do the songs come from? Inspiration.

And the children who'll run bare-assed in the yard.

Jimmy Green "Spoons" and Wailin' Wildcat Jones aka Dwight York. Back when they were heroes. I got news - they're still my heroes.

Sometimes Sharkey tips over, too.

Clay and Kenny feed the need to rock and roll.

Pickin' and a Grinnin' and carrying on.

Squintwood and Wayne, 2005. Forget to say " when", it's over rated.

Sunshine, Squintwood and Guitah Kennah".

Kenny "Wayne" Howard, lead guitarist for the Ball Brothers. Slide, ride and slip inside. I got that.

"Salty" Pete Morton, Donny Katlin and Jewel Clark at the Newry, Maine bicentenial. Pete is not "bi" but he is "centenialicious."

Professor Katlin, I presume.

Animal and the angel.

Jonny brews the homebrew. Jonny brews it hard.

The director has her eye on you!

Squintwood in your face, dude.

I bought this hat in 1978 and headed for the Grateful Dead show. Many pains and many pleasures have we seen together.

Drummer for the Ball Brothers, Ronny Mills, and Dan Smith.

Bass player for the Ball Brothers, Clay Abbott.

Laughter fills the door yard. Jon, Joe, Mitch and Grampa White (sneaking up on the young fellers) at the farm 2005.

Peace, man. We're getting multicolored at Gileadfest!

My daughter, Angela Hooper, is studying theatre at UMF. She took this photo on a rainy night under the lean-to. I really liked the lighting and content so I chose this for my debut album cover.

This is the still life photo Angela liked. That said, we used it on the back cover of the lyrics booklet.

Another hard day at the office.