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Bama greats Mike Fracchia and Benny Nelson during
workout at Mobile's Ladd Stadium prior to the 1/1/64
Sugar Bowl |
BAMA placekicker Tim Davis at BAMA workout in Ladd
Stadium in Mobile a few days prior to Sugar Bowl. Davis
kicked 4 field goals in the 1/1/64 game vs. Ole Miss in
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Coach Bryant, Gaylon McCollough, and Mike Fracchia outside
Sugar Bowl Stadium during workout prior to 1/1/64 Sugar
Bowl. |
Tide voices John Forney and Doug Layton with Joe
Namath during Bama game at Denny Stadium 10/14/81 |
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Cab Calloway at the BAMA Theatre in downtown
Tuscaloosa |
Coach Bryant and team arriving in New Orleans for the
Ole Miss Sugar Bowl game 1/1/64. Ray Ogden and David Ray are
seen in background next to Southern Airways DC3. |
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H & W Drug and the Capri Theatre anchor the
Alston Building |
Remember the Schlitz silos on the old Eutaw highway? |
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Legendary Greenetrack racer JOE
DUMP wins another one Mar 1979! |
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Many a night was spent "cruis'n"
around this McD's to the old Jerry's location on 10th
ave and back. |
Tiger Jack Garrett is on the air,,, |
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Johnny Dee's rocket 8 |
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Tiger Jack and Joe Moore at TBC studios in
'63 |
Hendrix play Tuscaloosa's Memorial
Coliseum in '69 |
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Tiger Jack relaxing at TBC board in "63 |
John Cochran, Chief Washington
correspondent for ABC News, another graduate of the 15th
Street school of broadcasting. |
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WTBC Good Guy Jim McCullers on TBC board in
1968 |
COOL MAN... |
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"Pieces of 8" blow out Fort
Brandon |
Papa Gary Fuller and Tiger Jack back stage with "The
TAMS" in Tuscaloosa
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Fort Brandon band. Unknown. Who are they?
Early longhair. Groovy |
The K-Otics.
That's Ray Goss on bass guitar, Marvin Taylor on lead guitar
and singing is Tommy "Swamp Man" Mann. In the photo, left to
right would be Tommy "swamp Man" Mann, Ray Goss, and Marvin
Taylor. Yea Baby!
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The Rubber Band |
Fort Brandon band. Unknown. Who are they?
Nice beard. |
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Who is this band? Well dressed, blazers and
all. |
Tuscaloosa Hi Black Bears 1930
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Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs look for
Little Red Riding Hood at Fort Brandon
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The James Gang...sing "Georgia
Pines"
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NICK'S in Knoxville.."just a good place" |
Joe Rudd and the Distortions at Fort Brandon
in Tuscaloosa |
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"Candymen" play around after a gig
at Fort Brandon. (later became The Atlanta Rhythm Section) |
NICK's in Knoxville menu..Thanks to Whitney Telle |
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Led Zeppelin in Tuscaloosa..Great
Bands..Great Days! |
"The Rubber Band" LET LOVE COME
BETWEEN US at Fort Brandon.. |
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Jimmy Page with his trademark double neck
guitar rocks Memorial Coliseum..
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Governor Lurleen Wallace pilots the SS
Lurleen! |
Mini skirt contest at Fort
Brandon L to R:
Minunie Fields, who won the contest, Jenny Fraley(back), Jeanette
Brown Remaley, (unknown), Charlotte Ray. |
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Do you remember "The Preachers"?
Then you remember David Keller. |
Duane Allman plays Spoonfull at Fort Brandon
Armory..were you there? They were soon to be renamed from the
Allman Joys to the Allman Brothers. |
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The Stones rolled through T-Town in 72 |
Greg Allman (Allman Joys) at Fort Brandon |
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Original Cotton Patch menu. |
A buck-fifty was all it took! |
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PIECES OF EIGHT at Fort Brandon Armory. What
a band! |
Remember the Bleus from Gadsden? One of
Tuscaloosa's favorite. |
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THE MISFITZ of Tuscaloosa...l to r: Chuck
Leavell, Jonathon McAllister, Bill Johnson, Rodney Etheridge. Another
legendary Tuscaloosa Band! |
Tiger Jack introduces the next band at Fort
Brandon Armory.
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Beatles in Atlanta on second base. Check out
the speakers.
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Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs thanking the WTBC Good Guys for
all the help. Remember Wooly Bully? |
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Photo of Beatles in Atlanta 1965 |
1985 Alabama Football Broadcast Team.
From Left to Right: Paul Kennedy, Tom Roberts, Russell Harwell, Doug Layton, Tom
Stipe, Bert
Bank, and Jerry Duncan (seated) |
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Letter to Jack Garret thanking him for
helping the "Beatle Bums" fan club and asking to
play A Hard Days Night. |
1965 Beatles ticket from Atlanta performance
promoted on WTBC |
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Allman Joys(Allman Brothers) thank you
letter to WTBC mid 60's. |
Tuscaloosa's own, Bill Connell, at Fort
Brandon Armory with the Allman Joys. Notice the tie. |
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The "Good Guys" mid 60s |
Allman Joys letter to WTBC "Good
Guys" thanking them for playing "Spoonful". |
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WTBC Top Twenty Flyer from the 60's |
Top 40 in 1967 - No1 song "Are you
Lonely?" |
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Early WTBC remote downtown. |
1963 Top Twenty in Tuscaloosa. No. 1 song,
"Sugar Shack"! |
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Shirtless man preparing to spend several
days in a pit of snakes for a WTBC promotion at Maxam's(later
Gaylord's) parking lot. His name was "KIOGA". He survived with no bites but he needed a shower
when he got out!
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The BEAR signs a football for Bert Bank.
Some say Bert was giving him a new play for Saturday.
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Election returns at old WTBC studios
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Early news report at the old WTBC studios.
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70's broadcast team with Forney and Layton.
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Original WTBC Tower Site on 15th Street in
Tuscaloosa. |
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Christmas parade in downtown Tuscaloosa.
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Ronnie Quarles, WTBC General Manager,
started his career at WTBC in 1973. (so did thousands of
others)
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