MICKEY FLYNN - GUITARIST VACALIST

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PROFILE PHOTO - UTE INDIAN CHIEF painted by my Gt,Gt Uncle 'Mountain Charlie'
Col Charles Stewart Stobie circa 1890 - to view his other artwork and fascinating history Google...
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***************GIGGUIDE 2009 - 2010****************

Apr 09

Fri. 3rd Apr - The Sun Inn, 36 Charnham St, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17, 0EJ. Tel 07850 026042 may599@btinternet.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 4th Apr - The Admiral,1 Broad St, CLIFTON, BEDFORDSHIRE, SG17, 5RJ. Tel 01462 811069 ( SOLO )

Sun. 5th Apr - The Lion Inn, THEBERTON nr LEISTON, SUFFOLK, IP16, 4RU. Tel 01728 830185 michealjjeffery@hotmail.co.uk ( SOLO )

Fri. 10th Apr - The Oyster Inn, Butley, ORFORD, SUFFOLK, IP12, 3NZ. Tel 01394 450790 theloftys@hotmail.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 11th Apr - The Golden Fleece, The Quay, WELLS NEXT THE SEA, NORFOLK, NR23, 1AH. Tel 01328 710650 cazcooke1@aol.com ( SOLO )

Sun. 12th Apr - The Boot Inn, 1 High St, HISTON, CAMBS, CB4, 9LG. Tel 01223 566446 ( SOLO )

Thurs. 16th Apr - Chequers, Low Rd, BRESSINGHAM, DISS, IP22, 2AG. Tel 01379 687405 drivertuition@btconnect.com ( SOLO )

Fri. 17th Apr - The Cherry Tree Inn, Orford Rd, Bromeswell, WOODBRIDGE, IP12, 2PU. Tel 01394 460310 tracey.watling@yahoo.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sat. 18th Apr - Ye Old Bell + Steelyard, 103 New St, WOODBRIDGE, IP12, 1DZ. Tel 01394 382933 adrian-batstone@btconnect.com ( SOLO )

Sun. 19th Apr - The Coach + Horses, 77 Manor Rd, Dersingham, KINGS LYNN, PE31, 6LN. Tel 01485 540391 sheilaroythorne@tiscali.co.uk ( SOLO ) (4 till 7pm)

Wed. 22nd Apr - Man on the Moon, 2 Norfolk St, CAMBRIDGE, CB1, 2LF.
Tel 01223 474144 moon.music@ntlworld.com ( SOLO appearing with acoustic players Chris Selman, Richard McGuire, Steve Bradshaw and Only Alan )

Fri. 24th Apr - The Angel Inn, 39 High St, WANGFORD, NR34, 8RL. Tel 01502 578636 jeffwakefield@msn.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 25th Apr - The Railway Inn, 132 Great Whyte, HUNTINGDON, PE26, 1HS. Tel 01487 812597 ( SOLO )

Sun. 26th Apr - The Star, Mill End, THAXTED, DUNMOW, ESSEX, CM6, 2LT. Tel 01371 830368 lawrence1957@tiscali.co.uk

May 09

Fri. 1st May - The Ship Inn, Blaxhall, WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK, IP12, 2DY. Tel 01728 768042 ( SOLO )

Sat. 2nd May -The Vine, High St, BUCKDEN, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PE19, 5XA. Tel 01480 810367

Sun. 3rd May - The Lord Protector, Mayfield Rd, Hartford, HUNTINGDON, PE29, 1NH. Tel 01480 454720 lordprotectorpub@btinternet.com ( SOLO )
( Afternoon Gig 3 – 5.30 pm )

Fri 8th May - The Market Inn, Market Hill, HUNTINGDON, PE29, 3NJ. Tel 01480 453332 funkman1620@aol.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 9th May - The White Lion, 6 Church St, Sible, HEDLINGHAM, CO9, 3NS, Tel 01787 462534 lockers7@tiscali.com ( SOLO )

Sun. 10th May - The Cock Inn, 28 Norwich St, DEREHAM, NR19, 1BX. Tel 01362 693488 ( SOLO ) ( Afternoon Gig 5 till 8 PM )

Thur. 14th May - The Olde Kings Arms, 41 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, HP1, 3AF. Tel 01442 255348 graham 07710937899 lordywardy@aol.com ( SOLO )

Fri. 15th May - Rubys Wine Bar, 29 Bridge St, Walton on Thames, KT12, 1AF. Tel 01932 886996 rubyswinebar@live.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sat. 16th May - The Marquis, 24 – 25 North Hill, COLCHESTER, C01, 1EG. Tel 01206 577630 geoff_phillips1@yahoo.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sun. 17th May - The Royal Oak, 195 London Rd South, LOWESTOFT, NR33, 0DR.
Tel 01502 573093 carolsroyaloak@btinternet.com ( SOLO )

Fri. 22nd May - The Cherry Tree, 117 Exning Rd, NEWMARKET, SUFFOLK, CB8, 0EL. Tel 01638 667785 lanceeast@btinternet.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 23rd May - The Crown, 1 Crown St, STOWMARKET, IP14, 1HX. Tel 01449 677117 07714 479322 ( SOLO )

Sun 24th May - The Red Lion, High St, BILDESTON, SUFFOLK, IP7, 7EX. Tel 01449 740476 ( ANNUAL BEER FEST ) ( SOLO )

Fri. 29th May - The Marlborough Arms, 43 Spencer St, NORWICH, NR3, 4PB. Tel 01603 443301 garwood11@hotmail.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 30th May - The Five Alls, High St, BENWICK, PE15, 0XA. Tel 01354 677520 kevin.white14@btopenworld.com ( SOLO )

Jun 09

Fri. 5th Jun - The Golden Hind, 470 Nacton Rd, Ipswich. IP3, 9NF. Tel 01473 728950 patricia_comber@sky.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 6th Jun - The Squirrell, Austen Paths, STEVENAGE, HERTS, SG2, 0NH. Tel 01438 312037 ( SOLO )

Sun. 7th Jun - Chequers, 11 Chequers Rd, WRITTLE, CHELMSFORD, CM1, 3NG. Tel 01245 422744 ( SOLO )

Fri. 12th Jun - The Wherry Inn, 7 The Street, Geldeston, NORFOLK, NR34, 0LB. Tel 01508 518371 ( SOLO )

Sat.13th Jun - The Angel Inn, Yarwell, Peterborough, Tel 01780 782582 thelanders@tesco.net ( SOLO )

Sun. 14th Jun - The Lord Protector, Mayfield Rd, Hartford, HUNTINGDON, PE29, 1NH. Tel 01480 454720 lordprotectorpub@btinternet.com ( SOLO ) ( Afternoon Gig 3 – 5.30 pm )

Thur. 18th Jun - The King Billy, 2 Commercial St, NORTHAMPTON, NN1, 1PJ. Tel 01604 621325 thegrinder@btconnect.com ( SOLO )

Fri. 19th Jun - The Five Bells, 63 Bures Rd, Gt Cornard, SUDBURY, CO10, OHU. Tel 01787 379016 stroppy.bitch@talk21 ( SOLO )

Sat. 20th Jun - The Bell Inn, Bell Lane, Barton Mills, BURY St EDMUNDS, IP28, 6AJ. Tel 01638 713625 barry_klatt@yahoo.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sun. 21st Jun - The Kings Arms, 178 High St, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12, 3AT. Tel 01255 508390 ckbc@hotmail.co.uk ( SOLO )

Thur. 25th Jun - The White Hart, 222 High St, ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK, IP15, 5AJ. Tel 01728 453205 chris@whitehartalde.fsnet.co.uk ( SOLO )

Fri. 26th Jun - The Kings Head, 24 Station Rd, Lingwood, NORWICH, NR13, 4AZ. Tel 01603 713168 carol.a.attridge@google.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 27th Jun - The Sun Inn, 36 Charnham St, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17, 0EJ. Tel 07850 026042 may599@btinternet.com ( SOLO )

Sun. 28th Jun - The Oddfellows Arms, 113 London Rd, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP3, 9SP. Tel 01442 246252 rosesinwinter@hotmail.com ( SOLO )

Jul 09

Fri. 3rd Jul - The Angel Inn, 39 High St, WANGFORD, NR34, 8RL. Tel 01502 578636 jeffwakefield@msn.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 4th Jul - The White Horse, Rickmansworth Rd, CHORLEYWOOD, WD3, 55D. kss.pub@talktalk.business.net Tel 01923 282227 ( SOLO )

Fri. 10th Jul - The Great Offley Custom n Classic Bike + Trike Show, The Recreation Ground, Gt OFFLEY, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG5, 3AX. brendaandrev@btinternet.com ( DUO with Lisa Beck on Keyboards - 9.30 till 12 pm )
also Live Bands all weekend, camping + many bikers gear stalls.

Sat. 11th Jul - The Royal Standard, 40 High St, LIESTON, SUFFOLK, IP16, 4EW. Tel 01728 831221 ( SOLO )

Fri. 17th Jul - The Kings Head, 19 High St, HOLT, NORFOLK, NR25, 6BN.
ANNUAL BEER FESTIVAL tel 01263 712543

Sat. 18th Jul - The Prince of Wales Feathers, 38 Peterborough Rd, CASTOR, PE5, 7AL. Tel01733 380222 kfitch@ukonline.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sun. 19th Jul - The Cock Inn, 28 Norwich St, DEREHAM, NR19, 1BX. Tel 01362 693488 ( SOLO ) ( Afternoon Gig 5 till 8 PM )

Fri. 24th Jul - The White Horse, Mundon Rd, Mundon, CM9, 6PB. Tel 01621 740276 caarlkingsford@hotmail.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 25th Jul - The White Horse Inn, 15 Bucklesham Rd, KIRTON, SUFFOLK, IP10, 0NX. Tel 01394 448615 ( SOLO )

Fri. 31st Jul - The Ship Inn, Blaxhall, WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK, IP12, 2DY. Tel 01728 768042 ( SOLO )

Aug 09

Sat. 1st Aug - The Bridgehouse, North Rd, HERTFORD, SG14, 1NA. Tel 01992 583443 ( SOLO )

Thur. 6th Aug - The White Hart, 222 High St, ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK, IP15, 5AJ. Tel 01728 453205 chris@whitehartalde.fsnet.co.uk ( SOLO )

Fri. 7th Aug - The Fox + Hounds, Thrigby Rd, Filby, NORFOLK, NR29, 3HJ.
Tel 01493 369255 ( SOLO )

Sat. 8th Aug - The Nobody Inn, 9 North St, GRANTHAM, NG31, 6NU. Tel 01476 565288 eddie@nobodyinn.com ( SOLO )

Fri. 14th Aug - The Two Friends, Woodbastwick Rd, BLOWFIELD HEATH, NORFOLK, NR13, 4AB. Tel 01603 713091 075071 79368 ( SOLO )

Sat. 15th Aug - The Kings Arms, 3 Old St, STOWMARKET, IP14, 3NP. Tel 01449 614462 jackypryke@yahoo.co.uk ( SOLO )

Fri. 21st Aug - The Crispin, 56 Grove Rd, WINDSOR, BUCKS, SL4, 1HS. Tel 01753 865517 janetadams29@tiscali.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sat. 22nd Aug - The Hop Poles, 83 Bicester Rd, AYLESBURY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. HP19, 9AZ. Tel 01296 482129 info@hop-pole.co.uk ( SOLO )

Fri. 28th Aug - The Owl + Pussycat, Grange Farm Ave, FELIXSTOWE, IP11,2FB. Tel 01394 671810 3047@greeneking.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sat. 29th Aug - The White Hart, 84 Queens Rd, ALDERSHOT, SURREY, GU11, 3JU. Tel 01252 321732 ( SOLO )

Sept 09

Fri. 4th Sept - The Cock, Long John Hill, OLD LAKENHAM, NORWICH, NR1, 2LY.
Tel 10603 626486 johnlumb9@hotmail.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 5th Sept - The Royal Oak, The Street, PORINGLAND, NORFOLK, NR14, 7JT. Tel 01508 493734 ( SOLO )

Sun. 6th Sept - 14th Annual Baldock Custom Bike + Trike Show, The White Lion, High St, BALDOCK, HERTS, SG7, 6BJ. Tel 01462 892875 (1 till 6 pm) (DUO)

Fri. 11th Sept - The Cherry Tree, 117 Exning Rd, NEWMARKET, SUFFOLK, CB8, 0EL. Tel 01638 667785 lanceeast@btinternet.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 12th Sept - The Suffolk Punch, 429 Norwich Rd, IPSWICH, IP1, 5DN. Tel 01473 747722 lucillemoransuffolkpunch@yahoo.co.uk ( SOLO )

Thur.17th Sept - The King Billy, 2 Commercial St, NORTHAMPTON, NN1, 1PJ. Tel 01604 621325 thegrinder@btconnect.com ( SOLO )

Fri. 18th Sept - The Golden Hind, 470 Nacton Rd, Ipswich. IP3, 9NF. Tel 01473 728950 patricia_comber@sky.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 19th Sept - The Swan Inn, The Street, ALDERTON, WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK, IP12, 3BL. www.aldertonswan.co.uk ( SOLO )

Fri. 25th Sept - The Three Mariners, 56 High St, BAGSHOT, SURREY, GU19, 5AW. Tel 01276 473768 lindanorthwood@yahoo.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sat. 26th Sept - The George, 2 New St, DODDINGTON, MARCH, PE15, 0SP. Tel 01354 740591 jeffrpettit@aol.com ( SOLO )

Sun. 27th Sept - The Cock Inn, 28 Norwich St, DEREHAM, NR19, 1BX. Tel 01362 693488 ( SOLO ) ( Afternoon Gig 5 till 8 PM )

Oct 09

Fri. 2nd Oct - The Angel Inn, 39 High St, WANGFORD, NR34, 8RL. Tel 01502 578636 jeffwakefield@msn.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 3rd Oct - The Cock Tavern, High St, ONGAR, ESSEX, CM5, 9AB. Tel 01277 362615 cocktavernpublichouse@hotmail.com ( SOLO )

Sun. 4th Oct - The Blue Boar Inn, High St, WALSHAM LE WILLOWS, SUFFOLK,
IP31, 3AA. Tel 01359 258533 alanrno321@aol.com ( SOLO ) ( 4 till 7pm )

Fri. 9th Oct - The Triangle Tavern, 29 St Peter St, LOWESTOFT. Tel 01502 582711
info@green-jack.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sat. 10th Oct - The Kings Head, 24 Station Rd, Lingwood, NORWICH, NR13, 4AZ. Tel 01603 713168 carol.a.attridge@google.com ( SOLO )

Fri. 16th Oct - The Crown, The Green, PULHAM MARKET, IP21, 4TA. Tel 01379 676652 stevegirdler@yahoo.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sat. 17th Oct - The Duke of York, 8 Norwich Rd, DITCHINGHAM, NR35, 2JL. Tel 01986 895558 info@dukeofyork.biz ( SOLO )

Fri. 23rd Oct - The Acre, 9 Acre Rd, MARCH, PE15, 9JD. Tel 01354 657116 theacre@talktalk.net ( SOLO )

Sat. 24th Oct - The Old George, Arlesey Rd, ICKLEFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE, SG5, 3UX. Tel 01462 629538 ( SOLO )

Sun. 25th Oct - The Lord Protector, Mayfield Rd, Hartford, HUNTINGDON, PE29, 1NH. Tel 01480 454720 lordprotectorpub@btinternet.com ( SOLO )
( Afternoon Gig 3 – 5.30 pm )

Fri. 30th Oct - The Thorpe Lodge Hotel, 83 Thorpe Rd, PETERBOROUGH, PE3, 6JQ. tel 01733 348759 thorpe-lodge@btconnect.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 31st Oct - The Plough, 1 Jekils Lane, HOLBEACH ST JOHN, PE12, 8RF. Tel 01406 540654 ian@opsman.co.uk (SOLO )

Nov 09

Thur. 5th Nov - The White Hart, 222 High St, ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK, IP15, 5AJ. Tel 01728 453205 chris@whitehartalde.fsnet.co.uk ( SOLO )

Fri. 6th Nov - The The No Hurry Inn, Old School Lane, UPWARE, ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB7, 57R. Tel 01353 721654 fivemiles.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 7th Nov - The Cherry Tree, The Street, STOVEN, NORFOLK, NR34, 8ER. Tel 01502 575975 samantharodgers348@btinternet.com

Fri. 13th Nov - The Grouse + Ale, High St, Lane End, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP14, 3JG. Tel 01494 882299 07779 306557 joy@teamsprint.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 14th Nov - The Golden Lion, 23 High St, HODDESDON, EN11, 8SX. Tel 01992 463146 nigel-and-mel@aol.com ( SOLO )

Fri. 20th Nov - The Golden Hind, 470 Nacton Rd, Ipswich. IP3, 9NF. Tel 01473 728950 patricia_comber@sky.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 21st Nov - The Crown, Church Lane, BEDFIELD, SUFFOLK, IP13, 7JJ. tel 01728 628431 bedfieldcrown@suffolkonline.net (SOLO )

Sun. 29th Nov - The Cock Inn, 28 Norwich St, DEREHAM, NR19, 1BX. Tel 01362 693488 ( SOLO ) ( Afternoon Gig 5 till 8 PM )

Dec 09

Sat. 5th Dec - The Cock Tavern, High St, ONGAR, ESSEX, CM5, 9AB. Tel 01277 362615 cocktavernpublichouse@hotmail.com ( SOLO )

Fri. 11th Dec - The Angel Inn, 39 High St, WANGFORD, NR34, 8RL. Tel 01502 578636 ( SOLO ) jeffwakefield@msn.com ( SOLO )

Sat. 12th Dec - The White Hart, 222 High St, ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK, IP15, 5AJ. Tel 01728 453205 chris@whitehartalde.fsnet.co.uk ( SOLO )

Sat. 19th Dec - The White Horse, 9 New Rd, Leighton Buzzard, LU7, 2LS. Tel 01525 635739 leighton-buzzard@thebestoff.co.uk (SOLO )

Thur.24th Dec - The Queens Head, Queens St, Eye, STRADBROKE, IP21, 5HG. Tel 0101379 384384 j.emay@btopenworld.com ( SOLO )

JAN 2010
Sat. 16th Jan - The Red Lion, 90 The Thoroughfare, WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK, IP12, 1AL. Tel 01394 382484 sammy.cole@hotmail.co.uk ( SOLO )

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COMMENTS
HI Mickey, Just to introduce myself. Ex Selmer/Proamp design engineer, played guitar for 40 odd years. Have designed amps for Bon Jovi, Level 42 and others. Love Hendrix. I have just played your "Taste of the blues" CD for the umpteenth time, great I LOVE it mate. Really like track 10. Any other CDs with that style? Few licks Id like to rip off !!! Best regards from a fellow muso. John Cooper repoocrj@aol.com………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Many Many thanks for sending me the CD’s I love them all - your brochure with photos is great - thanks for a brills time in your company at Richard Heards survival bash – a fab class act Best of everything - Paul Jones, Property Developments UK, Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire, 01480 403916……………………………………………………………
On behalf of the Iron Crows MCC just to confirm our booking at our Xmas bash – please bring some more Hit the Road series and your own Taste of the Blues CD’s with you when you come everyone wants a set - take care and kind regards – Ian Goldsmith…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Merci, cher monsuer, pour vetre envor et pour la lecture de mes livres – bien condialement – Christian Jacq Author and Egyptologist…………………………………………………..
Mickey – Help- have just bought a zoom pedal how do I get a sound like yours ? yo Chris – send / return // it from the back of your amp using the clean sounds on zoom board only – get a V twin distortion – a boss overdrive – a boss blues distortion and a Lexicon Reverb unit…Plug ur guitar into the blues distortion // the overdrive // the V twin // output of V twin to input of amp. Send from back of amp to input of zoom board - output of Zoom Board to input of the Lexicon – output of Lexicon to return in amp. Set ur distortion box levels to about one oclock and distortion gains to about nine/ten oclock and mess about with each pedal off – one on - two on and all on with the settings on your amp – master at one oclock – gain about nine/ten oclock – have fun regards mickeyflynn@btinternet.com ………………………………………………………
Was good catching up with you again last night – cheers 4 the great music, a great CD, I love standing at the crossroads again – cheers 4 that un – keep the flys of ur glass and the bears off ur ass – Graham Gowan………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hiya Mickey, got your package, Many thanks indeed mate, that was really nice of you. We'll have a good few hours of entertainment at the clubhouse with all that music! Maybe we'll see you down here one day? Stay in touch, all the best. Baz, HAMC,Costa Blanca,Spain. baz81@aol.com………………………………………………………………….
Good to hear from you again buddy. I have only just got back on line after a two month wait (we had ADSL for 2 days then it went down for a week again - bienvenido a Espana!) All is going well here. It has rained non-stop for 7 days now but we really DO need it. The water shortage got so bad, I thought I was gonna have to start drinking beer! Catch ya soon mate Take care Baz HAMC Costa Blanca…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Thanks for your help on Saturday it was much appreciated by everyone, we raised £1,550 for our charities. Many Thanks Graham Spurgeon TH-UK Online Service…………..
Hi Mickey, thanks for the cultural posters you sent me last week, some real useful info on them and they’ve brightened up our office, catch you around at your next gig down this way. Bugsy………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Dear Mickey, Many thanks for your package of tunes and movies, I’ve sent them on to the lads in Helmund, Afghanistan where I’m sure they will be much appreciated. The conditions are a bit austere but things are going well, they have already built a muscle beach and are teaching the Army how to do phys’, so the tunes will come in handy. J Coy will be back in the UK towards the end of . then the whole Brigade will ship out to the same place, it seems like another NI all over again. Many thanks again for taking the time and trouble to pass on the CD’s, it’s always good to hear from ex-bootnecks. All the best with the gigs around London, I’ll be working in town next year so I’ll look out for you. Yours Ever Lt Col Ged M Salzano MBE RM, HQ company, 42 Commando Group Royal Marines, Bickleigh Barracks, Plymouth, Devon, PL6, 7AJ. PS will pass on my regards to Capt D Storrie and Big John Lear…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Mickey, Was with Matt at the Archers last night – Vic and Marilyn –Just thought I would drop a line to say what a great evening, you were magic – we have not enjoyed a blues night so much since we saw Clapton at the Royal Albert Hall – what a great guitarist and what a great entertainer you are – good luck – hope to see you again on the 28th at the Archers - happy Christmas to you and your lady….. Vic Gower v.gower@btinternet.com………………………………………………………………………………………….
Hi Mickey, Good news from the custom show last Sunday we took £1,500 for the 2 kids charity, thanx for the support, a great day had by all, see you next year on the 31st August 2008 Best Regards Steve tcmalyon@yahoo.co.uk______________________________________

In memory of all these Great Chiefs and
Paving the Way for Rockin the Blues...
Things have sure come a long way since exploding cameras and having to
fight off Indians for breakfast, attached is some artwork and info about a
late relative of mine one of his paintings I believe still hangs in the
Whitehouse. Also a special thanks to both Ning.com - Slide.com and all other tools needed to bring round this full circle and be able to show off our Uncle 'Mountain Charlies' masterpieces. On belhalf of all my Stobie side of the family on these shores of the ocean many thanks to you all in the USA for this superb technology. Enjoy...
( If anyone could inform me or trace any other pieces of his work I would be grateful for the knowledge of it's whereabouts email mickey@mickeyflynn.com )

“MOUNTAIN CHARLIE” CHARLES STEWART STOBIE – FRONTEERS MAN INDIAN FIGHTER ARTIST AND EARLY PHOTOGRAPHER
http://www.askart.com/askart/s/charles_stewart_stobie/charles_stewart_stobie.aspx

Charles Stewart Stobie was born 1845 in Baltimore, Maryland and he died 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He studied art at Saint Andrews, Scotland. Stobie is considered an early Denver painter. He was also an Indian scout and buffalo hunter. Among his friends were William Cody, Wild Bill Hickock, and Frederick Remington. Stobie lived with Utes in Colorado and contributed a painting, Crossing the Planes to Colorado in 1865.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,929784-2,00.html
Died. Col. Charles Stewart Stobie, 86, oldtime Indian fighter; in Chicago. As "Mountain Charlie" he campaigned with William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") Cody and "Wild Bill" Hickok, later was adopted as a White Ute, retired to paint Indians. To his death he wore his hah long, carried a scar across his back, inflicted by Indians as he lay beleaguered in a buffalo wallow.

Mentioned in..
http://www.illinoisart.org/artists_listP_S.html

https://localhistory.kclibrary.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all&CISOBOX1=Stobie%2C+Charles+S.

Crossing the Plains to Colorado in 1865 November 1, 1933 Charles Stewart Stobie started from St. Joseph, Missouri, on his trip across the plains. Took the Missouri River up to Nebraska City to start on the trail. Describes the experience in detail.

http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/undigitized/S.html

From the lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill Chapter 28 page 429

Stobie born in Baltimore on March 18th 1845 went west in 1865 by wagon train to Denver teaming up with Californian Joe Milner, they were in three Indian fights between Fort Kearny and Fort Sedgwick, Stobie was the only white man with the Ute war party that fought Arapahoes and Cheyennes, he scouted for Maj Jack Downing against the same tribes and was scout with Jim Baker at the White River Ute Agency under Major D C Oakes. Returning to Chicago, Stobie studied art under G P A Healy. Stobie painted Sitting Bull, Standing Bear, Little Wolf, Frank North and Kit Carson and was also noteable as a photographer.

http://www.savageauart.com/bio-c%20p%20adams.htm
Biography Charles Adams
“More than any other painter he captured the grandeur of the Rockies,
their overpowering strength, their mystical beauty.”

Colorado’s poet laureate Thomas Hornsby Ferril of painter Charles Partridge Adams
Adams had arrived during an amazingly active period in the Denver art community. The Academy of Fine Arts Association of Colorado was founded in 1876. Another group - known as both the Kit Kat Club and the Colorado Art Association, started up in 1880 and Adams was a member, along with well-known local figures like Howard Streight, Charles Stewart Stobie, John Harrison Mills and Harvey Otis Young. In 1882 the Colorado Academy of Design was founded, followed in the 1886 by the Denver Art Club, the Denver Paint and Clay Club in 1889 (Adams was a member), the Le Brun Art Club in 1890, the Denver Art League in 1892, and the Artists’ Club in 1893. (The Artists’ Club is still with us, though transformed: it incorporated in 1917 as the Denver Art Association and in 1923 became the Denver Art Museum.)

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List of Exhibition Artists
Late 19th & Early 20th Century Artists

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Charles S. Stobie Born in Baltimore in 1845, Stobie attended the Maryland Institute in Baltimore and studied drawing and painting for two years at Madras College in St. Andrew, Scotland. His family moved to Chicago in 1862-63, and two years later Stobie journeyed west to St. Louis and secured passage up the Missouri to Nebraska City, where he hired out as a bullwhacker. Stobie quickly became bored with the slow pace of the oxtrain and found employment with a; horse-mule train at a stage station along the route to Fort Kearney. The train skirmished with Indians three times east of Fort Sedgwick and Stobie was credited with killing seven Indians. The fete was noted in the Rocky Mountain News before his arrival in Denver, and "from that time forward," Stobie later said, "I never wanted for employment, friends or money in Colorado." , Stobie ably combined scouting and painting, and in the winter of 1865 became intimately acquainted with and sought advice from the well-known mountaineer James P. Beckwourth, as well as Kit Carson, Mariano Medino, and James Baker. During the spring of 1866 Stobie crossed Berthoud Pass and lived with Nevava's band of Utes in Middle Park While living with the Utes Stobie was a member of a war party that took seven scalps in a skirmish with a band of Cheyenne and Arapaho near Grand Lake. Stobie was adopted into the tribe and known as Paghaghet or Long Hair. It was at this time that Stobie, rugged yet sensitive, began to paint and sketch in ernest, particularly the Middle Park region. In the fall he was back in Denver as a scenic artist and actor, and displayed some large landscape paintings with Middle park subject matter in the offices of the Rocky Mountain News.

See also The Life And Adventures of James P Beckwourth
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In 1868 Stobie was again in Indian country as a scout for Major Jacob Downing's expedition against the Cheyenne and Arapaho, and established a studio over the Tambien Saloon at 355 Larimer Street, where he specialized in portraits and landscapes. In 1869 Stobie returned to scouting once again and assisted in the marking the location of the White River Ute agency in northwest Colorado. Stobie was an active buffalo hunter in addition to guiding and interpreting throughout the upper Colorado river region, and when he wasn't afield, he was painting and promoting his work, and associating with other frontier figures like himself. In the fall of 1875, for some unknown reason, he returned to Chicago.

From 1875 until his death in 1931 Stobie painted mainly at his Chicago studio, moving back to Denver intermittently, once in 1900, where he wielded his brush at 1605 Larimer until 1902, as well as irregularly visiting the southwestern part of the state. Among Colorado contemporaries Stobie was an artist of recognized ability. A writer for the Denver Post observed at the turn of the century the Stobie was a "rare painter of western life and scenery with all the charm and romantic passion that only those who love it, know how to throw into pictures of the West." Among the Ute tribe he was always a great favorite, and in general his attention to detail in the case of Indian dress and village life remains a valuable record Coloradoans are particularly indebted to Stobie for his vivid and colorful paintings of the state and its inhabitants.

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1865 Charles Stewart Stobie (1845-1931) arrives in Colorado wanting to
following in the footsteps of his idol, George Caitlin. Stobie, who was born in
Baltimore, Maryland, studied art in St. Andrews, Scotland and later worked in an
architect’s office before heading west as a member of a wagon train. On the
way, hostile Indians attack the train three times, and Stobie is credited with killing
seven. Word spreads and upon his arrival the Rocky Mountain News reports the
story. According to Stobie, “From that time forward, I never wanted for
employment, friends, or money in Colorado.”
Mountain Charlie, as he is called, is one of the most colorful characters of the
day and is perhaps better known as an Indian fighter, scout and buffalo hunter,
but recognized locally as one of the best painters of the West. He counts among
his friends such western luminaries as Buffalo Bill Cody, Kit Carson, Wild Bill Hickok,
Jim Baker, and artist Fredrick Remington. Stobie often takes Remington on
sketching trips to Ute Indian encampments. He lives mostly in Denver and Grand
Lake or among the Utes, of whom he said, “Preferring the Indians companions, I
gradually got into their ways, and on hunting trips became more and more
enamored of this kind of life.”
1867 Lucien B. Smith invents barbed wire thus ending the open range.
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