crew members on DQ

Greetings rom New Orleans ,

Hello Margaret ,
Its Ted Davisson and I sent you an e-mail and was wondering if you received it or not . Regardless , hope you well .
Smoothe Sailing !
Ted

Hi Margaret,
I too have emailed you. Also sent message via steamboats.org.
Get in touch with me, maybe I can assist you.
Dennis

Hi Margaret,

Deb and I will be onboard the DQ next week. I'm not sure if it still works but you can try to have either of us paged by the purser via radio from the stage security desk. If the crew can find us and will let us down to the bow to escort you, I'd be glad to bring you onboard. This has worked in the past, though I don't have a clue if it's still allowed.

Bruno and Debbie Krause

Everybody hang on to your shorts! Margaret and I have communicated, and I'm gettin' her on! So there!

Now Mary, leave my shorts out of this! 🙂

And don't talk about his "pot" stash either! (clay pots that is, from Wal-Mart in Demopolis)
Dennis the shoppin' Menace, as we know him!! 🙂 heh heh Heh!
S'
David D.

Oops, Wrong Dennis!! Sorry about that, I meant Denis from Texas Lounge!
S'
David "Red-Faced" Dewey

Thanks for introducing me to the masterworks of John Stobart. of which the Delta Queen benefited. Your Dad's SK12 (I believe) was pretty nifty to ride in)

Hartford Under-the-Hill

Margaret,

Remember the time we went up-the-hill to the Under-the-Hill Saloon with John Hartford so he could hear your Natchez friends’ band play? John brought along his own instruments and began an impromptu concert, but a group of revelers at the table behind our's had drunk too deeply of the delights of Mr. Andre' Farish’s hostelry and soon their revelry rivaled the best that Harford could muster. So in true John Hartford fashion, he packed up his gear and returned to the DELTA QUEEN tied at the foot of Silver Street. It was too bad he never hear your friends play.

http://www.underthehillsaloon.com/custom/webpage.cfm?content=content&id=2

Hi there! Are you the same Captain Blum on the DQ in the '70's??????

I do indeed remember and I recall being really pissed! John Hartford died not too long ago, didn't he? Now, you must reveal your true identity to me again please!
[email protected]

Margaret,

I will send you an email from my [email protected] address.

Not quite sure where to post this - there's a good view of the AQ at Paducah. (Paducah Skytracker News Channel 6). Image she's there until 5 PM today.

Yes, one and the same. Glorious days for us then youngsters.

Its been a long time!

Hi Margaret! This is "Professor" Pete Eveland as Vic Tooker used to refer to me. I remember you well and have often wondered where you were. I knew you as a passenger on the boat. I knew you had landed a job on it, but that was after my time. I remember the time we pulled into Natchez and you had a convertible that took several of us up the hill to the Holiday Inn. I know Terry Severens was with us, but can't remember who else. I wasn't used to drinking and was too self-conscience to fast dance. However, after five bloody Mary's I can remember fast dancing to the music of the Doobie Brothers, "Listen to the Music!" We made it back to the DQ in time for me to play at the rail with the the band for the send off. For some reason, Vic handed me his gold Vega banjo to play. I was scared to death that I was going to drop it. Needless to say, I learned a valuable lesson about drinking that night. I think it was two weeks before I felt normal again 🙂

I have fond memories of meeting your parents Howard and Peggy, and visiting their plantation. I seem to recall that during a flood one year, the DQ disembarked people at their plantation. Is that true, or did I dream that? I hope life has been good to you!

Best,

Pete Eveland

Pete, it HAS been a long time! My wife Sharon and I were just thinking about you last night as we looked througfh old photos. I'm sure you don't remember me, as I started working on the DQ your last season, but you may remember my wife, the former Sharon Shrake. Email us at

Great to hear fom you!

Hi Bob,

It is great to hear from you. Its really coincidental that y'all were just thinking about me. I'll send an email to the address you provided.

Best,

Pete

I wasn't a crew member, just a beginning passenger in your days on the DQ as the one non-Tooker in the band, until Dan arrived in '74. Those great times led me to a total of 41 DQ trips over the years. Seems to me that you were heading for the ministry back then, did that occur? Here's a pix taken at St. Paul in Aug. 1975 of the band doing a promo with the St. Paul Winter Carnival People(not in pix). That's Vic Tooker on banjo, Pete in the bright red pants, looks like he's got a clarinet in hand, Dan Forman and Terry Severns with tambourines, Pop Tooker on trumpet, and Mom Tooker on bass. See http://www.steamboats.org/forum/showthread.php?p=8063#post8063 for more pix of Pete....

Hi Judy,

Thank you for sharing this picture. Those red pants are a hoot! Is that Bill Muster towards the right front corner?

I actually was in the ministry for five wonderful years. I was a senior associate minister for the First Christian Church of Phoenix. It was a large church, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, with three pipe organs, one of which was a theatre pipe organ donated by Merle Norman of the cosmetics fame. With a congregation of 3300 members and a choir that annually toured europe, it was a fabulous place to work. My mentor there, Dr. William S. Boice, was the most decorated chaplain in WWII. He was also a conservatory trained musician. I found during my tenure in Phoenix, that I really enjoyed counseling. We had our own staff psychologist that mentored me as well and encouraged me to go back to school. As it turned out, my father became ill and I returned to Ohio to help in the family business. After his passing, I went back to school and earned a doctorate in counseling from the University of Cincinnati. Since that time I have been a senior administrator and member of the faculty for two allopathic colleges of medicine. As Paul Harvey would say, "and thats the rest of the story." 🙂

Thanks for asking. Have a great day!

Pete

That's an interesting followup to a life on a steamboat. Yes, that is Bill Muster taking the pictures. Betty Blake is there someone too out of the camera range.

Jim Blum;7648 wrote: Yes, one and the same. Glorious days for us then youngsters.

Hi Captain! I worked under you in the Purser's office '77/'78. Are you interested in purchasing Stobart's? My father gave me about 5 or so. One or two I may keep. I'll see what I have when I return to Huntsville AL (home) next week. It was nice to hear from you!
Margaret Peabody Cotten

Ragtime piano player

Anyone know who the ragtime piano player was on the Delta Queen in the early 90's? He had some of his own compositions, kind of a layed back fellow if I remember. He had a nice touch. Does he still entertain on the Delta Queen?

val felicek;8395 wrote: Anyone know who the ragtime piano player was on the Delta Queen in the early 90's? He had some of his own compositions, kind of a layed back fellow if I remember. He had a nice touch. Does he still entertain on the Delta Queen?

I think you've described Hoyle Osborne to a "T". If Hoyle is indeed who you mean, I can tell you that he and I were partners in the Paddlewheel Lounge on the last, or should I say the most recent, season of the Mississippi Queen in 2006.

Neither of us are on the boats now. He lives in New Mexico and works in that area. We correspond regularly and, again, if he's the guy you mean, I'll tell him you were asking for him.

Paul

Paul Penta;8397 wrote: I think you've described Hoyle Osborne to a "T". If Hoyle is indeed who you mean, I can tell you that he and I were partners in the Paddlewheel Lounge on the last, or should I say the most recent, season of the Mississippi Queen in 2006.

Neither of us are on the boats now. He lives in New Mexico and works in that area. We correspond regularly and, again, if he's the guy you mean, I'll tell him you were asking for him.

Paul

Val, sounds like Hoyle Osborne to me too, I remember him well. I also have his cassette " Swingcopation".........nice recording. It's dated 1990.