RIGHTEOUS BLUEGRASS BAND — 1970
Robert Anderson, Scott Brownlee, Eric Holle, Dick Sparks
Later added Mike Lepine
Later Sparks left and Dan Middleton & then Bob Hoban joined for Tours
RUFUS KRISP
V1 – Robert, Scott, Eric, Roger Gemelle, and after Lepine added Kraig Kole
V2 – Robert, Rob McLerran, Spencer Bohren, Jaime Kibben, Kraig Kole
Later Kole left and Joey DeLauro joined
GONE JOHNSON
Eric, Rob, Spencer, Jaime, Joey and Ray Bonneville
ROBERT ANDERSON — “Roto Rooter”
SCOTT BROWNLEE — “Earthquake His’self”
ERIC HOLLE — “Dakota Hogback”
MIKE LEPINE — “Prune Danish”
ROGER GEMELLE — “Babyface Braunschweiger”
DICK SPARKS — “Fiddlin’ Dick”
ROB McLERRAN
Guitars, trombone, vocals
JOEY DeLAURO
Drums, percussion
KRAIG KOLE — Sharky Bonono
Drums, washboard, percussion
~ TOURING GUEST FIDDLERS ~
Dan Middleton
Guest fiddler par excellence.
Bob Hoban
Guest fiddler Bob Hoban came to Yuma, Colorado from Chicago to fiddle with Rufus Krisp. They recorded there on a 4-track reel to reel machine above a pharmacy. The town had 2800 people in it in 1972. 50 years later it has 2800 people in it. Bob was a true talent: standup comic, killer piano, fiddle, guitar and did some tour work for us after Dan.
Sadly lost Bob in 2019. He was a Nashville session pianist whose recording credits include Ernest Tubb, Bobby Osborn, Jesse McReynolds, Jethro Burns, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker and Richie Havens.
Bob toured and recorded with our idol Vassar Clements for nearly 20 years, produced violin great Joe Venuti’s last three albums and was twice nominated for Grammys (as producer, “Best Country Album Of The Year”).