| My Photo Sessions... |
Every person has got photos taken in their lifetime and I'd like to
share some of mine with you. Photos of when something
happened that basically one will remember all his or her lifetime.
You will find out why it was so easy writing songs like Deer
Hunting Season Again by just viewing some of the photos on my
website.
If you think for one minute that I wouldn't have rather been doing
something else but practicing, check out the photo of me when I
was 7 years old. Then tell me I enjoyed practicing. It is always
after the fact that one takes a good hard look at his or her past
and in my case, I'm real glad that dad insisted that I play the
accordion.
Even though I played sports, (I lettered in wrestling), and I played
basketball and track, i guess I was destined to be an entertainer.
I think back on my high school years and I think back on all the
jocks that were good friends of mine and you know what? None
of them ever went on to become a Bret Farve or a Reggie White
or a Mark Tauscher. No, they didn't and they were really good.
But I, on the other hand, went on to use my talents as a musician
many times in my lifetime, getting paid top dollar for something I
truly enjoyed doing. I was able to fall back on entertainment and
making people happy when there was nothing else available.
Yes it's true, I didn't enjoy learning but now after 55 years I'm
happy that my dad insisted that I learn how to play music. Many
times in my lifetime it's been a God sent.
I invite you to take a trip through my lifetime and to meet some of
the people that have made a difference in my world and to see
that entertaining wasn't all I did while growing up in Central
Wisconsin. In this photo session you'll meet my mom, my dad and
my six siblings. You'll also see people that made a difference.
Take a tour of my lifetime and read all I have to say about what
was going on when that picture was taken. Enjoy a trip to my past
and I hope that you appreciate seeing the things that meant a lot
in my life.
share some of mine with you. Photos of when something
happened that basically one will remember all his or her lifetime.
You will find out why it was so easy writing songs like Deer
Hunting Season Again by just viewing some of the photos on my
website.
If you think for one minute that I wouldn't have rather been doing
something else but practicing, check out the photo of me when I
was 7 years old. Then tell me I enjoyed practicing. It is always
after the fact that one takes a good hard look at his or her past
and in my case, I'm real glad that dad insisted that I play the
accordion.
Even though I played sports, (I lettered in wrestling), and I played
basketball and track, i guess I was destined to be an entertainer.
I think back on my high school years and I think back on all the
jocks that were good friends of mine and you know what? None
of them ever went on to become a Bret Farve or a Reggie White
or a Mark Tauscher. No, they didn't and they were really good.
But I, on the other hand, went on to use my talents as a musician
many times in my lifetime, getting paid top dollar for something I
truly enjoyed doing. I was able to fall back on entertainment and
making people happy when there was nothing else available.
Yes it's true, I didn't enjoy learning but now after 55 years I'm
happy that my dad insisted that I learn how to play music. Many
times in my lifetime it's been a God sent.
I invite you to take a trip through my lifetime and to meet some of
the people that have made a difference in my world and to see
that entertaining wasn't all I did while growing up in Central
Wisconsin. In this photo session you'll meet my mom, my dad and
my six siblings. You'll also see people that made a difference.
Take a tour of my lifetime and read all I have to say about what
was going on when that picture was taken. Enjoy a trip to my past
and I hope that you appreciate seeing the things that meant a lot
in my life.
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| Entertaining the troops at home. |
| Things were not always that good. Most of the time in my early years i didn't want to practice as you can see from this picture when I was seven/ |
| Here I wasn't crying and things were not always so bad when I practiced. |
| In this picture I'm a little older. This is me with my second accordion. Notice the sheet music, I never did learn the art of reading music. |
| This is my mom and dad sitting with Leo & Ruby Cruse. Leo suggested that I change one word in Walking The Floor and I did and it has worked till now. |
| I love to fish. Here I am at about 16 with a 15 1/2" Perch. |
| You thought that all I did was Music? Not hardly. I got to paint all the picture windows in the home place every Christmas. |
| This is a picture of me at 16 trying to teach my sister how to play the organ. |
| Central Wisconsin was a farmer community. I showed cows, horses and chickens at the local fairs. In this picture I am shown with my prize Holstein named Tebbie and my brother is riding Sugarlump. |
| At age 16 or 17 dad brought home this white spinet piano. This is about the age that i really preferred Piano to piano accordion. |
| 17 years old and a senior in high school I needed an instrument for band. The band director asked me what I played. I asked him what he needed and he said I need a tuba player and I told him he was looking at a tuba player. |
| At 20 years of age Uncle Sam sent me a letter. He desired my body working for him. This is a picture in September of 1967 with my family heading for Viet Nam. |
| This is a picture of the caterpillar that my dad buried when we kids built a fort under the plum trees. This was not one of the happier times for the Frey kids. We never dug another hole on the property as long as we can remember. |
| Just before going into service in February 1966 I had purchased this 1965 Chevy four speed 2 door hardtop. I had to get rid of it in 1967 before shipping off to Viet Nam. |
| In my later years, age 19, here I am pictured entertaining at one of the many talent shows I completed in. |
| Here's a picture of the most loving and tolerable dog I have ever had. His name was Sudsy and this was a sight that many people seen many times. Sudsy didn't mind all the cats in the neighborhood climbing aboard. In fact he loved it. |
| This was my grandfather. George Frey. He lost his arm early in life working at Roddis Lumber Factory, He passed away on the home place. Notice the Frankie Yankovic music book. |
| Yes I was a farmer at one time in my life. Winning Star Green Hand Farmer in FFA in high school I was also active in Mara Wood 4H. Here I am pictured with the rest of the club shown at our display at the Fair. |
| In High school band I played Clarinet, Tuba and Trumpet as seen here. |
| Playing with Howie Strurtz and his Orchestra was always a real pleasure. Pictured here is my Uncle Elmer and my good friend and excellent guitarist Gene Lafond. |
| I learned to play the organ when the church needed a church organist. I also did the solo and wrote all the solo's I sang at the church. |
| Pictured here with my dad and Gene LaFond I was 14 at the time. |
| This picture is of me with some of the items I built for showing at the local fair in 4H. |
| While I was on leave and headed for Viet Nam I was informed that the foreign exchange student from Brazil was not being taken to the Junior Ball so I volunteered. Here I am pictured with her. Her name was Loni. |
| Here's a picture of my Uncle Elmer with Gene's happy face in the background. Uncle Elmer is the person that taught me the Dream Of Heaven Waltz. |
| 21 years of age here I am playing for one of the many dealer shows for my dad's mobile home company at Louisville Kentucky. The girl shown with me is a friend of mine that I met in Louisville when I was stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky. |
| This picture was taken in the barracks in Viet Nam and shows me playing the guitar. Didn't have my accordion over there. This is the way we normally dressed when we were off duty. It was just plain hot, hot, hot!!! |
