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STEVE HARMON
Hutch Post Contributor
Today's "Throwback Thursday Collection" is a detour from our normal format. I thought we'd deviate from Hutch architectural history to Hutch social history.
This feature starts with "The Jades" — the house band at the Fireside Club at 1223 E. 30th, which was owned by Harold Nevius. The first photo shows The Jades in front of the Fireside Club sign in 1967.
These initial members were Bob Maddern, Dana Messing, John Hostutler, O'Dell Reed and Doug Messing. As the house band, they played four nights a week for several months before setting off to play all over Kansas on the weekends.
The second photo shows a publicity photo of The Jades in 1968, on stage at the Fireside when the band was Dana Messing, Darrel Milhon, O'Dell Reed, Dan Downing and Ron Dutton.
The third photo shows the group in 1970's attire at the soldiers and sailors monument.
The fourth photo shows the band "Beast" in 1973, that played the Fireside many times. Members included Donnie Wierman, Tom Rietcheck, Mike Schmidt, Dana Messing, Michael Kerns and Bruce Brown.
The fifth photo shows "Cruisin'" in 1987, that included Bill Jones, Bruce Brown and Dana Messing.
They came along after the Fireside closed and moved to the San Francisco Bay area. All these bands had one member in common: Dana Messing.
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