The Movies 1984 - left to right - Junior Wilson (guitar & vocals),Nathaniel Boozer (trumpet), Kendall Dixon (drums), Gene "Grady" Griggs (Tenor Sax), Edward "Pedro" Miller (piano, Guitar & vocals), Mike Halverson (organ & vocals) and Bobby Barr (bass & vocals)

Since Bob Barr stayed with the rest of the large Movies band, Ray Strube and I recruited ex Heart Beatz bassist Steve Schellinger. He would play bass and provide strong vocals for this Movies trio. It was a good group but I was still interested in having a bigger sound. I had worked with synthesizers since they first became commercially available and used them regularly in 70's bands and on studio projects. I started to experiment with the possibility of adding additional keyboard parts (such as organ, piano & strings) to the band's live sound by means of a new technology called midi sequencing. It was a means of playing back previously created parts into once or more synthesizers. This eventually led to a whole new band project called Fun with Joan.

The Movies trio - late 1984-85 with Steve Schellinger (bass & vocals)

A while after "Fun with Joan" broke up I played organ and guitar with Bob's project "The Cutters". I also did arranging for the band. Starting out as an off shoot of the big "Movies" band 'The Cutters" went through several member changes before I joined around 1987. It was very successful and traveled a lot. As groups will do, in 1989 "The Cutters" disbanded. It would be reformed using members of a Frederick, Md group and continue on. Local band members Ray Strube Wayne Lopez, Joey Fulkerson and I decided to reform as "The Movies". Danny Woolford , who had previously played in "The Comets", joined to play bass. This "Movies" song list would also include some more country rock tunes in the mix, along with much of the same music we had done in both "The Movies" and "The Cutters". Our old "Heart Beatz" front man Tader mixed the sound for us. The group sounded great and was well accepted but it didn't last. We all got along fine but by the end of 1989 both Joey and Wayne had decided they wanted to do something different. It ended in early 1990. The next band formed would be "The Circles". That group would include Tader, Rick Beck, Ray Strube, myself and later Cliff Hillis. It also sounded fine and was very creative but again short lived. A very frustrating era.

The Movies 1989 - left to right - Ray Strube (drums), Junior Wilson (vocals, keyboards, guitar, mandolin, banjo, Pedal steel guitar & fiddle), Wayne Lopez (vocals & percussion), Danny Woolford (bass & vocals) and Joey Fulkerson (electric and acoustic guitar, harmonica & vocals)

After the 1990 "Circles" split up I worked for several months with a fun trio called "Crabmeat, Pedro & Junior". Around 1991 Bob Barr and I reformed "The Cutters" band again and later started doing some "Movies" trios jobs as well on off days. "The Fantastic Cutters" was a fine band but by 1993 it was coming to an end and in 1994 Bob joined "Kathy Martin & the Hot Rods". After Bob left Ray Strube and I formed another "Movies" trio with former "Movies" and "Heart Beatz" member Rick Beck. This time Rick would once again be the bassist. (as he had for the 1980 Tader & the Heart Beatz trio) A while later we added Julie Lawrence as female vocalist and keyboardist. After Julie left we added another former "Gene Cook band" and "Cutters" member Chuck Sapp to play keyboards and sax. This group sounded good and got along great but both Strube and I were rather burnt out by that time. after three years we gave it a break and I started my solo act.

The Movies 1996 - left to right - Chuck Sapp (sax, keyboards & vocals), Rick beck (bass & vocals), Ray Srube (drums) & Junior Wilson (guitar, fiddle & vocals)

Miss Julie Lawrence sang and played keyboards for the band prior to Chuck Sapp.

By the 2006 Bob was still with "Night Life Band", Strube was with "Blues Deville", Rick was taking a break from playing out and I was doing my solo act. After talking about the possibility of reforming the band for a couple of years, in the fall of 2006 Bob Barr, Ray Strube and I got back together as the original trio reunion. Our first actual performance was Halloween weekend at Wild Quail Country Club in Wyoming, DE and our first public gig was a reunion held at the LHR in Lewes, DE on November 26. The response was terrific and, though Bob and Strube were still involved in other bands, we still managed to play once or twice monthly though the spring.

The Movies trio reunion - November 2006

In March of 2007 Rick Beck, original keyboard/guitar player and vocalist for the original Movies band, rejoined the group.

The Movies band with Rick Beck Spring 2007

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