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Very sad news... David Turner just called to tell me Jon Stainbrook has died. After a very long battle, Jon succumbed to MS this morning. Kathy Stainbrook will send me his obituary and plans for his funeral/memorial service, which I will post here. I am unspeakably sad about this. Jon was the first person who ever believed in me enough to hire me to play harmonica. He inspired me with his intensity. He has been part of my musical journey all these years, since 1976. Happy trails, my friend.

One of the beauties of this blog is that it is here all the time, and it will be here forever since it doesn't cost anything. Sooner or later, every person who was ever associated with Dirty Jacks Theater is likely to stumble upon it. The lastest is Buzz Leer, who was at DJs in (I think) 1973, '74, '75, and '77. He and I have never met, but I heard the name a lot while I was at the theater in '76 and '79. Buzz has been busy. Click here for his Demo Reel . Buzz is still an actor; was the host of "House Detective" on the HGTV channel for five seasons, ending in 2007. He promises to share his DJs stories here on the blog. Buzz, Welcome!

Tim O'Reilly met up with Jon Stainbrook in Washington DC and kindly sends us a report: ================================================= I did my best not to call him “Jon Jon” as we coordinated a meeting over the phone; I had coffee with Jon Stainbrook last Thursday. We had corresponded via email about a year ago (thanks to the “Dirty Jack dust” originally thrown into the air by Rick Davis when he engineered this site), but we never got our respective acts together. Jon and I established that we both lived in the national capital region, but that’s sprawling. I spent the best part of last winter in Baghdad, Jon was busy, and there were a couple of subliminal factors at play. First, there’s something Rick ran into (and myself later) when he tried to reassemble the cadre of folks that were lead and supporting actors (metaphor intended) in a magic portion of both our lives--the summer of 1976 in Jackson Wyoming. What do you say to someone who was a fond acquaintance (or friend) an

Remembering Nancy today..on her birthday. Miss you. -Tom DeWester

In the Summer of 1988... We ate al fresco in the town that evening at Sweetwaters and went to the 8 PM show at Dirty Jacks Wild West Theatre . It is a fun filled evening of hilarious wild west comedy. It is also very family friendly. At the time we happily attended their performance, they had been performing there for 17 years. Much laughter was heard throughout the comedy skit and we smiled for days thinking about the actors crazy antics on stage. You Grew Up in Jackson If... -If you know the difference between "Jackson" and "Jackson Hole", and laugh at people who don't! -If you know what "KSGT" stands for -If you ever ate at a restaurant called "Topper's" -If you remember what and where Kelly's Alley was, and ditto for Second Station -If you ever took a ski lesson from Pepi and learned the difference between carving and butchering your turns -If you went to the Cutter Races -If you ever hot-walked the polo ponies (that was a Girl Sc