Planet Groove 2011

Planet Groove 2009

Planet Groove 2008

Planet Groove circa 2001

Planet Groove circa 1998

Planet Groove circa 1996

Ben & The Gentlemen circa 1991

Ben & The Gentlemen as the Bears band circa 1991-1992

Ben & The Gentlemen circa 1990

Ben & The Gentlemen circa 1988

Ben & The Gentlemen circa 1986

Ben & The Gentlemen circa 1984

Big Ben, what can you say to a guy who let his kids band take over his basement for 14 years.   Thanks Big Ben, we miss you.

Ben & The Gentlemen at the Illinois State Fair

Illinois State Fair

Who can forget the Halloween parties?

I just had to put this one in the archives!!

It's very hard to remember our kids being this small!!

dance your grapes off!

drummer from Foghat, Pirate, and guy from Egypt

Nice shot!

Who says you can't shake your money maker on a Sunday?

The Grainger crew!

PG getting their groove on

The Weisshaar boys!

The crowd eatin' some great food before the show!

Lori's friends having a great time!

Nice shot of the Arcara's and friends, and Weisshaars in the back, check out the view!

Thanks to the Dancing Diva's for shakin' it.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the long term PG original bassist for your enjoyment, Mr. Joe Rocha.  Thanks for playing Joey!

The sister in laws taking in a beautiful day!

PG with the nice banner!

The first summer festival, backing up American English!

Thanks Johnny for subbing with PG.

Now that is a Mardi Gras headdress

Nice shot of Benny!

What a beautiful shot of the Blues Bar!

Huge Horns!

PG in the flesh

The PG Horn Section

Russ yes PG on the big screen too.

The Roundhouse

Nice shot of the Hiorn's clan

Anita, Lisa's cousin, shakin' her groove thing

What a beautiful room!

I told you there was a Blues Brothers car on top of the stage!

PG crankin' out the tunes!

Nice shot of our number 1 fan, Lisa

Three lovely ladies wanting to sing back up perhaps?

Skip enjoying his virgin PG show.

Thanks to my wife who dresses me, I clean up pretty good!

shaking what their momma gave them

The Grainger gals having a great time!

Fun in the sun!

Is it wrong to compliment Ben's singing while wearing no shirt, I think not!!

The Broken Oar ladies struttin' their stuff

Happy Birthday Robin!

My mistake in requesting a sexy dancer!

Curly Paul and Lor having to take a dancing break during Mustang Sally

Kevin and Lynn looking great in their biker wear

I want to marry this girl, she knew the words to almost every song we played, and no we did not pay her to do that

Yep, that's the Ives and Weisshaar families, Brian got me into the band in 1984, I've never forgiven him! 

Brother Ed and friends taking in the beautiful night

The relatives of Ben enjoying the sounds

Dale with sons Robby and Tim (dig the shirts guys)

That's Mr. Westside to you

The talk around Dick's is that Westside can really play!

Reed and Dave laying down the groove!

The Heitzman family getting down with their bad selves!

A new friend otherwise known as Mr. Buckethead!

Reed jammin' it out in between what looks to be 2 popes, why is Reed all in red, maybe because of....SATAN!!

Nice shot of the crazy Dick's crowd!

Nice shot of Huge Horns with his new bari sax man look!

Barb (Ben's wife), dancing with 3 dudes, Ben you've got to get out from behind that drum kit!

Some of Dale's work friends, thanks for coming out guys!

Gordy (a Planet Groove virgin) who masterminded the largest new mailing list sign ups in band history, GENIUS!

A whole group of Planet Groove virgins, who sat directly in front of the speakers all night, thanks for all the nice comments.

Mark, Dale, and Bill having a good time, looks like Bill's getting a little tipsy.

Ben, Dale, Bill (longest tenured Planet Groove members), with the longest term friend of the band, curly head Paul.  

Nice shot of Reed's ass, I was really trying for the crowd shot here!!

Nice stage shot of the crazy Dick's crowd!

Planet Groove and our new 3 back up singers on stage, they can't sing a note but they sure do look good.

My youngest Planet Groovite Jake, nice to see he's a little excited.   I'm very proud of the stains!!  Jake doesn't get out much.

Planet Groove wondering what song is next, Woody forgetting his shades, don't worry he was docked for the night.

Dick's crowd with funny conehead hats enjoying the Groove.

Some of the youngest Planet Groovites shakin' what their parents gave them!!

What John's thinking, "ok, hot chicks dancing right in font of me on my last gig with the groove".  "Did I make the right decision"?

The crowd whipping up into a legimate frenzy

Penny, Don, Mike, and Rhonda, Mike sporting a collector's item, a Funkin' Brassholes shirt, one of only maybe 10 made, I still like the Funkin' Brassholes name (that was one band name that didn't make the cut before we chose Planet Groove)

The LaGrange Park crew having fun

Guess what Joe is thinking!!

The crowd having a blast!!

Thanks to all of the Planet Groovians, everybody had a special night!!

conga line formed

The crowd getting down with the Groove

Ben & Barb's friends and relatives whooping it up

Dale & Lor's anniversary night got just a little crazy

Barb enjoying the now sponsored "Planet Groove bra throw", everybody's doing it.

New horn guy John Springbrunn on tenor sax.

The crowd at Harry's enjoying Planet Groove

Paul, looking a little scared at Lor's dance moves

Ok, Paul wondering what he's gotten himself into.  Nice action shot though.

The rockin' Miletello family, mom stayed all night at 78 years young, man I hope I'm doing that at that age.

Dave jamming it out on alto sax, Bill wondering what chord he was supposed to play, and John nailing down the groove.

Huge, looking good with his huge horn.

John, funkin' it out, boy was it hot!!

Ben jammin it out, did I say how freakin' hot it was!!

Hornucopia patrons enjoying Planet Groove.

Paul digging the Planet Groove sound!!

Nice picture right outside Ribco.

Headlining at Hornucopia, this is the closest spot we could take a picture!!

They're Back!! Planet Groove's first club performance in over 4 years, special thanks to Pam for taking such a great picture. 

Johnny and Joey jamming it out!!  The horn section doing the white man clap.

A flattering picture of Dave, we're not sure if he's having a seizure, or just rocking out!!!

Some of the Planet Groovians, great to see them having fun!!

Billy, Mark, and new friend Dave, but dig the Planet Groove buttons, Billy had them in his attic, how'd he know the band would get back together!!

Pam, the newest Weisshaar, with Laurie (both are picture takers, and we thank them)

Lisa and Laurie dancing like old times!

Megan, I believe our youngest Planet Groovian.

 Planet Groove is back, oh the sweet funkiness!!!  Wait, what happened to John?? No worries, he was having a cocktail in the bar.