Roy Lee Centers joined the band not too long before this tour and a promoter in Japan (Tokyo Denpa News) had only a picture of the current members. The picture here is with Melvin Goins and Larry Sparks.

Workshop at Yamaha in Ginza, Tokyo.

Dick Freeland, Roy Lee Center, Curly Ray Cline, Jack Cook, Ralph Stanley, unidentified, Takaji Mikata, Hiroshi Ijunin & Josh Otsuka at Shin-Osaka station.

Dick Freeland, Ralph Stanley & Josh Otsuka

Curly Ray Cline,Ralph Stanley, Dick Freeland, Kenji Nozaki, Jack Cook & Roy Lee Centers. Kenji of Lost City was responsible of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe concerts.

Strolling thru the streets of Osaka

Osaka

Sound check at Osaka Mainichi Halll

Sound check with Dick Freeland of Rebel Records

With MC Hiroshi Ijunin, and Saburo Watanabe Inoue in the back

Jack jamming with an opening act, Kosuke Hirai and Hilltop Cabiners. They were 16 to 19 years old. Josh Otsuka is looking on with a smile.

Hiroshi Ijuninn

Program for sale. Kazuhiro Onishi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Fukutomi, Akira Kattsumi & unidentifieed.

Autograph session

w Shukuko Ishida at Kobe Yamaha

w/ Kenji Nozaki at Kobe Yamaha

Opening act Bluegrass 45 at Kobe Yamaha

Churchback Trio (Shu & Nobu Ishida & Akira Katsumi?)

Motomachi, Kobe

Motomachi, Kobe

Motomachi, Kobe

Lost City. Cheers!

Churchback Trio (Shu & Nobu Ishida & Josh Otsuka)

Bluegrass 45

Bluegrass 45

Roy on banjo & Jack on guitar

Hsueh-Cheng Liao on fiddle

Clinch Mountain Boys and Akira Otsuka on mandolin

Outside of Lost City

The party is over. Heading back to hotel.

A banjo on loan from Johnny Whisnant. This banjo is currently on display at International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame/Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky.