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Paul in Pictures

Reunion founder/bassist Paul Hudspeth wasn't always

smiling, as some early shots attest.  But we can

confidently state he's been beaming at least since 1973.

HOur Paul, circa late 1960s, rehearsing with John and Tommy at his house...

HAll that rehearsing led to the first-ever Reunion gig in the summer of 1971...

Handsome and well-coiffed in a group photo in 1973.F

GThe hair! Hey, the Seventies demanded it. Specifically, these photos were taken at UT's drunken dive The Bucket, left, and North Austin's inebriated enclave, The Barn.

EHis future was so

 bright he had to

 wear...well, you

 know...H 

Still smiling in the 2000s, Paul remains Da Man!

EPlaying a cool Austin night

 at Cedar Street and a warm

 Lake Travis evening at The

 Oasis...H

HWhether dressed for the ball...

H...or the barbecue... Paul's demeanor is glowing!H

Gettin' Down on Van

GPaul takes the bass lead in the bridge of "Brown Eyed Girl" while Sam and Stephen point the way.

Wikipedia's History of the Bass Guitar...

The bass guitar was invented in the 1950s. Until the 1950s musicians played the double bass in jazz, blues, folk, and early rock music. The double bass was big and heavy. Musicians wanted a smaller and lighter instrument. Inventors tried to think of ways of building a smaller and lighter bass instrument. One of these inventors was a man named Leo Fender in the United States. Leo Fender invented the bass guitar in the 1950s, using many parts that are similar to the parts of an electric guitar. Leo Fender called the instrument the "Fender Precision Bass". "Precision" came from the fact that frets allowed musicians to play precise notes, instead of relying on pitch to play them precisely.

Read the rest of the tale here.