Eddie Taylor,Marshall Carpenter aka Squirrel, Danny Jones, Cowboy Jimmie Moore, Boston Shorty, Hubert Cokes.
I've been playing for seven decades now. I've seen and talked to pretty much all of the fellows in this picture at one time or another. Going left to right:
Eddie Taylor
Earl Shriver
Marshall "Squirrel" Carpenter
Handsome Danny (Jones)
"Connecticut Johnny" (Vives)
"Cowboy" Jimmy Moore
Larry "Boston Shorty" Johnson
Sonny Springer
"Joey Spades" (Spaeth)
Hubert Cokes' bodyguard
Hubert "Daddy Warbucks" Cokes
Johnny Irish
Eddie "Chris" McGehean
Unknown
Joe Procita
Unknown
Unknown
Arnaldo
Thanx, ArnI've been playing for seven decades now. I've seen and talked to pretty much all of the fellows in this picture at one time or another. Going left to right:
Eddie Taylor
Earl Shriver
Marshall "Squirrel" Carpenter
Handsome Danny (Jones)
"Connecticut Johnny" (Vives)
"Cowboy" Jimmy Moore
Larry "Boston Shorty" Johnson
Sonny Springer
"Joey Spades" (Spaeth)
Hubert Cokes' bodyguard
Hubert "Daddy Warbucks" Cokes
Johnny Irish
Eddie "Chris" McGehean
Unknown
Joe Procita
Unknown
Unknown
Arnaldo
Arnaldo, what event would bring these well dressed gents together?
Thanks, I didn't think people would recognize John Vives from CT- when I moved up there from NY in 84 he was still playing but I remember being in a New Haven Ct room in the early 90s and there was a big argument over Vives not paying off on a big bet. I think he fought some DEAMONS MOST of his life- but in the 60s he was one of the best one pocket players in the US. I had a room owner in Ct tell me that Johnny Ervolino from NYC used to travel to Ct with a few mobsters and a few dames and gamble big $$ with Vives into the AM in DERBY CT. Wish I was there to see that! Two of the nations gambling best at that time battling it out all night long, with all the backdrop that Hollywood would die for!!
i can just imagine Ervolino's crew- mobsters and gun molls- bolting down I95 at 6am in a Continental Convertible after a session with Vives!
I cannot even ID the important guy photobombing from the wall.
Ike maybe?
D'oh!
Thanks.
I hope I didn't offend you bud, I have been on a goof for 2 days. I'm going stir crazy..