Flashback

Flashback was formed in the spring of 1986 by Bob Mitchell and his brother Leroy. Bob called Doug McHarg and Tony McAuley to join, two musicians he had worked with previously. We got together on a Wednesday night and we sounded alright on songs we all knew. We found out we had a gig in two weeks at the King John Pub in Langford. We quickly crammed some more songs and got through the first gig. We started playing a lot of weddings, parties and special events as well legions and pubs. We rapidly grew to gigging almost every weekend, plus the odd Wednesday to Saturday gig. We had a lot of fun, saw some crazy things and learned a lot about sleep deprivation. On one occasion, we were setting up at the Legion in Sidney, our first time there. As we were plugging in our gear, an elderly lady came up to us, and asked "Would you boys ever like to play here again?". Leroy replied, "Do... more...