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Off The Wall
1980 - 1983

Off The Wall
L-R: Mike Byrd, Jeff Donohoe, Steve Brittenham, J.Hanz Ives, Vaughn McMillan
Photo by Steve Daniels - August 1982

OFF THE WALL began playing the clubs in 1979 as a trio, Vaughn McMillan (guitar/vocals), Jeff Donohoe (bass/vocals), and Mike Byrd (drums/percussion). Steve Brittenham (keyboards/vocals) joined in January 1980. From 1980 to 1983 we played 460 shows, 63 different venues, 21 towns, 6 states. Special gigs included our warehouse parties, the Rockfests at Speedway Park, playing in Albuquerque’s Civic Auditorium and Kimo Theater, opening for Badfinger in Albuquerque, Rail in Bozeman, MT, and Head East in El Paso, TX. In Albuquerque, Bogart’s and Friar’s Pub were our homes away from home. Club gigs were typically 4-1/2 hours a night, 6 nights a week, and you could actually earn a living playing rock music in town. Those were the days…

 

Off The Wall
L-R: Vaughn McMillan, Mike Byrd, Jeff Donohoe, Steve Brittenham
94 Rock Summer Games - Academy Hills Park, Albuquerque, NM
Photo by Lea Ann Hinde - June 21, 1980

 
Jerry Dale’s, Ruidoso NM
L-R: Mike Byrd, Steve Brittenham, Jeff Donohoe, J.Hanz Ives, Vaughn McMillan
Photo probably by James Ramey - November 1982
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Bogarts
Final performance at Bogart’s
Steve Brittenham, Vaughn McMillan, Mitch Ross, J.Hanz Ives, Jeff Donohoe
Photo by ? June 12, 1983.
 
J.Hanz Ives, Vaughn McMillan, Steve Brittenham, Jeff Donohoe, Mitch Ross
Photo by Keith Smith - June 1983
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Off The Wall
Civic Stage
Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM
L-R: Vaughn McMillan, Mike Byrd, Jeff Donohoe, Steve Brittenham
Photo by Mike Mummey - March 20, 1981
 


L-R: Jeff Donohoe, Steve Brittenham, Mike Byrd, Vaughn McMillan
Photo by Lea Ann Hinde - September 1980
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Kimo Theater October 3, 1980

 


All Pictures, Bio provided by Steve Brittenham
Thank You Steve - June 2006

 

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