More GNP History!

The Gross National Product  1974
John Lyon, guitar  Dave Bowen, banjo  Norm Oglesby, bass  Tom Jarboe, mandolin





In 1981 there were a couple of changes to The Gross National Product.
Norm Oglesby and Dave Bowen had moved on and the group needed a new bass player and a banjo.
  Enter Bob Hipsley and Woody Story!

 
The Gross National Product at DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, DC
March 3, 1982,
after performing with the US Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants.

(left to right)  Bob Hipsley, bass;  Tom Jarboe, mandolin;  John Lyon, guitar;  Colonel Arnold D. Gabriel, USAF, conductor (now retired);  Woody Story, banjo





In 1987, The Gross National Product met a naturally gifted musician who had just won the Deer Creek Fiddle Competition.   Brian Dorothy joined the band and happily added his considerable repertoire to the amazing variety of music performed by The Gross National Product.

At Flanagan's - circa 1988
(left to right) Brian Dorothy, Bob Hipsley, Tom Jarboe, John Lyon, Woody Story

Playing outdoors in incredible heat - Berrywine Plantation, August 1988
(left to right) Tom Jarboe, John Lyon, Woody Story, Bob Hipsley

The green wall at Flanagan's Irish Pub, Bethesda -- 1991-1992
(left to right) Brian Dorothy, John Lyon, Tom Jarboe, Bob Hipsley, Woody Story






a reunion - Summer, 1994

The Gross National Product at O'Leary's Pub in Wheaton, MD  
Summer  2000
Bob Hipsley, bass  Brian Dorothy, mandolin  John Lyon, banjo  Tom Jarboe, guitar

Brian Dorothy, John Lyon, Bob Hipsley, Tom Jarboe

Movin' Around