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Whiton Family

  This is James sitting between his Mom Betty and Dad Ken.  Betty taught James to play bass at a very young age.  She too is a bass player.   Ken was a drummer and taught James about rhythm and jazz.  This picture was taken at Ken & Betty's first Major League Baseball game.  Go Mariners!!  
  This is James, Kathy and Nancy Whiton, the three Whiton siblings. 
This picture was taken in Boulder, CO, when the family came up to see Kathy's junior recital.		  

Katherine Anne Suber Whiton
 

Like James, Kathy started playing the double bass at a very young age.  Kathy passed away in a car accident in the Spring of 1997, at the age of 23, having nearly completed her master's degree in double bass performance. She was a phenomenal musician and a great friend. Her passing left a huge hole in our lives and she is dearly  missed.  The 1940's Juzek bass featured in most of this website was inherited by James from his sister and she is very much a part of the music that sings through it. 

  

Chavez Family
 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Chavez Family.  They are sprung from a long lineage of Chavez's.  They work hard and like the time we all have together.  Trucks, the White Sands, San Patricio, Casinos; Living life in the noisy town (Ruidoso, NM).

We all have great names.  Aristeo, Crescencio, Abeslin, Alexandria, Emiliana,  Felix and Amy.