Collection Contents
Diplomas
Taylorville High School diploma 1956-06-05
Department of the Air Force certificate of training 1959-08-10
Bachelor of Arts, California State University, Hayward 1975-08-29
The Grass Busters
The Grass Busters business card undated
The Grass Busters gardeners flyer undated
Park Air Force yearbook
Parks Air Force Base yearbook 1955
Blues career circa 1980s-2000
Band member biographies
Blues on Tap [two copies] undated
Charles Banks undated
Carl “Good Rockin” Robinson undated
Chris “Trap” Daniels undated
Bernard Anderson undated
Calendars
Rhythm Rockers’ outside performance dates 1986
Charles “Lover Boy” Banks and Blues on Tap performance calendars circa 1980s
Eli’s Mile High Club entertainment calendars 1987-1988
Your Place Too entertainment calendars circa 1980s
Discographies and song lists
Handwritten discography undated
Song lists undated
Flyers and posters
Three day grand opening Your Place Too featuring Lowell Fulsom and Blues on Tap circa 1980s
Blues on Tap promotional flyers circa 1980s
Charlie Banks and Blues on Tap at Your Place Too [two copies] circa 1980s
First anniversary at Your Place Too with Blues on Tap and guest Al King circa 1980s
First year anniversary celebration at Your Place Too featuring Al King, Freddie Hughes and Charlie Banks and Blues on Tap circa 1980s
Labor Day celebration at Eli’s Mile High Club with Charles “Lover Boy” Banks and Blues on Tap circa 1980s
Your Place Too presents Chick Willis (The Stoopdown Man) with Charlie Banks and Blues on Tap circa 1980s
A night of celebration at Your Place Too 1989-02
Olympic Tavern reunion of Fresno's own Rhythm Rockers 1989-08-04
Charles Banks benefit 1990-06-11
Eli’s Mile High Club benefit for blues artist Charles Banks 2000-02-13
Charlie's Corner posters 2000-02-20
On Tap Productions
On Tap Productions promotional image circa 1980s
On Tap Productions business card circa 1980s
Recognitions
East Bay All-Stars Best Musical Group certificate to J.J. Malone, Troyce Key and the Rhythm Rockers for Best Musical Group 1982-10-15
Bay Area Blues Society Bass Guitarist of the Year Award 1989-02-06
Assorted printed material
“Roots,” Express 1985-08-30
Monterey Jazz Festival souvenir program 1986
“Whole lotta blues at Monterey Festival,” San Francisco Examiner 1986
“Blues in the schools underway,” newspaper clipping 1987
Bay Blues Monthly vol. 2 1989-02
2nd Annual Blues Awards Show of the Bay Area Blues Society held at the Oakland Museum program 1989-02-18
“’62 Rhythm Rockers reunited for blues concert at the Oly,” Fresno Bee 1989-02-18
“’62 Rhythm Rockers reunited for blues concert at the Oly,” Fresno Bee 1989-08-04
“Charles Banks:
Musician
, artist, dreamer,”
San Francisco Examiner
1995-06-05
West Coast Blues No. 14 1995-12
West Coast Blues No. 15 1996-02
“Blues vet sings song of survival,” newspaper clipping circa 1990s
“Veterans show off their artistic talent,” The Post 1988-04-10
Cuniff Studio-Gallery exhibition announcement Charles Banks 'Creator of the Fish' 1994
Gallery Concord exhibition All-American Folk Art Gallery 1994
Jack Wold Fine Art Gallery mailer circa 1995
32nd Annual Sister Kenny Institute International Art Show by Artists with Disabilities 1995
Sister Kenny Institute certificate of recognition 1996
33rd Annual Sister Kenny Institute International Art Show by Artists with Disabilities 1996
34th Annual International Art Show by Artists with Disabilities 1997
Charles Banks Artist folder circa 1997
Charles E. Banks artist statement [two copies] circa 1997
Two signed Fish prints 1997
Charles Banks Fish of Charles notecards [three] 1997
No. 3 painting documentation 1997
Charles E. Banks paintings 1993-1996 circa 1997
Charles E. Banks paintings 1997 circa 1997
Department of Veterans Affairs National Veterans Creative Arts Festival booklet, Grand Junction, Colorado 1999-10-11
“Veterans awarded for excellence in the arts,” Martinez Record 1999
"The fish of Charles opens Saturday," newspaper clipping circa 1990s
Parker Air Force Base class photograph, caption: “Hydraulics course” [001] 1957-01-22
Group photograph (left to right): Sonny Rhoades, Al King, J.J. Malone, Charles Banks [002] undated
Group photograph of Troyce Key, J.J. Malone and the Rhythm Rockers [003] circa 1980s
Charles Banks with Oakland Unified School District student, caption: “Blues in the schools” [004] 1987
Photo collage of the Rhythm Rockers 1958 and 1988 [005] 1988
The Rhythm Rockers promotional photograph, (left to right): Chris Daniels, Troyce Key, C.A. Carr, J.J. Malone, Charles Banks [006] circa 1980s
Charles Banks performing on outdoor stage [007] undated
Blues on Tap (left to right): Chris Daniels, Carl Good Rockin Robinson, Charles Banks, and Bernard Anderson [008] circa 1980s
Photograph of Lowell Fulsom with Charles Banks [009] undated
Twenty-nine Fish paintings [010-038] 1994-1995
Assorted poems undated
Charles Banks and Blues on Tap live with Chick Willis at Your Place Too circa 1980s
Blues on Tap studio recordings circa 1980s
Blues on Tap live at the Cotati Cabaret circa 1980s