Rear Row
(Left to Right)
Helen Burdette,
Arnie Arnold,
Randy Newman,
Donnie Isenhower,
Steve Maples,
Steve Crouch,
Yvonne Burdette
Middle Row
(Left to Right)
Rex Burdette,
Linda Henry,
Sue Mabe,
Jeremy Mabe,
Bob Mabe,
Jessica James,
Donna Dalton,
Jon Burdette
Front Row
(Left to Right)
Gene Burdette,
Don Koonce
(Tom Thumbpickit),
Lisa Burdette
Donnie
began playing with the Bob-O-Link's Country Hoedown in August of 1984.
He was the youngest member of the band during his stay there. His duties
included: lead guitar, vocals, banjo and bass. He was often the brunt of
Tom Thumbpicket's humor, but he shared in the humor himself, including
singing like Donald Duck. During this period in Branson's history, the
season was much shorter...beginning at Labor Day and ending at Memorial
Day. The Bob-O-Link's traveled all over the country during the
"off-season" winter months. "I made a lot of life-time friends during my
stay at the Bob-O-Link's", Donnie says, "and you'll never meet a kinder,
gentler man than Bob Mabe."
Serious or not?
Nellie Wilson
Donnie and Randy
Went through many
hairstyles in three seasons!
The Bob-O-Link Gospel Quartet
(Left to Right)
Donnie Isenhower (Tenor
Vocals)
Arnie Arnold (Baritone Vocals)
Steve Maples (Lead Vocals)
Bob Mabe (Bass Vocals)
In
September of 1986 Bob-O-Link's performed at the state capitol in
Jefferson City as guests of John Ashcroft, now our nations Secretary of
the State. This picture was taken in John Ashcroft's office at the
capitol building.
Left to Right -
Steve Maples, John Ashcroft, Yvonne
Burdette, Donnie Isenhower and Jeremy Mabe.
Donnie
began playing with the Bob-O-Link's Country Hoedown in August of 1984.
He was the youngest member of the band during his stay there. His duties
included: lead guitar, vocals, banjo and bass. He was often the brunt of
Tom Thumbpicket's humor, but he shared in the humor himself, including
singing like Donald Duck. During this period in Branson's history, the
season was much shorter...beginning at Labor Day and ending at Memorial
Day. The Bob-O-Link's traveled all over the country during the
"off-season" winter months. "I made a lot of life-time friends during my
stay at the Bob-O-Link's", Donnie says, "and you'll never meet a kinder,
gentler man than Bob Mabe."
