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Bo Boshears has been with the Flashbacks since about 1996. He served as a Marine bandsman and, as an officer, had his own band.He retired to Marble Falls and, after doing farrier work for several years, joined the Sheriff's department in Burnet County.

Cary West has been with the Flashbacks since 1987. She has a long career as a public school teacher. She has a degree in music and has taught music as well as several other subjects throughout her career.

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Gene Markley --  Born in Berea, Ohio, Gene started playing trumpet in 4th grade in a 3-room grade school. In high school he played in band, sang in the chorus, and had his own dance band. He also played in Berea's Baldwin Wallace College marching band while in high school. He then went to Wooster College for two years before enlisting in the Air Force for 18 months. He was placed in a band whose primary work was radio, stage and dance jobs, essentially living the life of the Big Bands playing up and down the West Coast. After discharge, he returned to Wooster, graduating with a BA deg. in economics. The college band, symphony orch., dance bands and performing in dramatics took most of his spare time. Gene worked for The Dow Chemical Co. for 34 years starting in purchasing but spending most of his time in all phases of Employee Relations. Dance bands and Little Theater remained his avocations the whole time but he managed to get an MBA in Industrial Mgt. going to night school. After retirement he and his wife moved to Lago Vista, TX, where he has been active in church & civic affairs. Dance bands, choirs and golf are his prime retirement activities. He has 3 children and 1 grandchild.