Monte "Spider King" Cooley ~ Lead Guitar
Ashley Dice ~ Drums, Vocals
Ray Randall ~ Bass
David Sanborn ~ Bass Guitar
Dave Schelly ~ Lead Guitar, Vocals
Loren "Sugar Bear" Tanner ~ Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Steve Randle ~ Equipment, Sound, Lighting

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Ogre played 1968-1972 Within a 300 mils radius of their hometown of Lewiston, Idaho.  They performed at, colleges, universities, the "Blue Mountain Rock Festival" at Moscow,ID, various Grange Halls, military armories. high schools, and Several Benefit Concerts.

The music of Ogre influence, consisted of ... Neil Young; Savvoy Brown; Ten Years After; Arlo Guthrie; and many others, plus their originals. Stay tuned for updates as they happen.  One may never know when a West Coast Ogre Brethren might merge with East Coast Brethren, and Spark-N-Arc.

In 1973 and 1974, Ogre played throughout the Northwest in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and B.C., as well as in Nevada, Montana and Alberta. They played a mix of originals and covers including songs by bands ranging from Foghat to Alice Cooper. They were booked by EM Entertainment in Moscow, Idaho and Head First Entertainment in Reno, Nevada.

Loren Tanner, December 2001

Ogre was the culmination of some long time friendships.  We all went to Lewiston High School, except for Chuck (who now goes by his middle name, Ashley) who was three years younger and was still in Jr. High when we started.  In the summer of 1969 my brother Steve went off to Viet Nam and left behind a Harmony Stella guitar in his closet.  With that and a Mel Bay chord book, I began to learn how to play….along with my pals Dave Sanborn and Monte Cooley.  At the same time, Ralph (who now goes by his middle name, Loren) was singing & playing acoustic guitar with his buddy Ray Randall on bass; even playing some gigs together as a duo.  Ray’s brother Rod got them together with “wiz-kid” drummer Chuck Dice and they began looking for a lead guitarist.  In the fall of 1971 I placed a classified ad in the Lewiston Morning Tribune to sell an extra guitar.  Ralph called, came to the house and purchased my Fender Coronado.  We jammed a little bit and soon I was invited to “try out’ with his band.  We all hit it off & practiced at Chuck’s house for a few weeks and then moved to an empty stucco truck stop that Ray’s mom owned. It was located at the bottom of the old Lewiston Grade in North Lewiston and was called the Green Gator.   Conveniently, Ralph’s sister was married to a Booking Agent, Ed Coumou of EM Entertainment in Moscow, Idaho.  Ray & I constructed a light show from scratch – my brother Bill made us a poster - and we were on our way.  Our first gig was at Deary High School (in Idaho) in December of 1971.  We drove the equipment to most of our early gigs in Ralph’s 1949 Chevy Panel truck.  We played covers by Neil Young, Free, 10 Years After, Arlo Guthrie, Canned Heat, Steve Miller, The Kinks & Rolling Stones – to name a few.  Half of our set was originals.  Many of the early gigs ended with an “extended” version of “Southern Man”.  The highlight of the summer of 1972 for us was playing the Blue Mountain II Rock Festival in Moscow, Idaho.  PART II:  September ’72 - enter Dave Sanborn and Monte Cooley.

Dave Schelly-August 2004