Damn...… how many do you want? lol
Drago Amusements out of Kokomo Indiana = Beautiful small show that's totally out of business now. Decent route too. The brothers just got tired of the road I suppose. I was there their last 2 seasons. 15/20 rides at a guess. As a jointee I never paid much attention to the rides.
Fiesta Rides out of Coryden Indiana. Great little show. 15/20 rides. So so route. After Red died it went downhill year by year. Technically I GUESS they might still be in business but suitcase all their remaining (very few) spots out. Had a Rock-N-Roll and a few other older rides that were the first I'd seen traveling in many years. Was there 5 of my last 8 years traveling full time.I played a few spots with them last year but fully expect them to be totally out of business as I write this. Good people. Just tired of the road. 3 generations of showmen and women gone.
Stine Shows out of ….. no idea. Played a lot of Ohio spots before hitting the Carolinas in the fall. Its been bought and re-named …. Smokey Mountain Amusements? Not real sure about the name tbh, but something like that. Hard luck show from the moment I first stepped on their midway. Good good people though. Standard ride line up for a smaller show. Jinney etc. Did have a Skywheel they put up every week. Last show The Brain was on if he's not came back out. He rode me to the Bus station after that last spot...… said he was done with the business. Great loss to us jointee's as he was one of if not THE best mic man I've ever heard. Amazing. Good friend too.
Crown Amusements..... while not a "small" show it was one of the smaller ones I'd traveled with at the time. No explanations needed here as everyone knows them lol. Stayed with them for many years.
Tip Top..... many others that slip my mind at the moment. I figured it up once and have been on.... 28 (?) shows that aren't going concerns anymore. Since my surgery my memory isn't what it used to be I'm afraid. I STLL can run a collection though lol.
An end, even with terror, is better than terror without end. F.Neitzsche