Lol, his name is Steve Stalnaker. I had lost touch with the man for many years. His Dad used to have me sing when I was a kid at the Equitable Gas Company Pik Nik. (That's back when they had REAL company pik ncks).
Steve and his brother Jeff are the best I've been around. Steve went on to play for John Cash, Cash's daughter, and eventually for just about all the greats. If Rosan was doing a show, I guess her band stayed on and played for the other performers at times.
He told me stories that are absolute gold. He rode back with Merle Haggard from one of his shows in Merles Travelling dressing room. He said he had fixed up an old chevy with a slide in camper to drive to local shows.
Steve and the drummer at the time, carried George Jones off the stage when he became too drunk to stand up. Steve says he had a big vas full of red roses under each arm and refused to give them up. So, he said him and his buddy just each grabbed and arm pit and away they went. LOL
I guess his main job was lead for Rosan and ended up playing lead at one time or another for all of them. He was with Vern Gosden for many years as well.