Rock On- The days of old

Jeremy,

Yeah, that was pretty much my life from the later 70's to the 90's. It is funny how you see yourself then and now.

Steve, We could be the HI- 600, Supergroup ; ) I have playing many funny parties like that. Some of the best gigs were like that. Low key and a free for all!

Emily, Thank you, I used to think of myself in those terms but that has all faded.

They really were my babies. Thats why I can not get rid of them. I still have around 6 guitars. They are the last vestiges of all the equipment I used to own. I used to have my own PA system, lighting, staging and a 18' bed freight truck to haul it all.

I was very popular when friends wanted to move ; )

I may have to post some other funny pic's from the past, I do have a lot of them. Lots of hair in those days.

Mary,

You most likely would not of heard of us since the albums were all on tape and never went to press. We did get a little radio in Oregon, but very, very little.

We really had all the songs "in the can" as they say so if we got signed we could pull from a reservoir of songs to get us through a couple albums as we matured as writers.

We had to write 10 songs in a week once for a guy who was making a movie. This was all right before the whole thing fell apart. That is the way it goes in the biz.

I was not the main writer. It was our guitar player who was a very gifted individual. He, the keyboardist and I worked very well together and could rough out a song in a fairly quick time.

Jim,

Thanks, Yeah that is my main baby. I played it so much I wore through the finish with my fingers in several areas.

As for recordings most of them are on 2" tape and the machines to play them are getting hard to find. I had some recording on cassettes but they have started to fade. I have some videos also that are pretty comical. What cheesy crap we were doing back then. But that was in the very beginning of video at a medium for bands.

The worst part of it was our manager was playing producer to help save money and he really was not that good so some of the recording mixes are not very good by a professional standard. The main objective was to get a lot of studio time and get the songs on tape knowing we would re-record them if we got signed. 

We had a few times that we were close to signing deals but something bizarre would happen and things would fall a part. It really is a finicky business.

I really was not the greatest musician and had to work very hard to keep up with some of the guys I was playing with. I was lucky to able to play with some very talented players.