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Read previous installments: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 By the fall of ‘92 my solo career hadn’t taken off as fast as I wanted it too. I’d had some success, played lots of gigs and even had a featured interview and concert appearance on community radio, but having to get a day job again […]
Go Ahead: Quit Your Day Job Part 1 Go Ahead: Quit Your Day Job Part 2 In 1992 my band broke up. I turned 25. I got fired from my day job. My life was over. Not really. When the Young Blue Bucks (my band, a duo actually) got back from Paris it became […]
Read Part I The second time I quit my day job was in 1992. And I didn’t quit—I got fired! I hated my day job. I was working in this restaurant café near my house. Very convenient but I wasn’t a good fit. I had it in my head that I was there to make coffee […]