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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 So there I was at Black Market Music selling my Gibson. Rent was due. I was frantic. How did things get to this? I had started a trio in 1995. We played on Market Street one day and ended up getting booked into the […]
We saw Prince in Dublin in 2011, completely randomly. We had just arrived for a 10 day trip in Ireland with my family. We sat down in the hotel lobby and picked up a local free newspaper and saw he was playing there in a few days on August 1. It was big news. He had […]
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 For some reason he wanted to wear a dress. We had been booked to play the Fillmore Lounge at the Fillmore opening for Adam Ant. (see part V) We all met at the drummer’s apartment for a short rehearsal and to go over our set. When […]
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 When I was a teenager I worked a few after school jobs. One job was helping a guy build his house. It was a lot of fun. What did I do with the money? I bought an electric guitar! I went with a friend to the House […]