Viva Las Vegas! 1967
Drove to Las Vegas with my band when I was 16 - first gig from a new manager who promised the world! We ended up opening for two...
Me and Neil Young. 1966
I remember, quite vividly, one particular concert my band The Offbeats played at. We were opening for Chad 'n Jeremy and the Buffalo...
Recallin' the sixties. 1966
I remember a club called the Hullabaloo in Hollywood. It was one of a few surviving theaters with a revolving stage. I don't know if it...
25 . . . and a perm! 1976
Went to the 'Whiskey a go go' and watched David Johanson ( former lead vocalist for the NYDolls ) with his new band. Got backstage, met a...
24 . . . and the last days of the mullet! 1975
My sister found this old snapshot and sent it to me recently. My memories of how I looked at the time don't quite match the reality! I...
La Jolla and the great white! 1957
AAIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!! Shark! Tiburon! Although I was only 6, those cries remain fresh in my memory. We were at La Jolla beach, when the...
In Guanajuato. 1954 -1955
When I was 4, my parents took my sister and me to live for a year in Guanajuato, Mexico. Dad painted and learned folksongs, mom learned...
The Offbeats! 1963 - 1965
When I was 13, I formed my first band - The Offbeats . . . the neighbors weren't too pleased about this. We used to practice at weekends,...