February 6th 1964 sitting in front of my family’s 23 inch black and white zenith TV. As the rabbit ears were trying their best to pull in the signal. CBS, which was one of only three signals we could receive at that time, was featuring the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. Needless to say, I was sitting in front of the set with my sisters excited to see this new musical sensation from England. I watched the performance and was sold… I wanted to be a Beatle!

Yeah right… Get in line. 

Well, it did make a big impression on my little thirteen and a half year old mind. So by Christmas of next year I was playing the bass guitar my father bought me. It was a Kent electric bass must have weight 100 pounds, but I strapped it on and got good with it. I think my biggest gig as a bass man was either playing with my first garage band “ The Shotguns“ while kids fell down all around the whirling w heel roller rink or it could have been the junior high mixer with my second band, the 60’s hit cover band “D.O. and the Delinquents” 

Humble beginnings to be sure but, of course we all believe we had already hit the big time.