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Fitting in and falling down in Australia I spent the 1980’s in Australia. I was initially hired by Rose Music/Australia who distributed all of the Yamaha musical equipment including grand … Read More

Jean-Phillipe Rykiel gets his 3 wishes….. I think I mentioned that to work at the Guitar Center in Hollywood, you had to put in a lot of hours because you … Read More

I have told you a little bit about The Guitar Center in Hollywood. It is located on the Sunset Strip right in the middle of the city. It is surrounded … Read More

In the late 1970’s one of the bands that I was in, as the keyboard player, was an “Elvis Presley Band” in LA. We didn’t play for the real Elvis … Read More

During my MGM Record days my partner and I used to spend a lot of time at the Palomino Club, either playing our music or just hanging around. The Palomino … Read More

During the mid-70’s, after my MGM contract had run out (that’s another story), I was manager of the keyboard/synthesizer section of Guitar Center in Hollywood, California. At that time I … Read More

By the way, the pic above is of me and my beautiful, talented daughter Allison! Not long ago, as a lot of you know, I started writing about my experiences … Read More

I started this blog, recently, and eventually I’d like to put things in chronological order – but not yet. First, I want to jump way ahead in my story.After Woodsy … Read More

Dear Friends…. Today is a special anniversary in my life. Most of you know that I grew up in Southern California not far from Hollywood. Well, it was forty-seven years … Read More