This was a blast from the past. You may remember me as the “fill-in bass player” while Paul was up matriculating in SLO. I also was there that night playing with the Wannabees. Still living and playing in the area up in south Riverside county. Would love to get together sometime and reminisce. You and I used to jam together back in the day and as I remember it you introduced & recommended me to Frank as Paul’s replacement while he was away at college. I have you to thank for some great memories. Every now and then I see an old X-Offenders EP sitting in a used record store bin and get an ear to ear grin remembering the packed houses at Journey & the Headquarters. Please feel free to email me if you’d like to arrange getting together sometime.

PS -- if you can still get access to the footage of the Wannabees please post it. My kids would get a good laugh seeing footage of their old dad up on stage no matter how grainy it may be. About to see my oldest graduate from UCR next month, boy how time flys!

Bill: Thanks for the endorsement! I think there is something significant about selecting some of the old stuff and showing it off in its best light and in some context.

It’s fun seeing flyers and photos go by on Facebook, but it’s a different experience … Certainly a more democratic one that a blog can’t ever match. I hope people still get pleasure from visiting the stuff we put here — and like I wrote, I’ll happily work with other materials people want to show off this way. (It surprises me how many visitors we still get!)

Apart from anything you end up getting bombarded in all directions by messages. Hardly very relaxing!

Personally I preferred reading the posts…