Something In The Music – Part 4 After the The Sound Factory closed I kinda bounced around for awhile. That had been an intense 24 hour a day way to live and eke out a living but it was gone and I wasn’t sure what was next so I moved to Lake Tahoe for awhile…
Something In The Music – Part 5
Something in the music – part 5 Randy Hansen and Machine Gun captured Seattle’s attention and since Randy was a friend of Heart’s guitarist Rodger Fisher, seeing members of Heart and other name musicians and bands in the audience was a frequent sight as well as Heart’s manager Ken Kinner was also impressed by Randy,…
Something in the Music – Part 6
Something in the Music Seattle here we come! If the California trip had shown the band that they were getting hot it also showed the management group that there were several other parties interested in working with Machine Gun Music as promoters, additional agents, concert packagers, and one major company, Concerts West, wanted to sign…
Something in the Music – Part 7
The Paramount Theater in Seattle is an old style theater. A main floor and balcony with several side boxes. It was ornate and the stage was wide and deep behind a heavy velvet type curtain. Since it was an old building the dressing rooms and other rooms were downstairs and that’s where I found Randy…
A Veteran’s Shuttle Story
Because I am a Veteran I go to Newport, Oregon to the Lincoln County Veterans Service Office to visit Dr. Alkadi for routine health checkups. However, if there are needed procedures they don’t do there, I go up to the V. A Hospital in Portland. Since I live in Waldport I use the Disabled American…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year! May this one be the best ever! Rock on in 2019! Cheers..
Happy New Year!!!
It’s a strange thing, time, and what I find remarkable is this is the one and only time that nearly every man women and child is watching the time at exactly the same time. The anticipation builds with a mad search for the right thing to wear the right place to wear it, and the…
The Necessity of Change
You read or hear about it quite often; companies decide to close their operations in a town or city. When that happens it’s a big adjustment to those impacted by that move. I know, I used to live in Yachats and wham, one day we had no gas station or bank! Suddenly banking and fueling…
Ho, Ho!
Well seasons greetings! Still trying to catch up but will soon! This has always been about fun and music so hang on and wait for the next installment. Cheers!!
Good Time For Football Fans
This past weekend was a classic good time for Football fans! Even the Oregon Ducks got into post season bowl game! The major bowl games were decided and the Professional Football league is getting down to who is going to be playing who in the next round of games which are huge money makers! I…