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| When I landed back in Los Angeles, one of the first things I did was to visit a friend of mine that was a manager at Guitar Center. I hung around for hours playing all the keyboards they had until I found one that sounded right for me.
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I took it home and started cracking the whip on my songwriter persona until I had put together a string of songs that I felt would carry me to the next level. I started playing anywhere and everywhere I could. Coffee Houses mostly. No pay, just great audiences and all the Java I could drink. | My plan was to woodshed the songs in those small low profile venues until I got them to the point that I thought they were ready to record. And right about that time I get this call from my friend of about 25 years now, Alex Kazanegras. You remember, the guy who engineered the Loggins and Messina records. |
| Well Alex had been working doing jingles for a number of years and making some pretty good money but losing his skull in the process. He told me that he had just put his studio back together and said that he always liked me and my songs and he wanted me to, as he said, come on over and let's start recording until somebody starts paying us to do it. Well that phone call started a chain of events that led me to my first solo CD, "The Road Leads Home". In 2003 and 2004 I hit the road doing a lot of small venues playing and promoting my CD as a solo singer/songwriter. I met a lot of great folks. . |
In my travels, I came across many old friends and fans and many new ones. I was the agent, the manager, the roady and the artist. It was tiring but very rewarding for me.
Toward the end of 2004 the four walls at Two Little Bad Boys Records were getting a little close. I started getting the jones for playing with a band again. Putting together bands has always been such a pain in the ass. I always became that guy with the black and white striped shirt and the whistle and didn't accomplish anything else during that process. Nevertheless, I put "Dear Santa, Please bring me a great band" at the top of my Christmas wish list and sent my wish off out into the cosmos................ |
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