Tommy ThompsonJul 17, 20202 min read SHOWTIME AND OVERTUREIn the Beginning...it all started on a wee, speck-island town across the bay from San Francisco, called Alameda...'twas 1968 and...
Tommy ThompsonJul 3, 20203 min read 2nd Movement: Tommy, Vince & Larry "You can learn a lot by just watching.” -- Yogi Berra
Tommy ThompsonMay 22, 20202 min read 5th Movement: Tommy, Vince, & LouWe were back to Square Three: Tommy, Vince, and Lou…though, truth be told, I went by “Tom” back then…Geez, what was I thinking?...
Tommy ThompsonMay 15, 20208 min read 5th Movement: "Louie the Lip" “Welcome to St. Elizabeth’s High School, the happenin’ place to be on a Friday night."
Tommy ThompsonMay 8, 20204 min read 5th Movement: "The Anniversary Game" So, by far, up to this point at least, the biggest professional “feather in our cap,” came in September of ’69, about 3 weeks into the...
Tommy ThompsonMay 1, 202016 min read 4th Interlude: "Pat - In His Own Words" Pt. 1I was born in Alameda, California - it was my first home - and lived there until I was about 16, then moved to Oakland in the Rockridge...
Tommy ThompsonApr 24, 202014 min read 6th Movement: Pat, Tommy, Vince, Lou I first met Pat Thrall one late-afternoon in the summer of '69 right after Cookin’ Mama had just finished an early-afternoon gig at the...
Tommy ThompsonApr 3, 20205 min read 6th Movement: "Kathy""If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." - Jonathan Winters
Tommy ThompsonMar 20, 20205 min read 6th Interlude: "Paul - In His Own Words" Pt. 1 Life is strange sometimes. Especially when you are young and adrift in your own confusion. I had been told what I could do, what I...