In the Beginning...it all started on a wee, speck-island town across the bay from San Francisco, called Alameda...'twas 1968 and...

"You can learn a lot by just watching.” -- Yogi Berra

We were back to Square Three: Tommy, Vince, and Lou…though, truth be told, I went by “Tom” back then…Geez, what was I thinking?...

“Welcome to St. Elizabeth’s High School, the happenin’ place to be on a Friday night."

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...

I 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...

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...

"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." - Jonathan Winters

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...