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"Close, but no Cigar"
The Cookin' Mama Story
By Tommy Thompson
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Tommy Thompson
Jul 17, 20202 min read
SHOWTIME AND OVERTURE
In the Beginning...it all started on a wee, speck-island town across the bay from San Francisco, called Alameda...'twas 1968 and...
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Tommy Thompson
Jul 3, 20203 min read
2nd Movement: Tommy, Vince & Larry
"You can learn a lot by just watching.”
-- Yogi Berra
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Tommy Thompson
May 22, 20202 min read
5th Movement: Tommy, Vince, & Lou
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?...
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Tommy Thompson
May 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."
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Tommy Thompson
May 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...
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Tommy Thompson
May 1, 202016 min read
4th Interlude: "Pat - In His Own Words" Pt. 1
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...
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Tommy Thompson
Apr 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...
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Tommy Thompson
Apr 3, 20205 min read
6th Movement: "Kathy"
"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." - Jonathan Winters
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Tommy Thompson
Mar 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...
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The Story Continues...
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