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"Close, but no Cigar"
The Cookin' Mama Story
By Tommy Thompson
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7th Movement: Pat, Tommy, Paul, Vince, Lou, Steve
So, Paul hadn’t killed me back there in '69 at the Li’l Theater “Battle of the Bands”. Nope, he sure ‘nuff hadn’t...
Tommy Thompson
Mar 6, 202010 min read
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7th Movement: Honein' da Horns
Pat and I began staying up all night writing new tunes right and left. We worked like banshees...
Tommy Thompson
Mar 3, 20207 min read
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7th Movement: "Keystone Korner"
Our first nightclub gig was over in San Francisco’s North Beach area at a well-known and respected Jazz, Blues and R&B venue...
Tommy Thompson
Feb 28, 202012 min read
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7th Movement: "Groovin' on da Jazz"
“In order for my music to work, it has to sound…..frantic!”
-- David LaFlamme
Tommy Thompson
Feb 21, 202017 min read
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7th Movement: "The Shark" "J-Doop" & Mrs. Fowler
“A man always has two reasons for doing anything - a good reason and the real reason.”
- J. Pierpont Morgan
Tommy Thompson
Feb 19, 202036 min read
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7th Movement: "Musician's Union"
Once Larry had secured his new cache of dough from Mrs. Fowler’s pot of gold, he didn’t exactly wait for any moss to start growin’ under...
Tommy Thompson
Feb 17, 202023 min read
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7th Movement: Wally Heider's
“The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.” - Billy Martin...
Tommy Thompson
Feb 16, 202015 min read
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7th Movement: “Alcatraz"
“Yeah, I read history. But it doesn’t make you nice.
Hitler read history, too.”
--Joan Rivers
Tommy Thompson
Feb 15, 202017 min read
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The Story Continues...
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