I have held off too long on writing this post, and I know he would be unhappy with me. I’ll start where I should, which is at the beginning. Denny King had been with Smokey for some time when I joined the band to rehearse with them towards Delorean, the performing...
It is always the drummers, hiding as they do behind kits, that get left out of band pics. But those of us up front couldn’t do what we do with out them. Counting us off, keeping us moving forward and stable. If by chance you read my “I want to be drummer...
We are in the studio with producer Rodney Trotter finishing up the Run and Hide track for the Full Moon EP. Producer and artists feeling really satisfied with the tune’s energy, yet unsure what to do about an ending. That’s when the Genie is let out of the...
In my circle people are celebrating milestones. The big number right now, as I write, is 65! Some perspective #1 … 55 years ago The Beatles landed in the United States. Perspective #2 … Most of us who crashed through the wave of musicians who followed The...
The original material that Alan and I wrote, that the members of the band Smokey played on, are among the best instrumentally in my songbook. Mike Torres, the father of Smokey, and a “Phoenix original” guitar player among guitar players, crafted...
