Born baby, became kid...hot songs on the zenith...
Saw some zoot suits jam...I can do that, I think...
Grandpa made some drumsticks and stuck them in my hands...
Drums...za-bap-de-boopity-bap-tap...paradiddles and school bands...
Hot records, more drums, more music, yeah, that's better~this is good.

Move to Utah~junior high...come on boys, let's start a band...
You know, rock 'n' roll...huh?...let's rehearse...they do not understand...
Back to Tacoma...high school...come on boys, let's start a band...
Yes! Girls...money...rock 'n' roll...girls...fame & fortune...more music...
College...jazz major...bass...low notes...drums in the closet...
More bass notes...chord changes...harmony...rhythm...
Really really low notes...jazz, rock, long hair,
Pretty ladies and low notes and good times...no tuxedos please...
Late 60's...graduate...what now? Grateful Dead? Dylan?

Stop.

Drafted.

Bummer.

No more jazz...no low notes...no fun...U.S Air Force...
They took away my bass~my low notes...
They cut-off all my hair...Air Force...
Play dress-up...dress right...tuxedos...
Salute things...war...dammit...Vietnam...
creepy-crawly things...Richard Nixon...spider webs and silverfish...
No damn good.

Civilian...much better...blue skies and happy faces...
Tune-em-up...make music...met Ed...
Lots of strings...vibrating surfaces...play tunes...
Back to low notes...hot...cool...
Mark sits down...jazz...ha-cha-cha...Thursday nights...
Then Lorraine, with a head full of music...
Puzzles to solve...treasures to find...arrangements...
Charts...let's play the head...
Ah~my son...my son...wonderful chap...terrific drummer...
OK, let's go...more tunes...more fun...more really, really low notes...
Bum-ba-bum-bum-bum-ba-ba-ba-bum...
Close your eyes...where was I?
Did you see that?

 

 

 

 

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