Some pics of my former musical life

These were the days from the late 70s till the 21st century,.I loved being a musician, and the status that that gave me around the buisness people that congregated at clubs , man knew so many people,..I remember , we got a gig to play at 4am to 6am, in Phenix City at one of those old night clubs , that still had old slot machines stored in the attic , from back in the days Phenix City was a mob town, it still is really ,..,,Sin city,... back in the 50s Phenix City had to be under martial law , one corrupt town , this pic is from 1978l its a ad of me and , the basics of ROCK DRUMMING









 

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