Blast From The Past

And now for something completely different....

About 35 years ago... Back in college in central Ohio... I played saxophone and sang in a 1950's Rock an Roll Revival Band called Dick E. Do and the Don'ts. The guy in the top photo (shot a a concert we played at Centerville High School) is Russ -- our lead guitar player. Until two years ago, I had not seen Russ since graduation in '75. That's me, immediately below -- breaking the hearts of the high school girls...

A couple of years ago someone had the bright idea that it was time to get the band back together again -- at least to hang out for a few days. So four of us (two have died and a couple couldn't make it) met in Austin Texas to gawk at each other's signs and symptoms of aging after more than 30 years. So here's Russ -- older and a little wiser, two years ago at a guitar show we stopped at in Austin...


Ah, but there's more... early last week I get a text message on my 21st century cell phone asking if we would like some company for a day. Turns out our boy Russ was biking from Texas through Florida -- taking a week off of being an oil company executive.

So this is Russ, as of yesterday morning, along with Mrs. Muse (who was a mere rock and roll groupie back in the day). The man still plays a mean guitar...