We’ve been “in the basement” for over a year putting this together and it’s still a little rough around the edges. When we’re all done polishing, it will STILL be rough around the edges because that’s just the kind of music it is.

This band takes me back, personally, to three years of playing bass for the house band at the Chief Petty Officer’s Club, Naples, Italy. It takes me back to those nights where we’d tear down and load out after a show on Italy’s West coast to drive all night and play the next three nights on the East coast, then drive back.

It takes me back to those nights playing in and around Mobile, Alabama .. some high-end clubs and some where the line was “If you ain’t got a gun when you walk in, they’ll get you one”.

(Hint: If the place doesn’t have at least two doors, pass on the gig.)

I learned a lot, did a lot, and saw a lot in bands. I stayed in some pretty nice hotels and drank in some pretty nice bars. I can also attest to the truths in Hunter S. Thompson’s statement about the music business and a plastic hallway.

If I had it to do all over, I’d do a couple things different, but I’d still do ‘em.

I bring what I can to Hilton Country, and I’m just one of four. It’s a good band.

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