We headlined with the remnants of CROW. Wayne Cafferella was a good friend, and I "dated" his two sisters for a while.
They were both crazy but sweet, it is what it is. Actually I think Wayne was in COPPERHEAD. It has been so long I get fuzzy on some of this. But the guys in CROW and COPPERHEAD all knew each other and hung out together and even lived together.
Our little band started as a basement band. We didn't think we were any good.
Well, some of us didn't, put it that way.
The moment that review hit the paper the phone began to ring itself off the wall.
Almost everyone was shocked, and grateful.
I was a little kid when my brothers turned me on to Nils Lofgren and Grin. I'm sure I probably didn't get it right away, probably because he wasn't The Beatles? Anyway, I saw him play a high school dance and he was jamming and doing those backflips and holy crap, I sure as Hell got it then!
Yes, he would STILL COME BACK and do a few high school gigs every now and then. Nils is the kind of guy who really bought into the whole "be true to your town and true to your school" thing, which is very much "jock" philosophy but he was a longhair who just loved his little corner of the world.
From there I discovered
The Nighthawks, and proud to say I am friends with those guys. And THEY came up to the Twin Cities and we opened for THEM!