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"FAT FRY" at the KEYSTONE (Palo Alto, California) Broadcast LIVE on KFAT RADIO (Gilroy, California)...
John Scherer, up in the San Francisco Bay Area, drew this "CHUCK BUCK",
and printed thousands that he, and his party pals, threw up in the air when the band broke in to "MONEY"during
the "Old School Rock Medly" portion of a Bay Area Show........ ahh, the fun memories ......
The COMMANDER/KIRCHEN & CO.
Original-original Wheels Dave Ownbey (far left) and
Rich Brennion (lower right)
Early WHEELS drummer DAVE OWNBEY, who had played with me and Scott Bish
in rock bands in the early 70s... Dave went on to play with some great hard-rock bands including LEE MALONE...
Click on to visit Dave with LEE MALONE....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Original-original WHEELS Rich Brennion (left) and Curt Sample (who wrote
SIX STEP MAMA...first album)
Holloween at the STUMBLE INN Tucson. ARIZONA
A Bumpersticker sometimes seen in towns where the band played, and all you had to do to get one was freely admit that the statement was true!
Neil Harry can also relax anywhere, anytime...
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Only "A LIST" artists played THE PALOMINO in North Hollywood... but they let us play there anyway...
<<< Scott "found" the shirt..... we never
went to places like "KITTY'S" 742 E. Broadway Denver, Colorado ...open 7 days a week, never a cover (two
drink minimum)... featuring "BAMBI and her trained Boa Constrictor" on Sundays .........
And speaking of Sundays.... I'm reminded of the time when we are giging around the Denver area and I get a call
at our motel from a local agent. She want's to know if we are open the coming Sunday, we were, and would we like to work?
Sure I say, she quotes an offer, it's a good offer for a Sunday and we are booked. Then she says, this is a "gay"
cowboy bar in downtown Denver, will that be a problem? Humm... I say no, we're live and let live kinda guys (and
besides, there's six of us and we can swing a deadly mike stand when cornered... not to mention Neil seemed to always
have a gun handy). So done deal. Sunday comes and we pull up to load in.... and as we're setting up we, of course, are
lookin' around and we're all thinking the same thing. That agent gal was pullin' my leg! Even though the bar was
downtown Denver, these were actual working cowboys. Anyone could tell by the saddle sweat stains down their pants, the stirrup
scoffs on the riding boots, the bow legs, the beards, sweat stained hats and the trucks outside were definately work trucks.
And yes, there were gals there... not many and they all looked like they could whup our ass, but there were gals. So
good one agent lady...Ha Ha! And then we started playing. And the cowboys all started dancing...... with
each other! We could'nt help it, hard as we tried! We all bust out laughing so hard we could'nt play!
Now I'm afraid we've offended these guys and trouble could ensue, so I get on the mike.... "We mean
no offence, we just never seen anything like this before" and a guy from the back yells...."That's O.K. you'll
get used to it"... then I say "That's what I'm afraid of" then everybody has a laugh and
the night went on like normal.... sorta. So when BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN came out ... I was ready! Damn fine love story....
sorta. www.brokebackmountainmovie.com
Hammin' it up at "THE OLYMPIC"
Boulder, Colorado '81
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That's WENDY O. WILLIAMS, she was the singer (or
yeller) for the New York punk band THE PLASMATICS.... www.plasmatics.com They played a club in Palo Alto the night before us and left a big mess.... I picked up this photo and stuck
it on one of MIKE'S drums where it remained for months....
and speaking of messes..... I booked us on a show in San Jose as warm up for a comedian (they wanted a "funny"
band). I had heard of the comedian but didn't have any idea of what his "show" was like. Before the whole
show began the friendly comic invites us into his motorhome and provides chronic refreshment, which happened all the time
in "NORCAL". We could'nt help but notice all the "stuff" laying around like blowup dolls, kids
toys and crates of fruit.... kinda weird, but HEY! ....none of our business! We actually tumbled out of the
motorhome (for comic effect), took the stage, did our set, and then joined the audience to watch the comic's schtick. The
guy was way friggin funny but we were all horrified when he started smashing fruit and such with a giant mallet. We spent
hours cleaning pulp and various crap off our equipment (especially traumatized was Mike, who had just purchased a magnificent
all chrome drum set.... The mere mention of GALLAGHER www.gallaghersmash.com still upsets him).... also worth mentioning now is this one friendly fellow (gee..I sure met a lot of friendly
people) who approached me at the after show party and introduced himself, said he enjoyed the music and then started
suggesting that I should "hook up to the net" and get a "site" and the future is in "cyberspace".....
well, I figured he must have been in Gallaghers' motorhome recently so I just smiled and nodded until he went away..... moments
later another guy sides up to me, who I did'nt know either, and asks (in that deeply impressed tone) Do you
actually know STEVE WOZNIAK ? www.woz.org
Which reminds me.... around '72-'73 Im
putting together a band and I'm trying to convince a hot keyboard guy named John that he should join up.... He's
nice about declining and describes how he's going up to the BAY Area to help his brother get a "COMPUTER"
company going.... COMPUTERS? I ask... you mean like UNIVAC? Yeah, says John ...my brother thinks every home
in the country will have it's own "univac" someday. Well, of course I'm thinking something like... these
guys will be right at home in Gallaghers motorhome in about 10 years! John's last name is JOBS.....
Have you ever felt like FORREST GUMP?
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