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January and February 1983 were busy months for the Squirrels. Hot on the heels of the New Year’s gigs, we were playing McPatrick’s again, playing a couple of Tuesday night shows, one that did quite well, perhaps because I had plastered Cape Fear Tech with posters and got a bunch of my classmates to […]

Exactly how this part came about, I really don’t remember, but at some point, I became the keyboard player for the Squirrels. During the time of the demo recording, Lisa was the band’s keyboard player, but she wasn’t on hand during the recording and had missed at least one gig opening for Stormz at […]

Although reel-to-reel tape recorders were nothing special in 1982, the unit my family owned had the ability to record each track individually, so overdubbing was possible. Granted, it was only 2 tracks, but we could get most of the instruments on the first track and put the vocals and some incidental parts on the […]

Since I often dressed somewhat like a particular television Time Lord, it seems fitting that I be the Squirrels’ timekeeper (not to be confused with the rhythm keeper), at least for the time period I was in the band. The fact that I didn’t care for beer may also have kept my synapses firing […]

I don’t think I could (or should) ever be compared to Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson, though Lynn possibly could be. I’m still a prog-rock fan to this day, but my keyboard skills were and are mediocre at best.
My personal playing style, with lots of full 3- and 4-note chords (and bass […]

I was the Squirrels’ keyboard player from Dec 82-June 83. Perhaps one day I shall twitch again! Hop aboard the memory train.
Stuff about me with the Squirrels:

Prelude to a Squirrel
Recording 101
Join together with the band

Where everyone goes NUTZ!!!