It was at the original WAMO studios in Homestead, ... Porky taped us doing 'Tequila' and 'Heavy Sugar,' the blues hit by Lloyd Lambert, and some other songs. He played the hell out of 'Tequila' and 'Heavy Sugar,' both instrumentals, and they became our signature songs at the live shows we did.

We opened for Johnny Mathis at the Twin Coaches, ... Can you imagine a rock band like us and Johnny Mathis on the same bill! We always appreciated that opportunity.

It's fun, I enjoy keeping busy and dealing with people, ... That was one of the best parts of being in the band. We had the opportunity to meet and play for a lot of great people. I think about those days and the other guys a lot. They were a big part of my life.

I don't know, ... Do you think we could stay up that late? Maybe we'd have to do an afternoon show.

Rich was our designated driver, ... We had this black and white '56 Plymouth convertible that we used to haul all of our equipment. I don't know how he did it, but Rich managed to get everything into that car. We'd ride in another car behind him, and it was a sight at times to see him tooling along with our gear neatly stuffed into every available space in the convertible.

I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.