At the age of 16 in 1971 I headed down the road to find his brother Doug who had left the farm a year or so earlier. This adventure led me to Windsor, Ontario where I had the first real taste of freedom. Soon after re-uniting with Doug I heard about the cool Far Out scene in Vancouver, BC. So with little resources but a strong belief in karma and good fortune I hitch hiked across Canada and found myself in the middle of the happening scene in Vancouver.

Here I met American Tom Crow who had ties in California and as winter set in on the North West we headed for California to find old friends of Tom's. This adventure led us to Bobby Peterson's house in Zayante Canyon outside of Santa Cruz, CA. Bobby was hangin' with the Grateful Dead writing and traveling.

During these travels I did not have a sax with me so I was learning the harmonic as we "trucked" down the road. Trucked as in the "truckin'" term used by the freaks and hip folks of California at the time.

Back to Canada and across to touch bases with brother Doug again. I then hooked up with some Yippies in Toronto who were headed to Wash DC where they lived. I went along for the ride. I was involved in some demonstrations during the Watergate scene and attended the 4^th Annual Smoke In in Wash DC.

Soon I headed south and fortune led me to Miami where I met long time acquintance Albhy Galuten. He took me into his home and I hung with Albhy and Karl Richardson for a while. They were working at Criteria Studios in Miami and I spend many an hour looking over their shoulders getting a feel for engineering. Great experience that I later used to engineer many bands at a high volume venue in Santa Cruz.

Back around the loop, from Windsor, where I worked with a band for a while, and off to Vancouver and back to Zayante in Santa Cruz area. By this time I was toten a sax and playin' with a few different folks while I got my chops. Some of these friends included Bob Marron who has remained a long time brother."