Post #48875 by AquaZombie on Fri, Aug 22, 2003 11:47 AM

He was a regular on the Bay Area nightclub circuit years ago, and I caught him a couple times, usually with a local surf band like the Ultras opening up for him. He is a lightning bolt of cosmic musical energy. This was like ten years ago, maybe less, but he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who plans on slowing down any before he's, say, 80. I would definitely jump on any chance to see him live because while he's very energetic and rocks as hard as ever, he's no spring chicken, and musicians have a notorious habit of suddenly dropping dead on us before they collect any social security(Barry White being the most recent example.)I don't say that to jinx Dick, but hey, my wife and I missed Mel Torme once when he was in town and then suddenly he was gone and now we're kicking ourselves. See the old school legends in person while you can, by all means. Oh, he calls his followers "Dickheads" (as opposed to Grateful Dead groupies). Be a Dickhead!