Post #54997 by bongofury on Mon, Oct 13, 2003 8:05 PM

Mrs. Fury is the talented one. She grew up in the Bay area and was invited to audition for the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Flute), but did not for some reason. In the 15 years we have been together she has only played one time. She thought it was bad but sounded good to me. If my Bongo playing was as good as her playing...........I was the sound tech for Orange County-Huntington Beach trio "Back Alley" (Where are you Jim Holt?). Regular weekend gig at Shakey's in HB, some clubs that would alternate 45 minutes of Disco with 30 minutes of live band, and a couple of gigs at the Cuckoo's Nest on some Punk bills. They would just speed up the rock songs and play a heavy metal version of "My Sharona" to keep the punkers at bay. Bad time to be a hard rock band. Also wrote a song for Brazilian Blues guitarist Nuno Mindelis that was recorded with SRV's Double Trouble for his "Blues On The Outside" cd. My 15 minutes of fame........spend more time listening than playing. Shameless plug...I sell Blues, Rockabilly, and rock cds on Amazon.com (Bluesource) to fund the Tiki habit......