I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.
After about a year or so, I was in L.A.; I'd decided to try to get a band together out there.
My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older friend and bandmate booked it.
The first gig we ever played was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I'm from. I was in a band called the October Game, and we opened up for a Vancouver band.
It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there.
I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.
I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band.
I really started trying to get my act together in August of 2002.
I've been with the group since 1965. I will be beginning my fifth year on April ninth this year.
The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.