Johnny Winter 1944-2014

July 21st, 2014 § Comments Off on Johnny Winter 1944-2014 § permalink

There will never be another original like Johnny!


Memory Pain by Johnny Winter from Second Winter, 1969.

Floating on an Ocean with Robert Sarzo!

July 7th, 2014 § Comments Off on Floating on an Ocean with Robert Sarzo! § permalink

Happy Birthday U.S.A.! The Fourth of July was a blast!

Last year at this time I was in the Hampton’s recovering from a mild concussion, recieved during a tennis lesson on a clay court. I tripped running backwards! Ouch!

This year we were invited to our local and very historic marina to hang with the Sarzo’s on their yacht. Robert plays guitar in Hurricane and in Queensryche!

We went for an inflatable dinghy ride in the main channel of the harbour. I tweeted this photo of me and Robert at sea!

Along with friends “magic bus” Alex, on keys and loops, and fellow sailor Robert, on snare and cymbal, the three of them serenaded the entire marina, throughout one of the biggest fireworks displays on the west coast of the United States, and well on into the night, all performed on the upper deck of the Sarzo yacht.


Band on the helm!

Alice in Buttonville

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Such a huge influence on me they were; Dee Long of Klaatu, and Dick Wagner, and Bob Ezrin, and Alice Cooper himself!
And both Lisa Dalbello, and Karen Hendricks, sang background vocals. And much more, that I have forgotten, of course!

Here is the iTunes page to preview the songs from Alice Cooper’s Dada album, recorded at ESP Studios in Buttonville in 1982:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dada/id215649497

Classic!

My hole-in-one!

July 6th, 2014 § Comments Off on My hole-in-one! § permalink

As the historian of Rancho Park Golf Club, it was my great pleasure to score a hole in one on Rancho’s 65th Birthday (July 3)!

“I don’t want any of you to hear the wrong story, it was just bloody lucky!”

July 3, 2014 - John Jones hole in one at Rancho Park, Los Angeles

166 yards according to David Akhavi’s “range finder”. The wind was swirling. Both green’s of Rancho’s 16th are uphill from the tee. The right green is protected by trees on the right, and runs in the direction of the shot, so it’s very hard to get the distance and the line.

I took my 1992 Bullet .444 Invincible II blade 5 iron, and aimed straight at the flag. There was a reaction from the 13th fairway when it disappeared from my view. I thought it was right at it, and the perfect length and trajectory to land at the hole. But a player on the 12th tee said they heard the ball hit the flag, or the hole, and go in. David drove up to the green and declared it a hole-in-one!

I used a #3 Titleist Pro V1 X, with the remains of a Welsh dragon and my JJ initials, on it. I have used this same ball for my last three tournaments. Time to retire it!


My hole in one Titleist Pro V1 X golf ball!

Love is Strange! Wings

July 6th, 2014 § Comments Off on Love is Strange! Wings § permalink

Love is Strange has some history. They say the song is based on a Jody Williams guitar riff from 1956.
Mickey and Sylvia released it first, but Bo Diddley recorded it earlier. See it on Wikipedia!


Paul McCartney and Wings from Wildlife, an album that was recorded in a week in 1971 to catch the magic!

Happy Monty Dominion Day Canada!

July 1st, 2014 § Comments Off on Happy Monty Dominion Day Canada! § permalink

To all my friends and family in Canada, Happy Canada Day from Monty Python!


Season 1. Episode 1. Filmed in September 1969. Aired October, 1969. Aired in Canada autumn, 1970. Aired in the U.S.A., summer 1974.