I don't have many pictures from this time, but have been working on a string of small events, in fact any and every even I can recall, in summary, mom and I moved here from Darrington after selling the restaurant. I met David Lewis, joined his band, hung out, turned 17 in January pucked up a Strat and a Marshall and even got my hair permed. It was the thig to do back then. Seriously.

 

I was HUGE into Van Halen. But this was a definitive, shaping time in music for me and many.

 

We had MTV

Jim Vancooten came by to buy my Hondo 2 guitar

I met David Lewis at Kenelly Keys music store in Everett or Lynwood. I was checking out a nice, white Strat that I was going to be taking home that day
Dave was talking about recently doing a concert or a gig recently. He said his band had a manager, who was Rick Perkins. We exchanged numbers and they came to my house to jam and I joined them.We played our first little show at the Dove Sign restaurant in Lynwood for some girl’s youth group. There was no drummer, so it was really weird.


Loren and Mark came  to get me and we went to Guitars Etc where I picked up my Marshall Half stack. I found a better deal down the road after that, and took it back. They met the deal and the salesman was super pissed at me.

Loren was planning on moving out and staying with us while he got established so we could start a band. I had second thoughts because I was feeling torn between my activities in the church and the whole secular rock thing. I called him and told him I changed my mind. He was quite disappointed. I had to do what I thought was right at the time.

July 16, 1982 - I saw Tom Petty at the Heck Ed Pavillion in Seattle. I went with Loren and Jim.

We had a lawn care service come by every week or so

Mom rented a piano, but didn’t like it so she rented an organ, I didn’t even know she could play

September 2, 1982 - I went to see Van Halen on their Diver Down Tour with Loren and Mark.

Met Jim Taggart. He brought a drummer friend who absolutely killed on the drums. Too good for us. He packed his kit in the front of his VW Beetle.

Dave Lewis met a bass player who was a huge Rush fan who came over to jam once.

Dave fell down and messed up his knee while we were playing one night. An ambulance came and the whole neighborhood gathered around outside to look.

I went to Sears driving school after trying a private instructor who was just ripping us off. 1982 got my license.

Mom read the book “Holy Teacher” and invited a pastor over to talk about it.

Had to rent a lawn mower a few times.

The summer of ’83 was so hot we had three fans in the living room.

Mom had begun writing a manuscript of her life experiences, then she changed it to a cook book.

I would go to Scriber Lake in Lynwood. There was a neat park with ducks and stuff.

Mom had a mobile dog grooming service come and groom Pee Pee on occasion

I drove to Mercer Island to go on a date with Linda Smith. Dad, Forest Smith.
That didn’t pan out, lol. She was the cousin of my drummer back in Darrington. I asked him for her address after meeting her in Darrington. She came and watched us practice at the Darrington High School. Jim’s dad was a teacher and Loren was well liked by the principle, so we always got to use the school facilities.

Dave Lewis played at a church. I went to see him play.

I turned 17 in ’83.

Mom tried to get into the importing business and was kind of ripped off by a shady company