Speaking of elderly: I just had my pic taken at Walgreens for my new passport (I’m heading over to Ireland/England/France/Germany in April). I compared that pic to that on my 1981 passport, and OH MY GOD is time a cruel mistress. :-(
@tomic601, I have long known about The Belly Up, but made it south only as far as Long Beach, where I gigged quite a bit in the 90’s. One gig was with a band from Austin (for some reason I can’t recall their name, but Ted Roddy was their frontman/singer), and drummer Mike Buck (original drummer in The Fabulous T-Birds, later with The Leroi Brothers ), seeing that I played the exact same drumset as he (1960’s champagne sparkle Ludwigs), suggested we just play on the same set. Unfortunately, I’m a lefty, so had to decline his generous offer. Interestingly, Mike and I both worked with guitar legend Evan Johns, though at the time of my interaction with Mike that event had not yet transpired. Small world.