30 March 2005

Beginnings "Two"

After a few more jam sessions Randy mentioned he had a cousin who played guitar and maybe we should invite him over sometime. The next practice he showed up and instantaneous friendships were formed. Andy Jerich "Cuz" was an instant hit with the trio even though he was much younger....in fact 15 years younger. Andy LOVED the 60's and 70's rock music and was enamoured with the likes of Hendrix, Kiss, Black Sabbath and Ted Nugent and many other bands of that era. Most of his peers were into Metallica and Heavy Metal type bands. Pete and Andy, both guitarists almost seemed like long lost twin brothers separated at birth and reunited for first time. They loved they same bands, played the same type of guitars, spoke the same guitar lingo, and instantly were able to forge guitar harmonies. When getting together for a practice both would comment that they had been thinking about and working on certain songs. After comparing notes they discovered that BOTH had been thinking and practicing some of the same songs !!! These two were definately on the same wave length. Many months were spent jamming and having some real good fun. Some of the neighbors who stopped by jam sessions started commenting that the four should formally be a "band" and maybe even have a REAL GIG !!!

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