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...AND A WAY WE GO-I LEFT THE TELLSTARS AND TOURED WITH A CHICAGO-BASED SHOW BAND CALLED NEVADA. WE WORE WHITE BUCK SKIN OUTFITS AND FEATURED BROADWAY SHOW TUNES DOING JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, WEST SIDE STORY AND HAIR AS PART OF OUR REPERTOIRE. I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE MY OWN BAND AND SO I QUIT NEVADA AND FORMED A BAND THAT INCLUDED THE LEAD SINGER AND GUITAR PLAYER FROM NEVADA AND THE BASSIST AND KEYBOARDIST FROM THE TELLSTARS. WE TOURED THE US ESPECIALLY THE EAST COAST AND FLORIDA. WE EVENTUALLY GOT CLOBBERED BY THE DISCO CRAZE AND ENDED UP PLAYING IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE THERE WERE STILL ROCK CLUBS THAT WANTED LIVE BAND ROCK MUSIC. 

ZIPPERFOOT- TWO WILD AND CRAZY GUYS,...... OUTRAGEOUSLY TALENTED BROTHERS FROM EUROPE (TRANSPLANTED TO CHICAGO) REPLACED THE LINE UP FROM THE PREVIOUS BANDS, TONY HALINKO (HALL) ON KEYS/KEY BASS AND WALLY PAVLOW ON GUITAR. I AM A BIG FAN OF 3 PIECE POWER STYLE UNITS AND PATTERNED THE BAND CONCEPTS ON ARTISTS WITH NO BASS PLAYERS (THE DOORS, THE YOUNG RASCALS,SOFT MACHINE). WE WENT THROUGH MORE THAN A FEW FEMALE LEAD SINGERS INCLUDING BRANDY,BARBARA, AND DONNA, EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN WITH ELLEN WARSHAW FROM LI NY. THEY ALL HAD SPECIAL VOICES AND PERSONALITIES BUT THE THREE OF US BURNED THEM OUT. 

AUDIENCES AND VENUES WERE INTRIGUED BY OUR SHOWS AND MUSIC SELECTIONS (SEE BROCHURE SONG LIST BELOW.) THE BAND'S MOVE TO THE EAST COAST BROUGHT ME IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE NYC MUSIC SCENE. WE RENTED A HOUSE IN CONNECTICUT AND EVENTUALLY LOST OUR BASE WITH THE ROCK CLUBS FOR SUPPORT. ZIPPERFOOT DISBANDED AND I MOVED TO NYC. I SUPPORTED MYSELF BY SELLING MY SHARE OF THE BAND GEAR. I AUDITIONED FOR EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THAT PAID AND WAS LUCKY TO LAND A GIG WITH A BAND THAT WAS SIGNED TO COLUMBIA RECORDS, HAD A MGT CONTRACT WITH LEBER-KREBS AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR A NATIONAL TOUR WITH AEROSMITH. I HAD ARRIVED IN NYC. OUR FIRST GIG WAS WITH UFO AT THE ARAGON BALLROOM IN CHICAGO. I HAD PROVED TO CHICAGO THAT I HAD MADE IT.