STARTED PLAYING IN TOLEDO, OHIO, '68 AFTER SEEING JOPLIN & HENDRIX AT TU (DOORS CONCERT WAS CANCELLED AFTER THEIR MIAMI FIASCO), PLAYED SEARS SILVERTONE AND LATER BUILT RIGHT HANDED HENDRIX STRAT SHAPED GUITAR. TOOK MUSIC 102 & 103 SR YEAR IN CHEM ENGINEERING AS ELECTIVE CLASSES AT U-CINTI. HAD BAND '73-74 WITH 2 DRUMMERS... GOT SHUT DOWN PLAYING OUT SEVERAL TIMES FOR BEING TOO LOUD.