Soon after we got our Vox equipment—2 Super Beatle Amps, 1 Bristol Bass Amp, later replaced with a Foundation Bass Amp—and of course, my Continental Organ. Micheal Kiser and I agree...when the Super Beatles were running the heat from the head smelled like rock and roll!

The "old schoolhouse" photo sometime in summer of 1966 (Photo by Gordon Moore)

The Dukes Around 1959-60

Probably 7th, 8th grade…I wouldn't say "prodigy". I had "perfect" pitch—it's not quite as perfect these days—I played piano, then drums for the Dukes. Then dad made me quit so I could "apply myself in high school". But Keith Kilmer, Geoff Hartzler and I started a band when we were sophomores, becoming the new Dukes band when brother Gary and Dave Workman joined in.

L-R, top: Gary Jones, me, Dave Plank, Sonny Cripe, L-R, bottom: Dick Coy, Dave Redding and Tom Pinkerman.