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Sat Apr 30 17:28:43 2005 I live right around the corner from the Coffee Gallery in Altadena - CA and am looking forward to seeing you tonight. Finding out you were playing locally was a treat. Last saw you at Santa Monica Civic maybe in '73/'74 at a Batdorf & Rodney concert. I emailed my friend Greg Barbato because you guys played together way back when. According to Greg (assuming his long-term memory is still intact) ..."John kind of got his start with the "Trojans" - so he better remember us. He may not remember it this way - but the way I remember it - he was with a band that was really struggling in Dayton circa 1966 - mostly because John was the only real talent in the group. Doug West - Paul LaVigne - me (and others you don't know) were in the Trojans at the time; we were pretty well established and pretty damn good too! But - Paul got sent to Nam - and suddenly we were in dire need of a talented lead singer. We saw Batdorf's group performing at a Dayton club and thought he'd be a perfect match for us. P