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Singin' in the Summer
Sun, May 18, 2014
TTHS Hall of Fame
May 18, 2014
Greetings Everyone , a bit late on the log, as we have been
very hectic on the continuous voyage ...
I am hoping you are all seeing a taste of a rather late
spring this year, and send out wishes for better conditions in
California.
We recently completed a whirlwind tour of Indiana,
Illinois, and beautiful Wisconsin.
It was great to be with all 4 of my siblings again as
we celebrated my induction into my high school Hall of Fame in Chicago. I had no
idea the mezzanine was full of students - they must have had them Google each
inductee as they went crazy with cheers when I was introduced. It was equally
humbling to see my photo get placed front and center on the Wall of Fame
permanently at the school. I was so proud and also very pleased to hear the
school principal give his wonderful speech that was very moving.. The area I
grew up in is completely different now ethnicly, and it was so wonderful to see
a fired up Principle who currently has an 86% of College bound
students!
I visited the gymnasium where I had
spent a lot of time near the stage at the Friday night dances listening to the"'Thorntoneers" dance band all night long.
My very first recording with the Capitals was when I attended
that High School - our parents had to sign permission slips for our
participation!
At the dinner reception I was reunited with my grade school music teacher Miss Anderson and we got to talk with her
for the rest of the night. She was 21 when she took her first assignment at our
grade school which is where I took up French Horn with a private tutor she had
suggested. I played it through 4 years of grade school and 3 years of high
school. Between grade school and high school I pursued the
guitar practicing 2-3 hours a day for a year till I joined the Capitols band
replacing Joe Schwantner who was very influential in my life
as a friend and guitar teacher. Joe went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in music
in 1979 which was the very same year Poco received our first gold LP!
After my Induction, we traveled to Waupun, Wisconsin to play
a beautiful historic music hall there with my Midwest Band featuring my old and
dear friend Mike Roddy on drums/vocals, Elwood Lee on vocals/lead and rhythm
guitar/pedal steel/ and mandolin. JIm Strouf on keyboards/bass. We received 3
standing ovations and the Mayor who introduced us wants us
back asap! What a wild a wonderful weekend it was and I'm looking forward to
more touring this summer
out West and back to the Midwest late
summer/fall.
This week I jump back into the final mastering which is
being sent to Scotland! PCB Key West will play Schooner
Wharf on the last weekend of May, and we have a project all of June and hit the
road in August.
I hope you all have a joyous and love filled summer, we'll
work on getting show schedules up and the new items in the Treasure Chest!
Many happy sails and trails to you all.
Cappy
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