This is my Dad
This was taken while stationed in Greece.
One of my favorite lines from the man was…’Jeffrey, have you ever seen the Mediterranean Sea as smooth as a lookin glass?’…What? C’mon dude…I ain’t been out of Texas! You know that!
I know what he meant…just tryin to stretch my mind a bit, let me know there are many things in this world and I am the only fence builder. Excellent!
This is my Mom and Dad at Astroworld circa ‘guess’
Wow! How cool can a man be with his best girl…and can ya stand up straight?
My Dad was are hard workin cat…he lost a lot of time with us, as far as I can remember, but damn it, his family was paramount.
When times to relax came ’round I feel that sometimes he just didn’t know how to cope with them…ya know how that is? So lettin his hair down seemed to be more of a struggle than comin naturally…but hey…
He loved me…
See…I am a happy cat! What a freakin geek!
Got my Revel model club shirt on and everything…just freakin happy!
The Boys…
How cool do you have to be to get a picture?
See where the coffee drinkin starts? huh?
Dad is the Man, Doug is wantin to be the Man, I am just too freakin cool and Jason must just be mad about somethin…
My Boys!
I could not imagine life with out them.
But in February of 1984 I had to say goodbye to my Dad…
The most earth shakin event to ever happen to a boy…
I remember askin the nurse if she was kiddin when she told me…
Aye God I miss him!
I have many stories but this is one of my favs…
We were playin a roadhouse in Pasadena Texas, The Lonesome Armadillo…
A Saturday night I believe, the last of a 3 day gig, the two nights hadn’t gone as well as we intended so this night was kinda like play and get paid, Texas prefers you to not suck, ya heard me?
Anyway, we are set up, shakin the nerves out, havin a beer and one of my brothers friends says ‘Hey, look who just walked in…’
My Mom and Dad had been divorced several years and you know that deep in the heart of any son or daughter, there is hope that they will get back together.
I look up and Aye God, my Mom and Dad!
Pressure? Are you kiddin me?
They wanted a table up front, well I was too nervous for them to be in my direct vision so I asked if they could have a table near the front entrance…not a bad table but remember, Texas, Roadhouse, bikers…shit happens ok?
Well it did. A fight broke out right in front of them. The biggest cat in the bar had had a few too many…shit happens…
We kicked it into freakin high gear! Allman bros, Lynyrd Skynyrd, T-Bone Walker, SRV!
Boy Howdy!
I did a guitar solo durin T for Texas that just rocked and I remember seein my Dad standin, proud…’Thats my boy!’
That is what I mainly remember about him, he was proud of us…
Good or bad, he backed our play…
Now that’s a Man!