John Giroux
» Location: Syracuse, NY
» Favorite Album: RealLIVE!
Frank -
I've been listening to you for 31 years since I discovered you in my freshman year of college. I knew a campus radio station DJ - he was this wacked out English grad student. Funny thing was, I always hated English as a subject, but this guy was into all sorts of music and I had just started to listen to music over the prior year. Of course when I was young, I played trumpet for a few years in grade school... Anyway, this DJ had an early morning show, and he told me I could come on with him and play whatever I wanted to bring. So I brought "Child of the Novelty" and played some stuff off of it, notably Guitwar.... I was suppose to see you once in '75 when you were opening for Queen, but Freddie Mercury got sick and the show was cancelled... to my huge disappointment. I've never seen you, always wanted to. I finally bought your latest CD and I'm listening to "RealLIVE!" as I type this (for the first time) and loving it big time. I don't find a ton of stuff these days that takes me back to my youth, not that it's nostalgic, just it's got that energy. Well, I've gone on long enough. I look forward to the re-issues mentioned in the CD booklet, as I can hopefully fill in a few holes in my collection. Finally, Willy Parsons has an interesting idea about an all blues CD... of course played in the Frank Marino style...
thanks,
John