It's been a long time since I rock and rolled,
It's been a long time since I did the stroll.
Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back,
Let me get it back, baby, where I come from.
We were going to be rock legends, but it didn't quite turn out like that.
I realized a few days ago that my kids had never heard Led Zeppelin, and that seemed almost criminally negligent. I rushed out to get "Zoso", played it while I drove them to school, and dropped them off just as "Black Dog" was finishing. Then "Rock & Roll" kicked in and I thought about my best friend in high school, Rob. He's writing graphic novels these days and I'm wrangling bits. He's at least managed to get himself recorded, but the piano in my living room is about as close as I'll come to playing in front of an audience again.
Don't get me wrong - I wouldn't trade the life I have for anything. I'm happy, and as far as I know, so is Rob. It's just that we were supposed to be on the cover of Rolling Stone by now.
Kirk, I don't regret missing
Kirk,
I don't regret missing out on the cover of Rolling Stone together. I do regret that we never got to share the more mundane aspects of sustained rehearsing, gigging, and recording together. The memories I do have. of the two of us arguing over Depeche Mode arrangements, hanging with Don Shipps at the Wino House, you teaching me how to play the Toccatta and Fugue in D minor, and, of course, listening to boatloads of Zeppelin, Queen, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Frank Zappa, The Cure and everything else together is, to this day, the foundation of my entire experience as a musician.
And, for the record, playing for family is any musicians highest honor...
Much love, Rob
Ain't got no teeth. Can't
Ain't got no teeth. Can't afford 'em. Too expensive.
Yeah, I'd have to say that was the best summer of my youth. It just seemed so limitless, like anything was possible. Oh, sometime I'll tell you about the time I played at The Regency.
It's great hearing from you again.
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