Music For All And None

WITCHCREEK: San Diego's heaviest band. At least in 1971. Maybe still

Heavier than Iron Butterfly but with the good sense to not play the same riff for 20 minutes.

As Jerry Rainey once quipped at the entrance to the Palace on Pacific Highway: "Serious Musicians".

My first experiment in Democracy.

When confronted with the "leadership" question so many bands fail to answer, I suggested we draw lots and take turns having total control of the band for a month.

The band broke up before we got to Gabe (out of frame / left), who would sit at his Fender Rhodes at the far left side of the stage with a "What am I doing here" look on his face. He continually tried to push "Dynamics" on us (like hoping to stop a stampede with a printed invitation), and seeing as how he is currently the conductor of the Cotati Philharmonic, I'd say someone is finally listening to him.

Our Bass player is dead. One of the Guitarists is a world famous "hidden guitar virtuoso", and the Drummer works for Bill Gates.

As for me, I used MY month to work out "On Science" from Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra", naming it after Nietzche's book. Now, THAT was heavy. Of course that was back when audiences would just stand and stare and you never knew what the reaction would be when you stopped.. Ars Nova (who?) ultimately did Zarathustra credit, but I practice NEW Music For All And None every day, and it's only a matter of time until Gabe and I sit down with that Orchestra and start working on dynamics.