This won't be as interesting as the rest above me.....

I started study of the accordion at age 12...
I actually excelled quickly as an accordionist...guess I had good teachers..

I really did have great teachers....
My teachers actually prepared me to also teach after my schooling..

I did not play in High School bands..
I mostly played sports and dated in High School..

After graduation (high school)..I went on to college (Villanova, Pa)..

Don I also played basketball, but still have my front teeth...

I started to play accordion in local bands..."top 40 bands"...
Now they call the tunes "standards"...

After college...I started my own Contracting business (Construction..not hits)...
and continued this as my "day" job to date..

In the mid 60's I worked for Hammond Organ,
in sales , and performed (played) at exposures..
(term used for demonstrations)..

I also did home demos to sell Hammond organs...
Talk about back breaking ..

After my stint with Hammond ..I worked for Conn Organ,
as a teacher, accordion and organ..

When Disco came about, I stopped playing gigs with the band..
actually I quit playing jobs for about 5 years.

In the Early 80's, I opened my first of several musical instrument stores..
.specializing in keyboards..

I also started to work as a duo,
with some of the prettiest girls, you ever want to see...
and they could sing..

I have enjoyed working with "girls" for the last 25 plus years..

The last 7-8 years I have worked with the popular Jersey shore band.."Just In Time"..


I only have worked with a couple folks that were more famous than I...
and of course , I helped make a few more famous too..