A very close friend of 63 years, and fellow musician, Frank D passed away yesterday after fighting cancer for several years ... Frank, 80 years of age, was the founder and drummer in our NY band, "The Keynotes" ... when we first met as teenagers, we each had our own 'Rock and Roll' band, but shortly after Frank convinced me to join his band, and the rest, as they say, is history ... 26 years together as band mates with the same 3 other guys, we went from playing high school RnR dances, to college parties, and then weddings and dinner dances ... we had quite a history together in what I personally consider the very BEST times for live music - we played in OUR style and people hired us because of it - ... If a company move to RI hadn't taken me away, who knows how long the band would have stayed together, but it was a great run none the less ...
I'll miss my friend Frank, but I know the Great Band in Heaven has another drummer helping them out ...

I realize none of you knew Frank, but I just had to share ...

here are "The Keynotes", circa 1968 ...