When I fill out applications and forms, my position is that of a school teacher. I have been teaching 8th grade language arts for 32 years; this is my last year. But, concurrently I am also the organist/music director, choir director and all-around PITA (pain in the ass)at my parish, also for the last 32 years. How much longer I'll be there is anyone's guess.

My music career started at 8, when my school offered acordion lessons. I did that for about 6 years, until I could convince my dad that I wanted to play the organ. At. age 15, my grandmother talked her parish organist into taking me under his wing (as I was attending high school there). I and another student learned the church ropes for about a year or so. The other boy graduated, leaving me to do the very early services and fill in whenever the organist 'needed' me. One day in the spring of my junior year, the guy had an argument with the pastor and just up and quit. I was offered the job (at a greatly lesser salary + stipends) and stayed there until I went off to college 18 months later. I swore I'd never do that again, but in 1972, while still looking for a teaching position, I decided to take a 'part time' at the church we were attending. Now, 32 1/2 yrs. later I've out-lasted 6 pastors and am working on the 7th.

As a 'rock star' (yeah, sure!) I started at 14 with a 4-piece group we called the Four Dimensions. The rhythm guitarist could never play in tune and the lead guitarist, although good, was the furthest thing from rock star material. A few years later there were those put-together groups that played for a while, but never went anywhere. At 17, I was asked to come and practice with some local guys who wanted to 'make it big'. I went to the first practice and was blown away by all the Vox equipment in the basement. I played my Farfisa thru a Super Beatle and have never felt the same emotion since (well almost). They said they were going downtown to play some bars - oh, oh I was 17 and as straight as they came - so I backed out. 15 months later I heard a new version of 'House of the Rising Sun' by an up&coming local group, Frigid Pink - oh, well. At 23 I hooked up with my old drummer and formed a trio, Music Express, and played one-nighters locally almost every weekend for 15 years. The band broke up and I wandered around for a few, then hooked up with my present partner to form Token. This Christmas will most likely be our last together. My immenent retirement(s) and my friend's personal turmoil are urging me move on to solo work (as One2Many ?? - help me here).

Sorry for the length of this post, but you asked for it, Scott.