To start at the beginning...My father would have been just 22 years old. Elvis was the catalyst. Dad started a band. A Rockabilly Rock and Roll band. Elvis was his model and his hero.
I don't remember ANY of the early days. Was I dragged around to gigs to watch my dad in action? I just can't remember. Yes, I was young, but other people sometimes say that they can remember when they were around 4 or 5 years old. Not me. I attribute this to a family tragedy. My mother's mother, Opal Rhodes, was dying a slow, painful death from cancer at the time, in the back room of my family's home. I cannot recall one image from those dark days. I figure that somehow I blocked the entire experience from my mind. It was a talent I developed very well over the coming years...