sound in the distance. It was
the sound of my first rock and
roll band. I wasn’t even 6 years
old. Did you ever see those car-
toons from the forties where the
mouse smells the cheese and he
floats through the air towards
the smell? That was me. I’m eat-
ing that corn on the cob when
I hear that sound. I’m walking
towards the sound and the but-
ter is dripping on my shirt. I hear
this sound and it’s a rock and
roll band set up atop a flat bed
truck powered by a gas genera-
tor in the fields behind St. Bart’s
Church in Scotch Plains, New
Jersey.
Did you ever see the movie,
American Graffitti? Remember
the band Flash Cadillac and the
Continental Kids? This band
was just like that. The Beatles
hadn’t been heard of yet. This
was pre-Beatles… 1961. They
had the greatest hair cuts I ever
saw. They had black ties, match-
ing red blazers with this jaunty
red crest. And they had pointy
shoes and were chewing gum.
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