“ After I finally came to grips about my diagnosis and the fact that I have an expiration date , I thought back immediately to the old Sounds of Asbury Park and one of its founders , John Luraschi ,” said Richards . “ When John realized his time was becoming short , he recorded and put out that final album . That was John ’ s statement . He wanted to put something out and leave a legacy and get it out there because Johnny himself had never put anything out .”
“ My first thought was I want to leave a legacy ,” continued Richards . “ For me , it ’ s been almost 20 years since there ’ s been anything distributed on a cassette or vinyl . I immediately said I want to leave something so people understand who I was , what music meant to me , and to leave something for people to remember and possibly remember me by .”
Richards says he hasn ’ t become more creative since the diagnosis , but he has become more
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