July 16, 2025
Drove into the Beast early this morning and had several meetings in Scottsdale, including one with an old MUCOUS classmate and a fellow Mohave County drummer, Sonny Alvarado.
He was in a rock band with his brother, Tinker, and they called themselves The Gallos and I gave Tinker & The Gallos their due in "The 66 Kids" and wanted Sonny to have the original of a painting I did based on a class photo of Tinker in our annual, circa 1964. Yes, Sonny gifted me a special jar of "Senor Sonny's Secret Sauce."
In fact, in a major foreshadowing, I once sat in on Sonny's drum kit at the Old Elks Lodge in downtown Kingman and dropped a stick while playing "Wipeout." Fast forward, forty three years, and I had a heart attack playing the same song—
"Wipeout" on the same stage! Who says life doesn't give us warning?
"Ha-ha-hay-ya-ha. . . Wipeout!"
—The crazy laugh opening to the surf tune that almost killed me
If you ever run into Sonny again, tell him coach Orr's boy says hi
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