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  1. 5 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

    He was a minor celebrity once upon a time, he wrote a number of songs for the Fort Worth band "Bloodrock". Their biggest hit was a creepy ass tune called "D.O.A.". He toured with Alice Cooper and I think it was after that tour that he got his shit together, apparently life on the road with Alice was bad for his health. Here's a blurb on the album they were promoting at the time, 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forces_(Alice_Cooper_album)

     

     

    I can't say for sure that John got sober and stayed sober after that but I saw an interview where he said that at the end of the tour EVERYBODY that had been on the road "took some time off". 

     

    I was in maybe 6th grade when that was getting airplay. It was all kinds of spooky, lol. 

    My freshman year in college-bought this album and got to know the players.  My best drinking buddy died in a rollover accident in '96, and was a friend of the drummer, Lee Pickens.  Always thought it ironic that this song and end of his life had a connection.

  2. Went to Up on Knox last night to celebrate a couple's anniversary.  Began the meal with a Seafood Tower-12 oysters, 6 mussels, 6 clams, 6 poached shrimp, and a half lobster.  Our table of ten shared two of these and loved the opener.  Followed that up with  a cheese board-amazing flavors in the five cheeses.  I had yellowfin tuna while my wife ordered the 44 farms burger.  Both of our entrees were top shelf-I highly recommend this place.  And the service was so spot on, but never intrusive, that I never had to ask for a refill-the staff was attentive enough to see when the glass was nearly empty, and they asked me.

  3. On 3/31/2018 at 11:39 AM, El Diablo said:

    I was messing around last night googling up tunes from when I was a kid and ran across a video to a song I had not heard in 40+ years. When I was a kid I just thought it was a cool tune and the lyrics didn't have much meaning. Then I did a little more googling on the guy who wrote/played the song and found out that he's been sober for some years now and doing good things in his community (Fort Worth). Flat circles and shit.

     

     

    John got sober at the Glass House.  Haven't seen him in several years but am glad to know he is still trudging the road to happy destiny.  My favorite song he does is Louisiana Cockfight. 

  4. Glad to have made it through another day without drinking-and to have found this forum, this thread, and you like minded souls.  Trudging the road of happy destiny one day at a time with a host of friends makes this journey all the more worthwhile.

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