When I was just 14 and my brother 16, one day he said wow you have to check out this great band I've seen.  I met the guys and they're awesome.  So one night my parents ask me where are you going?  I told them out with my brother Kevin. 

So out we went to a nightclub.  This was back in the mid 70's mind you.  My brother looked a little older than 16.  So we went inside and sat down.  A few minutes later a waitress came  up to take our order.  So my brother ordered a Long Island Ice Tea for me.  The waitress looked at my brother which obviously was a repeat customer and asked "Is he old enough?.  My brother replied "Sure he's my brother!".  So on came the drinks.  After a couple drinks the band got up on stage.  They were called "The Stainless Steel Band".   Every song they played was fantastic!  I couldn't believe my ears.  So my brother introduced me to them and we became friends.  Mark the lead guitarist is awesome.  He is my idol for sure.  To this day, 31 years have passed and he remains my good friend. 

They played Classic Rock music.  When they played the Cars it actually sounded better than the Cars themselves.  I remember one night Mark was playing Freebird while the owner of the club was pouring down a bottle of vodka down his throat as he played the lead on his Gibson Les Paul behind his back.  It was amazing.  On with the story.  Phil which played rhythm guitar, vocals and keyboards had a Gibson GK-55.  Actually he still has it to this day.    He loved it so much and played it all the time.  Where the pick guiard on a guitar would normally be, there was a deep hole worn into the body of the guitar from his finger resting there.  That's how  much he played that guitar.

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