I met Brian quite unexpectedly at a Waltermitty show at Club Dada one
Saturday afternoon Summer of 1997. Actually, I met Stan (the
taper) and he told me that Brian was looking to jam with some
other musicians and I ought to go talk to him. Brian asked me who some
of my influences were and I just so happened to unknowingly
compile a list earlier that week of all of my musical influences. So
I handed him the piece of paper that was in my wallet...and that
answered all of the questions. Within a couple of weeks, we started
jamming together with Kyle (the GIANT bass player) and a drummer at a
Crackhouse motel/Rehearsal space complete with blue shag carpet. It was
okay, but slow and kind of directionless. One day, Brian
called me and told me about Terry's ad in The Observer: "PLANO DRUMMER
SEEKS ADVANCED MUSICIANS FOR MAHAVISHNU / ZAPPA / KING CRIMSON TYPE
RECREATIONAL MUSIC MAKING." It was a musical match made in
heaven.
