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The Gift
Drunk on the streets for ten years, he faces the music, joins AA, and a begins marching to the beat of a very different drummer
I come out of a music family from Los Angeles, my dad a Dixieland drummer, my brother a professional rock and roller. Me? I didn’t want to compete with my bass playing bro, so I read books and did sports and I was good at school. There are a few other aspects to my childhood that are important for this tragic tune that turned out sweet. Step back with me to 1954.
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