Funny how you knew just who I was talking about! Yeah, played with him when I was 15. Did my first bar gig at B'Ginnings at that time. He got me a smokin deal on my first Ric when he worked at Soundz Music.
OK, now we need to talk. First of all - it was a matter of elimination. If you were too young for D'Thumbs, then it couldn't be Rob Harding, John Evan or Mimi Bettinis (Pez Band). That left only the newest member, Mike Redmond. btw - I still want to know what happened to the double-neck Epiphone bass/guitar he had custom-made for him.
Second, we did ALL of our business at Soundz Music. Si was an old friend, and he actually travelled with us for about 6 months running sound for us. I also knew a few other folks that worked at Soundz, or hung out there. Like J.B. Ritchie. I have a feeling we might know a lot of the same people. I got drunk with Cliff Johnson one night before he put D'Thumbs together, and we opened for them in Off Broadway.