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> Thanks, Bill. You're right, how many people get to have an
experience
> like that? I do feel very lucky and priveleged. We're focusing
on
> the Madeira now, which leaves my dad out of the loop, but we'll
get
> back to the Troubadours again soon enough. He thought he might
have
> had enough last year, but then I talked to him about it again last
> month, and he said if all those doo-wop guys in their seventies
can
> still perform on PBS, he can do it too!! (He's only in his early-
> sixties...)
Well Dick Dale and Nokie Edwards have to be in or near their early
60s. I think they still have it, and your dad certainly "had it" a
year ago. I could imagine arthritis, or some form of age related
pain syndrome could slow your dad down, however, from what I saw it
does not look like he's a candidate for anything like that. Hey,
from what you told me the Troubadours hardly practice as a band, so
couldn't you keep both going if you had enough time?
>
> > Makes me really miss playing guitar with my dad.
>
> Why can't you play with your dad anymore? Did he pass away?
Yeah, he died in 2001 from Multiple Melanoma, a rather aggressive
form of bone marrow cancer. He was more into 60s instro-guitar and
Chet Atkins than surf music(long time Strat player btw), but I think
he would have enjoyed the Aquanauts. I do know he would have
enjoyed seeing the Troubadours, looks like your father was born in
the early 40s, so my dad would have been about 7 or 8 years
younger. I've got some songs, and guitars I play that certainly
remind me of him and when he taught them to me. I can imagine
you've got boat loads of similar memories. Like you said it's a
great experince to learn from your father, and both enjoy the same
music, I know a few guys who's dad's play but its entirely different
music. So in away it's nice to carry on the torch. I do understand
why you get so emotional over the Shads now!
Bill
