For the Record #001 - Bittersweet Suzie 1981

I imagine when I started blogging about myself I began exploiting the idea of letting people get to know the part of myself who was interested in a public life, the actor, director, writer, ect...  and, hopefully, those who read of my exploits might find me somehow interesting and likeable.  And, perhaps, I might form a portion of that success which still playfully eludes me  -  recognition.  Like many artistic types, admittedly, I am not very good at self promotion.  So I thought that perhaps a blog would allow me the lesson/lessons needed to become enlightened in such a way.  However, as life, and this blog, progresses, I gain insight that it's not that I should let people get to know me through my work (as inconsequential as it may seem to some), but, rather, to let them get to know me, leading them to the idea that perhaps I exist on this planet with some sort of possible worth and insight as an artist, gaining consideration, and, maybe - wild as it may seem -  some contemporary notoriety.  So in the interest of representing myself rather than representing the guy looking for a gig in Hollywood.., well, here goes.

Admittedly, at my current advanced age, some two thousand and twenty years or so spun about the planet (yes, I exaggerate.  Truth is I am not a day over two thousand.)  -  I'm not certain of the date, so I will reduce it to a snowy day in December - I believe to have been in 1981.  John and Jeff DiMeglio, Bruce Clippert, and myself loaded musical gear from Johnny's van into the side door of K'n'R Recording Studio in Southfield Michigan.  Within six hours we set up drums, guitars and amps, recorded, and, had broke back down.   The name of the song was Bittersweet Suzie, not the first song I had written, yet, the first I had recorded.  Through my older brother Rich, I had managed to wrangle the talent of the DiMeglio brothers...  Mr Clippart was a friend, and, a fan of my own and he just jumped into the project.

Already mentioned six hours with Sound Engineer/owner Ken the following song was recorded. Two days later it was mixed in a four hour session.  The song was written with my girlfriend Suzie in mind.  I met her working at Somerset Inn in Troy in 1979 (fair to say that both of us were simple working class tools - in a good way if that is possible), we were at the end of a passionate relationship that was destine to fail, and, was, crashing apart.  The music is somewhat strange since it's an unusual blend of jazz and punk surf, (or, surf punk).  Regardless, my first band was brilliant, and the song shows raw vocals from a purely self taught singer.  You may click the attachment to hear what came from my efforts all those years ago.  I guess I thought I was going to be a star.  Um... for those who didn't notice, I never managed becoming a star.  Regardless, I think it's pretty cool song.  Enjoy.