Just Chuck
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I’m Chuck. I am retired as of December 31, 2023. I like playing guitar, listening to music, recording music, reading books and comic books, portrait and toy photography, writing and playing Pokemon Go. I don’t miss work at all.
Category Archives: Music
My Life as a Band Member – Second Chance 1.0
This is the continuation of a series of posts – select Category LIFE AS A BAND MEMBER to read in sequence. After all the practicing in a garage for months, Second Chance version 1.0 (Me, Dennis, Steve, Mick and Howard) … Continue reading
My Life as a Band Member – the start of Second Chance
This is the continuation of a series of posts – select Category LIFE AS A BAND MEMBER to read in sequence. Spring 1980 rolled around and I was back home in my room that I had left 4 months before … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE AS BAND MEMBER, Life in General, Music
Tagged 1980s, AC/DC, central texas college, Ellison high school, John Sturgeon Photography, judas priest, killeen, killeen high school, led zeppelin, montrose, Music, rock, rush, second chance, ted nugent, University of Southern Mississippi
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My Life as a band member – life after LEAF
This is the continuation of a series of posts – select Category LIFE AS A BAND MEMBER to read in sequence. Before anything more happened with the LEAF we all graduated from high school and off we went to college. … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE AS BAND MEMBER, Life in General, Music
Tagged college, college-football, featured, how I met your mother, LEAF, love, Mo-Ranch, Music, news, University of Southern Mississippi, USM
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Battle of the Bands – LEAF
This is the continuation of a series of posts – select Category LIFE AS A BAND MEMBER to read in sequence. I learned many songs from Dennis but the first two songs that LEAF actually played publicly as a band … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE AS BAND MEMBER, Life in General, Music
Tagged band, battle of the bands, blue oyster cult, BOC, dominance and submission, fort hood, Gibson Les Paul, guitar, high school, high school band, LEAF, live-music, memoir, mini memoir, Music, music center, My first band, news, reviews, rock, secret treaties
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My First Band – LEAF
This is the continuation of a series of posts – select Category LIFE AS A BAND MEMBER to read in sequence. You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best, the Hottest Band in Killeen – LEAF! Dennis (deceased) and I … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE AS BAND MEMBER, Life in General, Music
Tagged 25 or 6 to 4, band, black sabbath, chicago, classic-rock, fort hood, jumpin' jack flash, KISS, LEAF, Music, music center, My first band, news, reviews, rock, rolling stones, strutter, sweet leaf, texas
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Dennis, geometry, music and guitar
This is the continuation of a series of posts – select Category LIFE AS A BAND MEMBER to read in sequence. As of the post, it has been four years and seven months since they found Dennis’ body sitting on … Continue reading
Posted in family, LIFE AS BAND MEMBER, Life in General, Music
Tagged death of a friend, dennis, fort hood, friend, geometry, guitar, guitars, killeen, killeen high school, pawn shop
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2024 New Years Resolutions
Now that I am retired from the daily soul crushing commute and job, I hope completing my New Years Resolutions in 2024 will come easier. So here are my 5 New Years Resolutions that I plan on …. Resolving? Resolution … Continue reading
2023 Year End Wrap Up
It’s time for a 2023 Resolution Wrap up. Time to review what nonsense I came up with in January to try and fulfill, improve and better my life. So here we go. Resolution #1 – I’m going to journal this … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Life in General, Music, writing
Tagged 2023, Album of the month, blog, blogging, Camp NaNoWriMo, demo, Hero Bread, journal, Music, my music, NaNoWriMo, new years resolution, recording, resolution, soundcloud, weight loss, writing
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Vinyl of the Month – The Tubes by The Tubes
Have you ever heard of The Tubes? If you were a teen in the 70’s reading CREEM magazine you would have first been introduced to them. Like KISS, who I also learned about through CREEM magazine, The Tubes were featured … Continue reading
O.B.L.
On September 11, 2001, the world changed. Innocence was lost. Life for all of us took a sharp turn down a darker street. That day, of course, was the day terrorist took advantage of America’s naivety and brought down two … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Music
Tagged 9-11, cakewalk, never forget, O.B.L., OBL, Osama Bin Laden, recording, shure, song, songwriting, takamine, terrorist attack
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