Category Archives: Music

Music Memory – Renaissance Records

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Just Chuck

Wow, I found an old picture of the record store, Renaissance Records, in Killeen Texas I would go and get records from when the Post Exchange (PX) on Fort Hood didn’t have any good stuff.  A used record store.  I … Continue reading →

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My Life as a Band Member – Second Chance plays KHS

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Just Chuck

This is the continuation of a series of posts – select Category LIFE AS A BAND MEMBER to read in sequence. I wish we had captured some video from those band days but luckily my brother Johnny was taking photography … Continue reading →

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2024 New Year’s Resolutions Q1 Report Card

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Just Chuck

It’s time to review my 2024 New Year’s Resolutions.  This is my 3rd year of doing this.  At the beginning of each year I set five personal goals for the year and see if I can complete them.  I grade … Continue reading →

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Vinyl of the Month – Secret Treaties by Blue Oyster Cult

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Just Chuck

This month’s Vinyl of the Month is Blue Oyster Cult‘s 3rd album, Secret Treaties. There is a good story behind why I chose this album to be Vinyl of the Month. That story is captured on my YouTube channel – … Continue reading →

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My Life as a Band Member – Second Chance 1.0

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Just Chuck

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 →

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My Life as a Band Member – the start of Second Chance

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Just Chuck

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 →

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My Life as a band member – life after LEAF

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Just Chuck

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 →

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Battle of the Bands – LEAF

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Just Chuck

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 →

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My First Band – LEAF

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Just Chuck

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 →

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Dennis, geometry, music and guitar

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Just Chuck

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 →

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