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.
Tag Archives: killeen
1982 Part 1 – Life Takes a Sharp Turn
This is the continuation of a series of posts – select Category LIFE AS A BAND MEMBER to read in sequence. Starting 1982 I was still living in my one room apartment. My college classes at Central Texas College (CTC) … Continue reading
Music Memory – Renaissance Records
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
My Life as a Band Member – Second Chance plays KHS
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
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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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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SSA – Your Friend or a Government Bureaucracy?
I’m retired. Retirement means a lot of things, but for many of us in the United States it means Social Security benefits. (payments) Under normal circumstances you can’t collect social security benefits until you reach the age of at least … Continue reading
Retirement Ain't Easy 