Not only met them, but jammed with them and was treated as a peer.

In the music biz, when you get to the upper levels, for most of us, there is no caste system. All that matters is that you can play and how you play.

Backstage it's trading road stories, joking around, and if there is competition, it's mostly teasing type.

In the Motown studios we recorded some backing tracks, and never knew what happened to them. Motown would record tracks and they see who could sing them. They may have gone nowhere, or buried on an album by somebody else. We got union scale for our work in the studio. We also got to jam with some of the other house musicians and the road musicians who came and went.

I've made almost all my money in my life doing music. My house is paid for, as are my cars, and I have no debt. I live below my means, modestly.

I enjoy my life, and I got lucky with my wife as well.

If I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same way, except I wouldn't have taken the interruptions of those two day jobs. On the other hand, if I didn't try out what it was to lead a normal life, I wouldn't know how lucky I really am.

Notes

Bob "Notes" Norton smile Norton Music
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