I once had a guy come up to our stage and asked to play drums. He said "I used to be Michael Brecker's drummer." I looked at him and smiled and said "Then you must REALLY suck or Brecker wouldn't have let you get away."

There was a band in Cleveland years ago called The Outsiders. They had a local hit called Time Won't Let Me. Fronted by Sonny Geraci who had his 15 minutes with "Precious And Few" in Climax. One night a guitar player came up and asked to sit in, telling me he played the solo on Time Won't Let Me. I said "So you are Al?" And he said no and told me some other name. I said "That's odd. If you played that solo, your name would be Al Austin. You would also be dead because Al Austin died in a car crash in 1968 when his car hit a bridge as he was racing to Geneva On The Lake to his gig. Now get away from my stage."

If I had a buck for everybody who told me they played that solo. I mean, I was at Al's funeral!!