Funny The Things One Remembers

Upon David Bowie’s death, I thought about Cheech and Chong’s 1974 recording “Earache My Eye,” which starts with a glam rock song that I thought – erroneously – was sung by David Bowie. It was, in fact, Richard “Cheech” Marin. Now it’s 1975 and we’re at a band festival in, if I recall, Marquette, Michigan and a number of us are listening to this piece. Our uber-drummer Tony Gasparac refers to the faux tune that begins the recording, saying “Actually, this is a pretty great record in and of itself.”

I can recall this incidental remark and yet I can’t recall anything said in a cross country trip with my brother.

BILL