The Uncle Murray Band

Once upon a time, way back in the good ole days............a few neighborhood friends...........best buddies...........participants of that phase where the youthful mind has no clue of that which will take place in the years to come.............they would get together and fantasize about things. Many of those things never became a reality, and perhaps most of those things are better to have remained just a dream.......after all, dreams are a form of escape from all of the problems that you have. Dreams can never be shattered if left in its original state.....right?

We would joke around that we were the "Uncle Murray Band"......hehehe.....imagine that. We formed a band that never existed. Oh yes, we would talk alot about it, yet it never came to fruition. There were many reasons.......no place to play......no room to play.......lack of instruments......lack of encouragement........wasn't drunk enough.........girlfriends distracted us........no money......no wheels......jobs got in the way......not enough time.......and no real vision.........just a fantasy. Just horsing around. Two Murphs and two Steves.......one Murph had a set of drums and one Steve had a guitar. I had no instrument of my own, but I did know a little something about the guitar. The other Murph didn't play any instruments so we figured he could be our singer.......hehehe.....not that he WAS a singer or anything.

Below is a picture of some of the pictures from back in the day. We were young and had nothing better to do. For a moment in time, we were the Uncle Murray Band.........and we never really sat down and performed together.

Looking back, none of us had any idea about how things would be in the year 2007. No clue at all. What would our lives be like? Would we even remember these days from the late 1970's

This is "Murph".........great guy......a singer?.......maybe not.......but what the heck, who else was gonna be the singer?

And Steve........the guitar player.........lot's of hair....hehehe.....the closest thing to having a blood brother without the blood.

.......and Me........no, it's not Jesus........(sorry about the blurry pictures, but pictures of old pictures are what these are)

....and the other Murph.....the drummer.

Damn we were young, skinny, long-haired, crazy, and hilarious. As time went on, our lives changed. Marriages, families, careers, and ....well......life happened. We had all gone our seperate ways, except the two Murphs..........actual brothers. And it has been a long, long time. Amazingly, to this very day, we each are able to look back and think fondly of our times spent together. It is in stone and it can never be taken away from us.

That brings us to today. We are much older now.......our lives have happened. Unfortunately, during our lives, we never seemed to get it all together and have the Uncle Murray Band make some noise loud and proud. What could have been never happened........but............never say never!

What rests in your heart never leaves. That which is deeply rooted in your brain, always exists.

And the Uncle Murray Band got together, once again!

It was fantastic. The old dudes managed to get together and have a little jam session. Who could possibly know how it would work out? Would we sound terrible?........have no clue as to what we were doing?............would we be in synch?......what would we play?.......we never done this before!

Well...............

It was very hot in Murph's attic............but damn!.......old or not old, dust or no dust, heat or no heat.........Murph beat the hell out of his drums........it was unbelieveable! He sounded absolutely fantastic.

The other Murph was there. He didn't sing....hehehe......but he did videotape us. Maybe next time we can get him to sing.....hehehe. There was no way he was gonna miss this get-together.

Me?.........well, I brought along my son's bass guitar and amplifier. Four strings?.......no problem.

And on guitar........the other Steve. His long hair may be gone, but his guitar is still with him.....hehehe.

All of us were actually surprised that we managed to pull it off. Even more surprising is the fact that we actually sounded like something. It was asked "Are you sure you guys haven't been playing together all allong?" Amazing.......it was as if each of us knew what the other would be playing..........as if we had done this before......hehehe......brilliant!

We actually sounded like something and it wasn't bad.

Murph..........it would not have happened if not for you. Let's make sure we knock the rest of that dust off of those drums........and let's do it real soon.

The Uncle Murray Band Lives!