How Being An Almost Rock Star Set Me On A Path To A Long Career in Sales
It was 1973, I was sitting in my messy dorm room scattered with albums and posters all over the place at Ohio University dreaming about the future - my future. I wanted to become a rock star, just like Jimi or the Allman Brothers. Wild, fiery and travelling across the country. I was 19 years old and hung out with my band Ironman5, playing gigs at bars with beer covered floors, strewn with cigarette butts dreaming big dreams. And they almost happened! They really did. Until this one time that changed everything for me. Our band the Ironman5 had a gig at this frat house and as usual I showed up with great anticipation and my always trusty old Stratocaster and my 100 watt Twin Reverb amplifier. That amplifier would blast anything and everything, and this night was no different. They were going to feel the full power as I turned all the dials up to 10: volume, master volume, bass, treble all the way up. Suddenly, while we were in the middle of a cool, popular 70s song ...