I was born between Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay,
ocean into the bay, bay back into the ocean,
Pensacola to Ocracoke Island and Roanoke Sound.
When I was 14 years old my older
brother and I recreated a 40's jazz band called the
Road Amps (get it?)
which our friends twisted into the
Hump Rats and as that we toured for
14 years or 14 minutes!
Ocean into the bay, bay back into the ocean,
and for a while there was even a
local revival band that played
ska in the upscale
skin-head and college bars around
Ocracoke Island and Hampton Roads!
