Pure Prairie League (Commentary)

I played with them when I was in high school, that band Mountain Smoke I told you about, we opened for Pure Prairie League When I was still in high school, in Oklahoma City And, we just hit it off that night, we jammed together And played on stage together and And, we even- oh, it's funny, we got a better review, than they did that night But, uh, anyway, uhm, many years later, this was probably three or four years later I was livin' in Los Angeles, so a friend of mine was going out there to audition And he said, "Hey, I'm gonna audition for Pure Prairie League, you wanna go?" I said, "Yeah, I played a gig with 'em when I was in high school I'll go see if they even remember me", you know Go along and watch the audition and And, I introduced myself to 'em, they go "Aren't you that kid from Oklahoma that plays all the different instruments?" And I go, "Yeah" They said, "Would you be interested in this gig?" And my friend's looking at me like, "Oh, great, thanks a lot" And I said, "No, I really wouldn't", I said, "I'm playing with Byron and Lovin' life here and, da-da-da-da-da", and They said, "Well, come back tomorrow and just jam with us Just come have some fun" I said, "Okay", so took my electric guitar and amp and got to- Runnin' all the way up and go play with 'em and it was kinda fun You know, after a lot of years of not playing Much music that really, you know, rocked pretty hard and And, I said, "Man, I'll come, I'll come play with you for a while", so Ah, away I went and made three records with 'em and, had a couple of hits and Got to be on "Solid Gold", "American Band Stand" and all these Crazy TV shows, "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" and And so for, for a young guy of 21, maybe somethin' like that I was getting a great taste of what the music business was really like What touring was really like with promoters and the-the-the real deal You know, and it was a great education, I wouldn't, I wouldn't trade that for nothin' And I had a, I had a good time, it was good guys