Hi fans,
Thanks for tuning in with us. I've added four songs from a seventies band that I played with called the Wizards. We were a band out of North Houston, influenced by English bands, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, 10CC, along with our American: Rundgren, Fagen, Walsh, Eagles.
I remember we use to rent a storage room and practice our songs. We even put egg crates on the walls to add acoustics. We had fun. So much energy and creativity. You know the feeling of forming your first real band and expressing your talent and the wonderful rush you get from the end of that first song. Wow. You know you made it. There were many happy moments. We use to play for several years, practicing and honing in on our songs. We were good. I think our best times as bandmates were those rehearsals, when nobody was there. We played for each other.
One day I catch wind that old friend from Peru, Mike Buzzo is throwing a party at his Lake house in Seguin. So I rally the guys and we bring our gear to this wonderful house on Treasure Island, Lake McQueeny, Texas. We play this performance of a lifetime. I think we extended the songs a little. We used a Teac 3340 for recording.
The bandmates were: Michael Mikulin, Vocals, Mini Moog and Rhoades, drums, Patrick Mikulin, Guitars, Vocals, Calvin Luna Balli, Bass, Ricky Andrews, Keyboards, Hammond B-3, Cazz (Rob Casner), Drums.
The reels that I got of the recordings hadn't been played in almost thirty years. I also bought the reel to reel from my bandmate years later. It wasn't working so I took it to this guy who copied the servo plate and got it working. It was so cool to open this treasure, this recording that I hadn't heard in thirty years. I didn't know what was on there, songs we played. Was I good, was this real bad. I didn't know. So I feed the 1/4" tape and snake it through and attach it to the other reel. I flip the toggle switch to play, enter start and it works. I was in tears. I was overwhelmed with emotion.
This recording is a time capsule of a event in my life, September 30, 1978.
As far as, were we good? We thought so. I'll leave it to you to listen. Thanks.
I transferred the recordings from the reel to digital on my Tascam. I in turn went to Mixcraft, tweaked the sound and here is the result. Wizards broke up shortly after. We all went in different directions. But for a short wonderful and memorable time in my life, we were one of the north siders more eclectic bands. Give a listen. Thanks to all of you friends that I played with. It is an honor to have known you guys and gals.