I was really sorry to hear of Steve's passing. We were best friends at Broughton and started "The Sands" together. Steve turned me on to the blues, which I still play in my band today (2020). Of course, we loved the early Rolling Stones, especially when they were a blues band; the early Rolling Stones made us go back into musical history and listen to the orginal Mississippi/Chicago blues players. Steve had a Volkswagen that we rode in so much it is a wonder the wheels didn't fall off! We also had 1,000,001 laughs at Broughton about anything and everything.
Steve and I roomed together during our freshman year at college - it is a wonder we did not get drafted, since school work was 3rd rate next to playing music! We learned a lot about life in those days...some of it shaking us out of our middle class sleep.
We drifted apart in later years and found life apart from each other, as friends often do. The last time we played music together was 2010 at my house, and I cried...why did we wait 42 years to do this again, my old friend?!
RIP, old buddy...se ya down the road...
Larry Butterton
I was really sorry to hear of Steve's passing. We were best friends at Broughton and started "The Sands" together. Steve turned me on to the blues, which I still play in my band today (2020). Of course, we loved the early Rolling Stones, especially when they were a blues band; the early Rolling Stones made us go back into musical history and listen to the orginal Mississippi/Chicago blues players. Steve had a Volkswagen that we rode in so much it is a wonder the wheels didn't fall off! We also had 1,000,001 laughs at Broughton about anything and everything.
Steve and I roomed together during our freshman year at college - it is a wonder we did not get drafted, since school work was 3rd rate next to playing music! We learned a lot about life in those days...some of it shaking us out of our middle class sleep.
We drifted apart in later years and found life apart from each other, as friends often do. The last time we played music together was 2010 at my house, and I cried...why did we wait 42 years to do this again, my old friend?!
RIP, old buddy...se ya down the road...