How do you get to play a gig in Big Bay, MI?  Easy:  just volunteer.  I often repeat one of my dad’s favorite sayings:  “the best jobs you get to do in life are not always the ones you g…

Searching for an article to reference, I realized that the list has gotten a bit out of hand.  Here is the CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING of FTV articles through 2016 (with 2017 being added to as time goes o…

From the Vaults:  Hendrix lives on Newsflash:  I am no longer mad at Jimi Hendrix for dying the week before my 17th  birthday.  I am also no longer concerned that so many young rock stars flamed o…

    Okay.  His name was really Dwight Kater, but every time I listen to the band Chicago, I think back to Dwight, therefore, Dwight Chicago is how I remember him.   When Dwight and his family f…

    First up I have to apologize for getting caught in a time warp.  The events in Part 1 of this tale took place in 2015, not 2014 as listed.  Einstein may have been right about the relativity …

    Those of you who follow the ramblings of From the Vaults probably already know that the West Coast Bureau consisting of Elizabeth, Todd, Don Juan and Emma relocated from Los Angeles to Eugene,…