To add an interesting anecdote here, when I was in high school there was no middle school. Elementary school was 1-6 and high school was 7-12. During my 6 years at high school, the band director was personal friends with Buddy Rich. Rich came to my school every year for those six years and performed a free concert for the students. Like a total dumb ass I never went. This was back in the early 70s when my weekly consumption of marijuana was about ¼-½ pound counting just personal use. I am guessing that there was a direct connection between these facts.
Buddy came to my HS often, as well as Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman and Stan Kenton - that was 'the circuit' for those guys - one nighters in a crappy bus, too.
Beta Band (damn you Bull Run)
post-Clash Strummer (always 'next time')
Chet Baker (or maybe not)
