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Damn Swampwalker, I’ve been writing it wrong all this time? Sorry mate, I guess I thought it was perhaps a Louisiana or Florida-derived moniker, as it may be. Time to start wearing my reading glasses regularly! bdp24 refers to my favorite vintage drum covering (Black Diamond Pearl) and bass drum size (24").

Oh, I too have done that swampwater., lopping off about a foot six months ago. When I auditioned for Peart Harbor's band, she asked me if I was willing to cut my mop, which I had anticipated. She's from the Punk/Rockabilly world (and was married to Clash bassist Paul Simonon, one of the worst bass players in the entire history of R & R. But he looked good ;-), and they don't cotton to hippies. I'm actually a greaser at heart, so that was no problem. Portland Oregon is teeming with old hippies, so now I fit right in, though I myself am not one, I just look like one. Biker's aren't hippies either! Remember when Steve Earle looked like a biker? Still kinda does, just a lot older.

I accompanied Brooks Berdan to the Vegas CES in the mid-90's to early 2000's, and spoke with Ralph Karsten and Michael Green there. If you saw a longhair at those CES', it was either one of them or myself. I believe Ralph has chopped off his freak flag, and Michael Green has gained so much weight he is unrecognizable, leaving me the last hippie standing ;-).