i was born in 1949 dec.the year babe ruth died,thus i have lived many lives,from hi school expert leader of a small gang my gang breaking into 30 homes,on the wrestling team where on l.i. it was THE sport a blood sport like football in Texas was varsity missed the counties by one point,coach jackson worked us like the military"can;t turn chicken shit to chicken salad",used to have dinner and run upstairs and Calhoun to regurgitate,at 15 my band played the mepham senior prom did a tour upstate ny,i recall a crowd of close to 300 i am not sure i rember kids lokking through the church window,my lead singer marck johnson well known in grennitch village ny does tracks for disney etc. my frat buddy louis h gould producer unit production manager law and order for over 10 years the early ones,i went through a windshield the summer of 68 110 nten stitches,severed 3 tendons in right hand was shipped to sf general rather then near by berkly hospital,started smoking chronic pakadstanie lebonese red and blonde age 14 acid 18,first trip 18 yrs however it was stp.,wtf every one is turning into like giant human lizards.you guys been doing this?later on went to oswego state had a nervous break down,got a 3.2 anyway,transfered to albany state university thinking that the electronic music program was still there,the place was f'n sterile, oswego was a party college and called red hill,my life has always been a three ring circus more stiches then frankenstien,like accident prone.in toth grade a gay guy turned me on to reading my first books were ayan rand' virtue of selfishness then atlas shrugged moved on to Dostoevsky crime and punishment brother's Karamazov the idiot the gambler etc. always was a stage person,still more comfortable on camera then off.i have a hell of a temper when insulted or slandered. thought i might be a narcissist,or an Oedipus or Sisyphus lol definitely not misogynists{woman hater (little rascals)got the lead in fortune in men's eyes at Albany state theater dept.the director came on to me so i said f it,ironically my best friend was gay and black and quite nelly.he fell in love with me,i simply told him i loved him as a friend however just not into men not bi just totally hetero.,as far as how i dress metrosexual,wtf totally into English rock soon as beatles arrived,band switched from jan and dean and brian wilson,good vibrations in my room etc. surfer to english beatles who,rember seeing brian jone's hair from back on a newstand music rag cover.that's for me that's for us so added a lotta stones.dad got me guitar lessons at seven years old.the 6'4" gentle george milligan who soon learned i was a prodogy, and started to teach mr standards misty ebb tide tea for two perfidia dancing on the sealing girl from ipanema,desifinado(slightley out of toon)a c jobim.the greatest fortune was that,my heroes were jimmy smith Hammond organ wes montgomery guitar kenny burrel gtr,the byrd charly parker jeez what about the incredible james brown all black.i might have been a bigot growing up in a wealthy 70 to 80% Jewish itallion irish bellmore merrick l.I ny .moved at age 8 from bay ridge brooklyn,was there all the time dad owned the chataway bar and lounge on 36th and 4th ve,4 blocks from the docs.i remember the regulars peter rabbit brokaley tommy 4 eyes etc.only 5 10 years ago my cousins informed me that the sopranos was based at least in part on my family rudy from nj bought the building,mom would say remember that big dinner when every one was kissing his ring...i woul rather not talk much about it i am sure mrs. gotti with us in fu land would feel the same way as far as i'm concern'd who gives a flying f.my first sales job was a barker in sf at the strip clubs on broad way then guitar center where i worked with lt and ray shure owners,was accessory manager got center fold in aoril 1983 guitar player mag biz section.later for more of "janother three ring circus" the life and times of william russel francis servideo.