That picture on the left isn’t of me. It’s of Gerry Sterling. I’ve known this guy more years than either of us wants to remember. He used to call me up and say ,”I’m playing in this club this weekend. Come on down and see me. I’ll buy you a drink.” So, I’d show up for my free drink and end up paying a three drink cover to get in. But it was always worth it. Garry is one of those people who’s been blessed with a real gift for music. I never knew what kind of a place I was going to find myself in from week to week. Or what kind of a crowed would be there. Because Gerry played with a different band in a different place every week. From the swankiest of the swank to the watch your back divest of the dives. But the music was always killer. He never played with any slackers. Let me explain, Gerry is, what a couple of his musician friends told me, a utility man. He can play any instrument and sing about 3000 plus songs in either English or Spanish. If one of a band’s players gets sick or can’t make a gig not to worry. They just call Gerry. He can fill in without a rehearsal. Country, Salsa, Jazz, Rock, Fusion, you name it. If it’s a cover of a popular song he even knows the lyrics. Hand him a guitar, bass, vibraphone, trumpet, congas, keyboard or what have you and he’ll rip it up. But he has always said his true instrument is the saxophone. That video that’s just below this blog is a bit amateurish in the visual department but it’s not lacking in the audio department. The visuals are by me but the music is all Gerry. I know, your waiting to hear me say I planning on re-doing the visuals. So, here it goes. I do have plans of redoing the visuals but all the while knowing that I’m probably not going to match the artistry of the music. There I said it. I could put it all on my wife and say if she lets me stay up to all hours in the morning working on it I’d get it done. But that wouldn’t be fair now would it. That’s such a lame excuse. Ok the truth is that the only reason I am here on this page is because I’m a bit better at this internet thing than Gerry is. Not much better, but I volunteered. I think. I saw that his page got up here and on myspace and once I tweak that video a bit I’m out a here. So, go click on the link under his picture and listen to some of his other stuff. I really think you’ll like it. Later zdawg