Brother John

Brother Johnny with his duck, which brings to mind the old joke that had the two of us giggling like a couple of little school girls: "A duck walks into the drugstore and tells the druggist, give me a Chapstick and put it on my bill." Don't know what happened to the duck, but Johnny's been gone ten years now.  

John used to play in a band. He was a pretty fair guitarist. The Holiday Star was a local venue that hosted big name acts. They also had a smaller room where the band Johnny was in played a few times. On one of those occasions, Merle was playing the big room, Johnny playing the small one. After Merle finished up, he came in and checked out Johnny's band and bought the band a drink. So he had that going for him. He also went on tour with John Mellencamp a couple times, but in a different capacity. 

We had some good times growing up - I miss the LCEFT. Happy Birthday, Brother!