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'''FORGIVE MY ALL CAPS AND BOLD TEXT! I AM 73 AND SIGHT CHALLENGED. JIMMY FARAGER AND I FIRST MET ON "STEINBRAU HALL" IN THE DORMS AT THE UNVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. HE WAS A FRESHMAN WHEN I WAS IN MY SOPHOMORE YEAR. WE SHARED MANY A STARVING STUDENTS' FAVORITE MEAL, WICH WAS ABOUT SIX KRAUT DOGS AT DER WEINERSHNITZEL!!! WE ALSO HAD MUSIC IN COMMON. I PLAYED BASS IN THE 'PLAGUE', A ROCK BAND MOST NOTABLE FOR PLAYING "EVERY BODY MUST GET STONED", BY BOB DYLAN FOR 4 'STRAIGHT' HOURS IN THE QUAD UNTIL NOONE HAD THR STRENGTH TO DANCE ANYMORE AND SAT DOWN TO "GET STONED"!!! WE ALSO HAD A REP FOR PUTTING UP FLYERS ALL OVER CAMPUS THAT READ "THE PLAGUE IS COMING" BEFORE EACH GIG.

JIMMY WAS IMPRESSED WITH MY BAND, THOUGH I NEVER GOT WHY ONCE I FOUND OUT THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER, DANNY, HAD A GROUP CALLED "THE PEPPERMINT TROLLY COMPANY" AND THEY HAD ALREADY MADE A RECORD THAT SOLD! THE ONLY RECORD I EVER MADE WAS A REMAKE OF AN OLD HIT CALLED "CHERRY PIE" WITH DWAYNE ALLEN OF THE LA RAMS AND HIS 35-YEAR-OLD BROTHER, CECIL ALLEN ON DRUMS. "JUSTINE' WAS THE B SIDE. "GOIN' TO DA BARBER SHOP, GOIN' TA HAVE A DO-ME-UP, GOTTA LOOK CLEAN FOR MY LITTLE BUTTERCUP! AND CHORUS: JUSTINE, JUSTINE, YA JUST DON'T TREAT ME RIGHT! YA LOOK BALLED IN THE MORNIN', AND YA STAY OUT LATE AT NIGHT!"

ANYWAY, I'M 73 NOW AND A NOSTALGIC DEMEMTED WANNA BE WRITER. I PUBLISHED A JUVENILE FICTION TITLED 'DECEMBER KING" YEARS AGO WITH A PUBLISHER THAT STOPPED PUBLISHING JUVENILE FICTION BEFORE I COULD GET THE SEQUEL, "PETER MILES AND THE GLITTERING GOLD' TO THEM. HOPE THEY DIDN'T STOP BECAUSE OF ME?!

BACK TO JIMMY. LONG STORY INTERMINABLE, I BECAME THE ROAD MANAGER FOR JIMMY'S VARIOUS BANDS AFTER COLLEGE. FIRST THERE WAS "BONES", A FOUR PIECE ROCK BAND WITH LIMITED SUCCESS, ALTHOUGH COLUMBIA RECORDS SPUN OFF A LABEL CALLED "SIGNPOST" FOR THEM. A RECESSION STRUCK AND BONES DIED ON THE VINE. THEN CAME 'THE FARAGHER BROTHERS" CONSISTING OF 5 BROTHERS AND A SISTER AT ITS PEAK. TWO OR THREE ALBUMS STILL DIDN'T LAUNCH A BIG-HIT-SINGLE CAREER FOR THAT GROUP, ALTHOUGH THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCES GARNERED STANDING OVATIONS WHEREEVER WE PLAYED. WE WERE A HIT IN SANTA BARBARA!

JIMMY AND I WENT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WHEN TRAUMA CAME INTO MY LIFE. ACTUALLY, I INVITED IT IN WHEN I CONCEIVED A CHILD WITH MY FIRST WIFE, BACKSTAGE AT A LITTLE RICHARD CONCERT AT THE LA SPORTS ARENA! SHE WAS ALSO A "JESIS FREAK" WHEN THAT WAS A TERM OF DERRISION! GOOD THING, TOO. SHE PRAYED ME OUT OF HELL WHEN I DROPPED ACID AND CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE, UNTIL I PRAYED, "JESUS, PLEASE COME TO ME, AND I'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU?" ON MAY 27, 1972, AND HE DID! AFTER THAT, I MARRIED MY CHILDS MOTHER, AND QUIT ROCK AND ROLL FOR STEADY WORK. FIRST, I WAS A GOOD HUMOR ICE CREAM TRUCK DRIVER AND SALESPERSON. I GOT CHASED ONE DAY BY A GANG OF 'YOUTHS' WHO WANTED TO ROB ME IN AN UNSAVORY NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED PACOIMA, IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA. I QUIT, AND READ IN THE NEWSPAPER THE FOLLOWING WEEK THAT MY REPLACEMENT WAS KNIFED TO DEATH IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD ON HIS ROUTE!

EVENTUALLY, I LANDED A CITY JOB AND STAYED THERE FOR 25 YEARS TO RETIRE WITH A DECENT PENSION. NOW HERE I AM 73-YEARS-OLD AND TRYING TO RECONNECT WITH MY OLD MUSIC ASSOCIATES. AT LEAST THREE OF THE FARAGHER BROTHERS HAVE GONE ON TO VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN MUSIC. TOMMY IS A SONG WRITER, ARRANGER, AND PRODUCER/PERFORMER, DAVEY A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BASSIST WHO RECORDS AND PERFORMS, AND MY BUDDY JIMMY, SONG WRITER, PERFORMER. (I HOPE HE STILL THINKS OF ME AS A BUDDY, AS I DO HIM).

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CATCH UP WITH HIM AND SEE WHAT LIFE HAS  THROWN HIS WAY, BEFORE ONE OR BOTH OF US MOVES ON EVEN FURTHER AND MORE SEPARATED. THE ONLY CONTACT I COULD FIND IS WIKIPEDIA! I HOPE I HAVE ADDED SOME WORTHWHILE INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND TO THE STORY OF THIS HIGHLY TALENTED AND SOARING MUSICAL TALENT TO NOT GET KICKED OFF HIS WIKI SITE BEFORE HE READS THIS. I'M IN THE BOOK AS THEY SAY, JIMMY, IN GOLD BEACH, OREGON, 97444. I WROTE A SIMILAR NOSTALGIC BLURB ON TOMMYS WIKI SITE WITH MY PHONE NUMBER(MY YOUNGEST OF 4 KIDS, MYKEL, SAYS THAT WAS DUMB),SO IF YOU WANT TO CALL OR TEXT, TALK TO TOMMY. SEE YA, BRO, I HOPE!RogueRon (talk) 02:27, 13 December 2020 (UTC)RON SMITH AKA. ROGUERON. (THE ROGUE RIVER MEETS THE PACIFIC AT GOLD BEACH, OR. YOU CAN SEE IT FROM OUR DECK WHEN YOU COME VISIT ME AND PATRICIA, MY SECOND (OF MANY) WIFE! AGAIN, I HOPE!