What happened to Godfather?
Unfortunately, the band was primarily working musicians which meant no regular gigs equals no musicians. After the band broke up I entered into my “R&B” sojourn. So it was a few years until I reconnected with Leary. “Colonel”, a guitar player, and I started hanging out and before you know it, Tom Leary, Roger Wiley and Vadis Brown were a part of it too. We had yet another version of “Wheezer Lockinger” back together. This time with me playing soprano and tenor sax. “Wheezer” is what we named the band as “Wheezer Lockinger” had been a well known regional band. We played a couple of gigs and stayed together long enough to record a demo at A.L.S. studios which had moved to Rockford from South Beloit, by that time. You mention being in “Godfather” and “Wheezer” aren’t they fairly recent bands? I was in the original “Godfather” and “Wheezer” which was a part of the Rockford music scene in the ’70’s. Were there any other significant band experiences? There was another significant band after
