Gotta remember this was back at a time when you could rent a huge legion hall for about 10 bucks a night. They'd rent it to ya for 5 bucks if you were willing to clean up after you were done.

I know this was obviously before your time but, way back when, recordings were done on these things called vinyl records. We, in the industry, use to call these recordings '45's'.

Don't know about that. I'd love to see The Senders make it to fifty years.

We actually started in 1962 under the name 'Johnny and the Sting Rays'. It was me on guitar, Bob Thomsen on bass; Oral Van Sickle on drums, and my sister Colleen on the organ.

I was ready to get back into music and classic rock and roll was then making a big comeback. It was perfect timing. I felt rejuvenated.