First day of high school. Guy sitting in front of me turns around and says "Hey, you want to be in a band?"  Thus the epic saga of Anacrusis started.  That guy was Jon Van Wie, who became the most amazing guitarist I have ever known. 

A couple years later Jack Lovinger took me to see Tony Williams Lifetime at the Village Vanguard.  They had some guitar player who was mind blowing (probably Allen Holdsworth).  Shortly before I had accidentally seen Mahavishnu Orchestra (we meant to see Johnny Winter).  The combination inspired me to write this piece of music and insist that the band learn a long, torturously complex tune.  From then on we proceeded to write a body of amazing prog rock, some of which turned out to be proto-speed metal.  I think people had a hard time reconciling our age (15-17 years old) with the complexity of the music.  I think all this went down around 1972 or 73. 

Amanita Re - Mastered

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