Burt Sperry here and glad to be dialed back in after 35 years, Holy Shit!! Got here with a visit to Joe Bavaria and his new Dee in Pleasanton last month. He put me in touch with Paul and here I am!!
Salt Lake??!!##**++ , 1974 and I was sent to a bar to look for Mr. Chip Moran, who I was going to visit on my way to Alaska. No idea that it was pure history in the making!!!
On arrival at the bar, the windows were completely fogged over and inside the music could be heard all the way to Snowmass. To see if I was in the right spot, I started wiping off the glass on the outside and then saw a hand doing the same from the inside, wiping off the blood, sweat, beers and tears!!! When the fog cleared!!! The only thing I saw peering out from the inside was the face of Moge!!! Holly Shit!!! Had no idea that I had stumbled on the right spot for history in the making.
Three days later I woke up and was off to Alaska. A good time had by all: First 1974 party!!!!
With 32 years out of the US, doing South America, Panama, and now beautiful Down Town Tijuana, I have never had the chance to make another reunion. Hope to make Telluride in 2010. What a trip down memory lane that would be. It would be great if all the past (72-74), present and unborn Raiders that are still out there got to show up. Keep on with the vision and tradition.
Anybody that needs a dose of Tacos, Tequila and Bullets-a-flying come on down.
Later,
Burt
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