When I was in the Navy in San Diego, Ken Connors and I would play the local coffee houses and pick up spare change by playing along the Mission Beach seawall. Ken played a mean mandolin and I played guitar, banjo and autoharp. We would go to the "Blue Guitar" on Thursday nights for their gathering. Mason Williams was in the Navy then, and he would play guitar and banjo, and a cute girl would play dulcimer. great music at the Blue Guitar. There was a coffee house in Mission Beach called "The End", very typical but nice for the Mission Beach locals (I had an apt. in Mission Beach).

    If anyone knows if Ken Connors (Dan The Grub) is still around, I would like to contact him.

    I played a lot after the Navy, Sacramento, Berkeley, Santa Rosa and San Francisco to some success but never anything big time. Ran around with Mark Spolestra for some time and learned a lot from him. Sadly, he passed away about two years ago. A stroke in 1999 has me laid up and not playing any more (lost my left side control), I listen a lot but I sure miss playing my instruments. My son has picked them up and plays very well. He has a Martin Woody Guthrie 00018 (1 of 200 made),