I do remember the Rum Runners from shows at It's Here on Sheridan Road. I had a new Merlin long neck 5-string and wanted to learn how to play it so I took lessons from their banjo player up in Evanston. Can't remember his name and I still can't play the thing very well. But the Merlin has survived nicely all these years as well as the Guild D 40 I bought while teaching guitar in 1964 at Wilmette Music near the 4th & Linden terminal of the CTA. I lived just behind Silver Sid Warner's shop on Armitage & North Avenue. He made a truss rod cover in sterling with my initials on it. Still have that on my D 40. And thanks to everyone for all the stories from those days. I was only 18 and a little late on the scene but my brother Roy played drums with Mike Bloomfield back when they were at New Trier High School and one afternoon at our house in Wilmette Bloomfield taught me how to play a couple of chords. I was 13 but it got me going. I still enjoy playing whenever I can get a few locals together up here in midcoast Maine.