It was Tex who introduced me to real Chinese cuisine. We would usually go to 69 Bayard, the New Lin Heong, where Tex would NOT let me look at a menu. Best intro to Chinese food I could have had. Most of the time it would be in the company of other musicians and the cab drivers who were on this radio network. Tex would call up Fuzzy Mike when the bars closed who would get on the horn and alert the rest of the drivers where we would meet. A fine time was usually had by all.

Tex was also the one who pushed me down into a booth at the Gaslight Cafe the night Utah Phillips showed up to do a guest set, with the words, "You listen to this man."

He also taught me a lot about music. the most important lesson being "Never record anything you can't take on the road." In other words "Keep it simple."

Mark Ross