Frank, if you think yours dates you, mine must date me. On a Saturday night in 1961/2 some friends and I were driving down Sunset Blvd. On a sandwhich board in front of a motel was noted that the Travelers 3 were appearing that very evening. We had only a few weeks seen them at Santa Monica City College. The show was in a meeting room at the motel converted into sort of a coffee house. The show was very loose and informal as compared to the SMCC concert. We spoke with them after the show; they were between major gigs but wanted to work new material.

Forward 9 or 10 years, my wife and I and another couple driving home from dinner saw that Louis Jordan and his Timpani Five were appearing at a little club. In we went. During intermission a good looking guy wearing a bulky sweater came in; my wife whispered "isn't that...?" When the band came back they introduced...and we were treated to a set by Johnny Mathis.

About Ed McCurdy, I agree he was one great performer (alas never saw him). If alive he would now be about 80. The last I did hear, about 10 years ago, he was in poor health.