I had to have half a freakin' a bag on to do this page...
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Most of the songs I've written over the past 20 years have been created or worked on
at the bar in Cheif's Cafe on N. Craig St. in the Bellefield section of North Oakland...
near the University of Pittsburgh. Chief's has gone thru many permutations over those
Tim Riser-guitars, Mook Hoffman-drums
Jeff Hoffman-bass, Ed Masley-lead guitar
Bill J-vocals
It's all good anyway!!!
These pix are from
the "Punk Rock" days when Oakland's Punk Rockers "ruled the roost"-1982 'til 1997.
years; "Old Man's Bar", "Punk Rock Bar", "Ghetto Bar"...I've been thru it all. Why? Am I the last of the Bellefield Bohemians? No... its probably just because I'm livin' like a loser... y'know???
