I Used to be a Wombat

Buried in Blue

We were a band in need of a drummer. Somehow Tom had convinced Roger that he would be better off in life if he concentrated on his art school studies and left all this silly rock and roll stuff behind.  So with Roger gone, we were in need of a drummer. Luckily Tom had someone in mind, Bill.

Goodbye Roger

When Kevin joined Protest and  I wanted to play out. Tom wasn’t as enthusiastic. He always seemed to have a reason to not book a gig. We weren't ready. Or we hadn’t practiced enough. But maybe those weren’t the real reasons. You see, Tom wasn’t very enthusiastic about Roger.

Kevin Joins the Protest

The one thing I would say about Protest, when Tom would play lead and Roger and I had to hold the rhythm together without a rhythm guitarist, it got a little thin. But Tom must have been thinking the same thing because he had a plan for that.

Protest!

With Roger joining the band, Protest was born. The songs we played were a mixed bag of Tom’s rock/blues originals, and a few out dated 70’s songs like Whole Lotta Love, All Along the Watch Tower, and Wild Thing. Actually we never really played the cover songs correctly. It more like our interpretation of how we thought the song should go.

Just Ask Roger

Playing with Tom was fun because the songs were originals written by Tom. I didn’t have to learn how to play the bass line, I got to make them up. The one thing we were missing was a drummer. And being an art student, I knew where to find one.