The Rfd

Dan And I Fred Worked For Bell Telephone Laboratories In The Late 1960’s. Dan Was Playing Guitar In The Stage Band Which Entertained Some 2 000 Engineers Each Month In An Auditorium Which Was Very Large And Had Superb Acoustics. I Joined The Band Several Months Later To Play Bass And Banjo. At The Same Time I Was Playing Banjo In A Dixieland Band Called The Dixie Doodles. Dan And I Started Meeting During Lunch Times To “jam” On Current Folk Rock Songs Both Of Us Playing Guitar. It Was A Lot Of Fun. Later We Discovered Russ As He Was Playing Guitar In A “practice Room.” He Played In A Style Made Famous By James Taylor And Also Simon And Garfunkel. We Began “jamming” Together During Lunch Times And Began Performing At The Bell Labs Auditorium With A Group Called The Leather Suede. Our Guitar Styles Greatly Complimented Each Other. After A Year Of This I Began Writing Songs Which Were More Christian Folk Rock Than The Songs We Had Been Performing Up To That Time. Russ Dan And I Broke Away And Formed Our Own Group RFD Russ Fred And Dan . We Began To Give Concerts At Bell Labs And Churches In The Chicago Area. One Day We Gave A Concert At A Large Hospital And Became Acquainted With Debbie. After That We Began Giving Larger Concerts In Auditoriums And Also Served As An Opening Group For “well Known Bands” Doing Concerts In The Chicago Area. Eventually We Got A Drummer Larry And A Manager Bob To Help Arrange Concert Schedules. We Became Quite Well Known In The Area And Even Were On The Radio Being Interviewed. Bob Told Us That We Would Need To “cut” An Album LP And Increase The Number Of Concerts. We Did That And Then Bob Tried To Convince Us To Start Giving Concerts All Over The USA. At That Point We Discussed What We Wanted To Do. Russ Wanted To Go To Law School And Become A Lawyer. Dan Wanted To Move To Seattle And Become A Forest Engineer. Debbie Wanted To Move To California And Continue Nursing. I Wanted To Attend Princeton Theological Seminary. So We Gave A Large Farewell Concert And Went Our Separate Ways. We Never Kept In Contact And Basically Lost Track Of Each Other. I’ve Formed Several Bands Since Then But Never Really Became Serious After We “broke Up”. I Have Written Over 75 Songs Which Are All Copy Written And In The US Library Of Congress Files. Three Years Ago We Found Each Other Again Because Of The Internet. We Have Talked About Getting Together Again For Fun But Haven’t Done Anything Yet. Debbie Lives In California Dan Lives In Arizona Russ Lives In Illinois And I Live In New Jersey. I Hope This Helps You To Know Some Of Our History. The Lord Brought Us Together And We Have Been Blessed In Our Individual Lives. Things Could Have Been Different If We Had Done What Bob Suggested But We Have Enjoyed Life Greatly As It Is. God Is Good. God Bless.
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