Yucaipa, CA. Big Daddy rockin' hard. 2002
Look at the crazy old man with no shoes on. That's my tone deaf Dad, rocking hard at the backyard stage during Sister Julie's 30th birthday party in Yucaipa. I used to be embarrassed of my Dad. He stuttered, drove a creamsicle-themed Pinto for 240,000 miles and had a strange sense of humor. Now the guy can do no wrong. I love this guy, as does just about everybody who knows him. Not a mean bone in the man's body. Which is a minor miracle for a guy who had quite the temper many decades ago. But he has softened and mellowed with age. And I hear he's still not afraid, at 75, to get on the dance floor and pull off an excruciating singalong to Madonna's "Lucky Star." Keep rockin', Pop!