izedinexperimentalsound,expressediinactuallyreconeofmypositions,anatonalmoodpieceIhadwrittenshortlyafterthebreak-in.GeeKnoll,myoldfriendfromTheCoverboys,hadpassedalongmyscore.WhenIcalledhimtosaythanks,heiovisitandstayathisplacesoIcouldbeonhandattherecsession.Tess,Edward,andIflewouttotheKnollsinSanFranciscothatsummerof76andhadagreatfewdayswithGeeandhisfamily.HismodestcafeinNorthBeachwastheonlygenuineAndalusiaaurantamongahiveofItalianjoints,andhisstunningwifeandheadchefdidnothurtbusiness,either.Itwasgreattoseethem,andthefewdaysawayfromhomeeasedmyaies.NothingweirdprowlingaroundCalifornia.

    ThepastraceCathedralinSanFranciscoallowedusanafternoontorecord,andthepipeanthererivaledintoneandbalaheainstrumentIhadplayedihesamefeelingofhomeieredmewhenIpressedthepedals,andfromthebeginningnotes,Iwasalreadynostalgicforthekeyboard.Thequartetgedafewmeasures,bees,andafterweplayedmyfuguefanandstringsfortheseventhtime,everyoneseemedsatisfiedwiththesound.Mybrushwithfamewasoveriyminutes.Aswesaidood-byes,everyoneseemedsanguineaboutourlimitedprospects.Perhapsamerethousandpeoplemightactuallybuytherecordandhearmypiece,butthethrilloffinallymakinganalbumoutweighedanyprojectedayaboutthesizeofitsaudience.

    ThecellistinthegrouptoldusnottomissBigSur,soonourlastdaybeforeflyinghome,werentedaddrovesouthonthePacificCoastHighway.Formostofthem,thesuncameinandoutbetweenclouds,buttherockyseascapeectacular.Tesshadalwayswaoseetheo,sowedecidedtopulloffandrelaxforabitatacoveianaWilderness.Aswehikedtothesand,