On
July 11th Toney Smith former Producer from CNN and now with Elago films went
to Bakersfield to gather information on Ric Drasin for a Documentary on his
life, based on Ric's book 'THE TIME OF MY LIFE'. Also as a promo for their
up and coming film 'THE JOB SQUAD' also written by Ric. Toney interviewed
many of Ric's former schoolmates below and had a very interesting and informative
day.
Downtown
Chester Ave.
The
Famous Bakersfield Sign now at Buck Owens Drive
My
Parent's old store, now a Tattoo Parlour, whassup with that?
The
gym where I used to train
My
old house, still looks great
Fox
theater, a land mark for sure
What
was Strelich Stadium, now the Dome orginally built for Wrestling- I started
here
Bob
Bimat, a friend since Nursery School
Bob
being interviewed by Toney Smith
Brad
Meadors, Steve Burud , what great guys they are!!!
Denny
& Ric at the fair 1958
Tim,
? , George and Steve
Waiting
to be interviewed
Ric
& Denny playing again
Denny
Phillips who was my rhythm guitarist and Bob , pointing the finger
Denny
Phillips on his Birthday, one of the finest guitarists around. We started
together in 57.
What
a great day with great old friends. Reliving some old times and just having
a great time seeing each other again. Couldn't ask for more than that. Watch
for them in the Documentary!
Brad
in a serious moment !
George
just in a moment !
Steve
in a happy moment !
Ric
says, 'Just a moment', didn't I used to live here? It looks so familiar.
What
could we be thinking?
Ric
& Jon Iger at Priscilla's in Toluca Lake
