{"id":203,"date":"2022-07-19T02:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T02:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanimberg.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2022-07-19T02:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T02:39:26","slug":"when-i-was-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanimberg.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/19\/when-i-was-young\/","title":{"rendered":"When I Was Young&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Typhoid Mary - &quot;I Don&#039;t Care&quot;\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n-pVI6Hv-Yg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Typhoid Mary @ The Cotati Cabaret &#8211; 1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 2019,  the former bass player of my old band (Typhoid Mary) sent me a video of one of our performances from 1991. He had asked me if I could try to clean up the audio (I couldn&#8217;t do it very well). But what a walk down memory lane he provided. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a lot I don&#8217;t remember about that night. But there are things, mainly emotions, that I remember very clearly.  In summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>This was a transition point in my life. I believe this is the 1st performance I ever did free of any mind\/mood altering substances as I &#8220;cleaned up&#8221; earlier that year.  Prior to that, I had 6 years of performance experience in various states of inebriation. So who you are seeing on the right of the screen with all the dark hair and the Flying V is a confused person who hasn&#8217;t figured out that he&#8217;s wearing the proverbial &#8220;old clothes&#8221; that are beginning to not fit the person any more. I didn&#8217;t know it at the time but this was the beginning of the end of my wanting to play in a Rock band.  Up to this point, I was chasing the &#8220;Rock and Roll Fantasy&#8221; of sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll. The thing is, it was a fantasy, and a painful one at that.  I was pretending to be something that I wasn&#8217;t.  As much as I wanted to be a cross between Jimmy Page and Keith Richards, I wasn&#8217;t. Once I started getting some clarity, I started getting honest and realized that my creative side needed to align with my insides, which were starting to change. This is the beginning of the &#8220;spiritual awakening&#8221; referred to in my bio. <\/li><li>As for the song, I can&#8217;t remember how it came about. I know this is the 1st time we played it live. <\/li><li>From right to left, the members were me on guitar, Corey Irving on vocals, Forrest Maestretti on drums, Andy Rowser on bass, and Dave Broyals on guitar. <\/li><li>A side note: A few months after this show, on December 7th, 1991, we were preparing for a big gig in San Francisco when Corey, the handsome guy in the middle, decided to skip band practice. This INFURIATED me! Forrest and I went searching for him. We found him drunk at a local club (which pissed me off even more). BUT, I did meet a beautiful woman that night, the future Mrs. Imberg.  30+ years later, I&#8217;m still happily married to that beautiful women I met that night. So, in a strange way, I have Typhoid Mary and, specifically, Corey Irving to thank for me meeting the love of my life. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Funny how life works&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2019, the former bass player of my old band (Typhoid Mary) sent me a video of one of our performances from 1991. He had asked me if I could try to clean up the audio (I couldn&#8217;t do it very well). But what a walk down memory lane he provided. 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