…Moline, IL on June 10, 1975. 1st gig.
I was 19, attending American Conservatory of Music in Chicago (piano major, voice minor), and looking everywhere for a band to join. There was a note posted on the Conservatory bulletin board (one of the ways we communicated in those days…), something like: “horn band going on the road soon; looking for female keyboardist/singer.” I liked them, they liked me, and after a couple of weeks of quick rehearsals, we hit the road on that day in June.
It came to a close 11-1/2 years later, and those were some of the best days of my life – on the road, playing for a couple of weeks at a time at clubs all over the US and Canada.
We’ve already lost a couple of the members to illness, so no possibility of a reunion. I put together a website dedicated to the group, and the memories live on there: https://aureusband.com