Performing at Bebop by Choice

I’m writing in response to a statement made about me by David Wharton in his article about the closing of Bebop Records (“The Bebop: Tiny Cultural Flame Flickers Out,” Friday, June 22, 1990).

In his article, he states that no club other than Bebop would hire me to perform.

This is a total lie, and very insulting at that.

I’ve been actively performing in L.A. rock clubs since 1981, and my band and I just last month completed a very successful tour of Europe.

At no time have I ever been “boycotted” by local clubs, and I want to set the record straight that I performed frequently at Bebop because I chose to, not because “no other club would take” me.

ZOOGZ RIFT

Canoga Park