Pete, rocking everyone's lame ass during his set at the Grab Bag release party, January 22, 1999. This was the culmination of five years of hard work on our debut CD. If Pete hadn't had to do two sets that night--preceded by two weeks of eighteen-hour days--he might have been able to relax and enjoy it a little more. As it was, he was reduced to smoking stogies in our green room to shore up his rapidly failing voice. Pete is unquestionably the most talented musician I have ever known. It was due in large part to his relocation to Napa that I gave up performing. After eight years of working with someone who can learn an instrument in a day, there's nowhere to go but down. We had a lot of good times, though. And I'm proud to have been the one who ultimately released his solo debut. As for Lost Causes, that second album was on its way to being great. I like to think our partnership brought out the best in him...