One night at a Jazz Bar in boat quay, I listened to the jam session focusing intently to an old guitarist. Then I thought, ‘if only tatay Amer was here, he would have jammed with them on guitars”

Last Saturday I played the piano for BCBP Angeles outreach. I’m a novice pianist, still learning the rudiments of piano. In fact I still don’t know the broken chords for piano, how to play them. If only tatay Amer was here to assist me. It’s a good thing kuya Jim is here to the rescue, He is sending me a book on basic piano chords from Hongkong. I’m looking forward to that kuya Jim.

Well, today, I have just finished re-arranging my cakewalk pieces and have burned my CD. All praise and worship songs, I arranged and recorded on my PC. If only tatay Amer was here, he would be smiling at me, arranging the songs myself. Wow, I was just disturbing him when I was little while he listens to his 45′s on our turntable, as he writes the songs on his music sheets. Now, I play the piano and the notes are automatically created on the music sheets on my PC.

Well, nostalgic, I know but it is definitely fun remembering tatay Amer.

Ramon

Here’s another 70′s picture. This time, it’s the second batch, featuring Elmer, Ramon (me), Jaime and Rene. Seated are Alice and Ursula (Nanayeng). Later, Elmer and Ramon became drummers, Rene and Jim became bass players, Alice, a guitar hobbyist.

Here’s Amer’s 70′s band. They would rock the sodafountain and restaurants of Avenida Rizal even at the wake of Martial Law’s curfew.

L to R

Glenn (bass) Victor (drums) Amer (lead guitar) Henry (keyboards)

Long hair? Yes but that was before Sep21, 1972