Attica, Indiana Burger Festival - 1994.
Morris Burns was cooking burgers in a dank, decrepit tent. Townie Dave Alpert stumbled up and asked Burns, "Do you play an instrument?"
Burns voice, unshaken: "Yes."
"Want to start a band?"
Burns voice, still unshaken: "Yes."
Burns called to Nancy, his boss in the tent.
"Nancy, I quit."
Their first show was in the lanes at Attica Bowlers. Alpert broke a rib. ... more