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KellyGirl924: Ok, I'll be the first...if I may.
In the 80's my absolute favorite band when I was in high school and still..."all innocent"...was the Hooters. I first saw them as a freshmen when they played in my school gym. (Remind you I was a real "goodie-goodie" in high school) When I first saw the bass player, Andy King, I went nuts!! I swear it was like one of those Beatles clips you see of the screaming, crying bouncin' all over girlies ('cept I wasn't crying). From that moment I had caught the concert bug and wanted more action!!
I was a faithful (Hooters fan) from then on. I had posters, buttons, t-shirts, magazines, bumper stickers etc...I followed them to any concert I could. Well, one day my kid brother (a musician himself) told me that Andy King was going to be at a benefit concert @Mermaid Lake in Bluebell, PA. Yeah!! I was there baby!! LOL!!
Well, I had an (asshole) boyfriend at the time and he gave me a hard time about going and even made me late. I thought it was over and I missed Andy playing. I walked around real sad just hoping that maybe he'd be walking around the crowd somewhere. My boyfriend didn't even exist to me...he followed me like a lost puppy. I was about to give up and call my older brother to come pick us up and was walking with my head down. Something inside told me to look up and that was when I saw him...Andy King was walking in the same direction as me. He walked right past me and I just staired...but then, something from deep inside me pushed out "ANDY!!" and he turned in my direction. From that moment I was nervous as hell and can't remember exactly what happened but I do remember that in art class I had made a ceramic melodica (Hooter) and brought that with me to give to him. He thought it was awesome! He was the sweetest guy ever!! I do remember telling him that I wanted to get my picture with him so that I could add it to my yearbook (it was my senior year of high school...I first saw them as a freshmen). Here is my pic of me and Andy King- past bassist for the 80's band The Hooters that appeared in my yearbook...

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Richard Greico's early college days Nov 6 2007, 7:31 PM EST In 1984 Richard Greico dropped out of Hudson valley Community College, in Troy N.Y. after 1 year. I actually met him when I attended classes at HVCC. I had just gotten out of the Army and was starting my freshman year when he dropped out. His story , with picture,made the front page of the Alumni newsletter in the fall of 1990.