Paul Gogo has been with the rock band Trooper since 1996. While on tour in Alberta, I had the chance to visit with him. Just the two of us. You see back in the old days I knew Paul as one of the boys in the First Nanaimo Cub Pack. Through the wonders of the internet, I made contact with Paul a while ago and the first thing he said was: "I remember you teaching me the knot I still use to tie my boat at the dock."That was then. This is now!
What a blast to sit and visit with someone I haven't seen in 35 years. Yet as we reminisced, I could see in his face and the way he spoke the kid I knew so long ago. Paul responded that I looked the same. Other than weighing twice as much and my hair - what's left of it - is no longer blond, I guess I likely do look much the same and just a little older. We gabbed about other cub pack members and leaders, caught up on some Nanaimo history and about his family.
- Trivia: Long ago, I attended an event in the Vancouver area where I met a guy named Randy Bachman. At that event was a band named Applejack. Randy apparently liked what he heard and helped them make it big as Trooper. A few years earlier while I was an assistant cub leader, Paul Gogo played his "first gig" at a cub pack talent show.
