In 1963, my brother and I decided to create a rock band that could play at a skating rink on Friday night. Five years later, this band, The Rites of Spring, had a recording contract with Cameo-Parkway Records, a management contract with the Bill Lowery Talent Agency, and had appeared on the Dick Clark national TV show, 'Where the Action Is.' The Viet Nam war ended our musical journey, when several of the band musicians were drafted. Lead guitarist...