Pete’s first paying gig–the Club Lido

Pete's first paid gig

Pete found this old photo of his first paying gig, the Club Lido, a strip club in Garden City, Colorado.  Garden City began as a haven for establishments selling alcohol back in the days when Greeley was “dry.”  The club is gone, now.   It stood next door to where the Rancho Alegre restaurant is now, 26th and 8th Avenue in south Greeley.  In this picture, Pete is fifteen and playing his first drum kit—a set of Japanese Tempo drums.  “I thought I was on top of the world.”

On the left is Steve Grosskopf and on the right, Joe Hinojosa.  Paul Gomez was in the band as well playing guitar.  They called the band “WC Fields” and made $50 a night for the whole band–pretty exciting stuff for a fifteen-year-old.