Ron Blair was the original bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He left the band in 1982 because he wanted to spend more time with family than he’d be able to if he went on tour. He was replaced by Howie Epstein. After about 20 years (and the passing of Epstein), Blair rejoined the band.
Good for her. I’m not the world’s biggest Donnas fan, but they had some decent songs, and she was the object of my little crush.
ETA: David Lee Roth famously worked as an EMT for a while after leaving Van Halen.
I wonder if Gregg Rolie’s lack of post-Journey fame is intentional.
Roger was a demo artist for Moog and ARP before joining Utopia. I saw him demo the ARP Odyssey at Quigley Music in Kansas City, and one of his best demos was a steam train starting up, coming up to speed and blowing the whistle. He later did it for the opening of the song Station to Station on Bowie’s tour. Here he is with Adrian Belew:
Willie developed a surround sound slot machine that sampled Michael Jackson’s music and all those noises he used to make.
And of course Todd was a bigger geek than either of them.