He had been a clarinet- and trombone-playing marching band geek. But then, Richard Andrew’s parents bought him a bass guitar and an amp, and he crossed over to pursue a different genre of music—and a different life journey. "'Man,' I thought, 'life doesn't get any better than this.' I had dreams of being in a rock band and touring the world. That was my childhood dream," he remembers.
And then it happened: A gig.
For one glorious night, the California teenager played with his big sister's boyfriend's band at a backyard party in Hacienda Heights. "I came home, and I was just on cloud nine," Richard says.
