Phillip Grissett:  

CLASS OF 1972
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Doylestown, PA

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Hello, Friends! My goodness, "Time Flies when you're Having Fun"! A lot of water has flowed under the bridge, hasn't it... We could each write memoirs, encapsulating the most unique generation; From our Grandfathers who fought in the muddy trenches of WWI; and stormed the beaches of Normandy or the living hell at Pearl Harbor or Iwo Jima in WWII: Our Fathers who served in the Korean War; Our Grandmothers who raised their families through The Dust Bowl, The Great Depression, The Plague, Two World Wars - most with no indoor plumbing, electricity, refrigeration - Yet built everything as small as a bullet to the largest bombers, raised Victory Gardens... We CB West Seniors had to carry our Draft Cards for the Vietnam War; The Cold War; 9/11; Desert Storm; Al Queda and ISIS; Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin; The Mercury, Gemini, Apollo Landing a Man on the Moon; the Challenger Space Shuttle, the ISS... To The Globalist's Take-Down of America with the worst WMD in World History - SARS3-O ... From Elvis, Marylin Monroe, Connie Francis, the "Bristol Stomp", Chubby Checker, the Four Tops, Julie Andrews, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, the "British Invasion", Woodstock, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynrd, R&B, Disco, Urban Cowboy, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Whitney Houston, Willie and Waylon, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Punk, Grunge, Rap, Gangsta Rap, Britney Spears, Brianna; Now Twerking... To Today's college graduates who can't tell you who won The Revolutionary, Civil, WWII Wars, who's on a Dime or $50 Bill - They can't bake a loaf of bread. or plant a potato... WE'VE lived in Eight different Decades, Two different Centuries, TWO different Millennia; and Two Different Ages - The Age of Pisces and The Age of Aquarius - "The End Times" - The End of The Age that Jesus described to the Apostles in The Gardens of Gethsemane, I joined this forum hoping to see pictures and stories of the friends we made during our most formative years; a rare opportunity to read about, marvel, admire, and etch our own legacies! Yet so few of you awesome "teenagers" - Now Wise Adults - tell their stories, or share your PICTURES, each "telling a thousand words"! I left a lasting legacy through MUSIC- affecting the lives of millions of people. Born 3 cotton fields away from Hank William's boyhood home, in the back seat of a car near the Chevron station where Hank was married... on Alabama's official "Hank Williams Day - September 21, 1954. I had a passion for his steel guitar - and practiced since I was 10 years old. I started playin...Expand for more
g electric guitars upon seeing The Beatles, and while at Central Bucks, played in a band called "The Third Rail" with classmates Jon D'Amelio, Len Ziegler, Ron Wurm and my brother Keith. We played school dances - the same time Hall as and Oates were playing school dances out of Norristown! As a student, I was a skinny Italian longhaired goofy Jokester and Girl-Crazy guy always getting the paddle, but had lots of friends. But, since we were poor, I wore my grandfather's old clothes - and was made fun of every day. When my parents divorced - and I was a severely abused child - at 16 yrs old I ran away from home, but I was such a talented guitarist and pedal steel guitarist, Scott Tutt - of "The Music Box" and the Doylestown Rock Festival - a microcosm of Woodstock fame - took me in. Scott and I formed a strong friendship - and at 19 we moved to Nashville. He discovered a little band - Scott produced a few records, I played steel and guitars with them... and during a brainstorming session I had a vision of the bold name ALABAMA - The Most Popular Country Music Band in History! The storybook continued... George Jones heard me on WSM Radio and demanded that I play for him! I toured all over America with many famous artists... Then I nurtured, wrote music with, played guitars and Produced EARL THOMAS CONLEY- Our Debut Album is the only debut album in history to have FIVE #1 Hits! Awards, limousines, Records of The Year; 16 #1 Hits in a row; the Top selling Artist of The 80's Decade. We did duets with Emmy Lou Harris, Keith Whitley, Anita Pointer... What a storybook life! When I often get in a rut - "the blues", I go to YouTube and read the "comments" and am humbled by the MILLIONS of lives my music has uplifted; From a dirt-poor abused runaway to successes. At 18 years old I drowned; total darkness; I had died. Jesus The Christ Himself, The only Son of Our Heavenly Father-embraced me, showed me The Keys To The Universe and The New Jerusalem - and Saved me. I am REBORN. He guided me with MIRACLES and ANGELS - making THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE. I have visions; I also quite often have dreams where I'm still in the classrooms of CB West, and the many special classmates are still influencing me today! SUCH FOND, HAPPY MEMORIES OF YOU. Our Class of 72 was so full of exceptional, wonderful people, gifted with brilliance, beauty and laughter who have moved, shaped and changed the world! Heck, I was a goony idiot compared to most of y'all- Please tell the world what you've been up to? I love you all and will close with this bit of advice... "LIVE YOUR DREAMS!" - Phil
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I played all guitars, steels, sang-on YouTube
My 1st Album w/ ETC had FIVE #1 hits!
Caught jammin' in 2018
Producing Earl Conley's First Single
I hiked Maui Lookout to get Halona!
Opening for Brad Paisley in 2015
Hanging out with DEREK CARR, TRENT DILFER
I live in "The Gateway To Yosemite!
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