beau johnson:  

After graduating from Wilson, I became a Naval Cadet at the University of Colorado in Boulder. By the end of 1968, I had developed a temporary medical condition that prevented me from serving in the Navy. Army did not want me either so in 1969, I grew my hair down to the middle of my back andI became a hippy freak guitar player and lead singer of a group that recorded with Capital Records. Our management group said my name (Bruce) didn't cut it so all of a sudden I became Beau Johnson - and it stuck. About the same time, my parents divorced and my mother moved to Newport Beach with my younger sister. Mom spent 27 years on the North Bayfront of Balboa Island. Those years and that place hold my fondest memories of Southern California. In 1970, I married Sue Lennert (Poly Class of 1966) and after 43 years together, she still takes my breath away. Sue grew up in the entertainment indsutry and eventually became the chick singer in our group. Based out of Las Vegas, we traveled extensively for four years. Like a lot of one hit wonders,we had to figure out what we really wanted to be when we grew up. We relocated to Dallas in 1981 ...Expand for more