Michael Andersen:
CLASS OF 1994
Eastwood High SchoolClass of 1994
Provo, UT
East High SchoolClass of 1975
Salt lake city, UT
Roosevelt Junior High SchoolClass of 1971
Salt lake city, UT
Douglass Elementary SchoolClass of 1968
Salt lake city, UT
Beacon Heights Elementary SchoolClass of 1965
Salt lake city, UT
Michael's Story
I had a heart attack / heart failure in April of 2021. I saw the bill for it from Kaiser Permanente and it is nearly $400, 000.00
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Mrs. Patricia Cowley taught me my first repertoire and I used to practice on my Mother's Hamilton Upright. My mother bought me an acoustic guitar and sent me to lessons from Tom Baron - a violinist with the Utah Symphony. Soon, I had a noisy Fender Bandmaster from Jack's Drum and Guitar Shop in Salt Lake City. I went to East High School in '72-'75 and their mascot is the Leopards. They easily could be the Deaf Leppards because of the loud noise I made.
One of my friends in Junior High and High School was in the Kennedy Family. His name was Kevin and I remember helping him repair a Kawasaki 120 motorcycle at my house located at 991 South 12th East in Salt Lake City. Kevin introduced me to his brother John and he sold me a go cart. It was 2 1/2 horse and he said he had a supercharger to go with it. When I heard Bruce Springsteen sing about, "go-cart Mozart" I was sure he was wise to me. I was pulled over for riding my Super Rat (Magic Rat or modified SL70 Honda) o...Expand for more
n the street by a Salt Lake Police Officer that must have known Bruce.
As soon as Kevin and I got the Kawasaki running we took it riding to Billy Harris' house (probably Billy of BILLY'S GOT A GUN by Def Leppard). Billy had a six gun he used to take to parties in High School and he turned me on to fuzz boxes. He had a friend, Larry Hansen, that played through a Marshall full stack and he showed me how to use the electric guitar for a solo instrument.
A couple of years after High School, I met Steven R. Urie. This was the first opportunity I had to play with another musician. In grade school I attempted to join the music department but, they declined to give me lessons on a Clarinet. Mr. Urie said he was an accomplished ski racer from Colorado and he had a brother, Clark Urie, that said he was a Marine and used to play guitar like Jimi Hendrix. Steve familiarized me with his drums and introduced me to Jeff Pittsinger - a bassist, and a guitarist named Brad.
Jeff, Brad and I did quite a bit of practicing together and did not split up until I went to Utah State University - which was located quite far from where I was used to living in Salt Lake City.
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