James Dawson:  

Life Howdy, everyone! And what a life it's been. Probably everyones perception of me was that I was quiet and Chris Korpi's friend. Where is he anyhow??? I played guitar but at the time my band wasn't as popular as Lanny Cordola's. Couple weeks after graduation I went out to Texas. Was going to go to TCU anyways and thought I'd look around. Finished 2 semesters and then hooked up with a frat band. Stopped school and toured with this band ( The Pengwins)for a couple years. We played all over the states, England and Japan. Left them and went back out to Calif. Formed a band out there at the time Great White and the others we're getting signed, but we missed the opportunity. Got a call in '89 to join a band that was coming out of the mid-west ( Romeo and the Dreamers). This band became very popular in the mid-west, south and east coast. We were on MTV with 3 videos. Lived in Boston for 9 mos. and then the band moved ...Expand for more