Jim Coleman:  

Well this could take a while guess I will just put alittle for now and add to it later. Shortly after graduating I left Liberty for Baytown Texas. I stayed with Danny Bell (LHS 78) For a short time and then got my own place. I worked for a while as an Oil field machinest, and then a paint and body man. I finally landed on hotel maintenance and stuck with that for some time. While I thought I would give up music, I found I could not and soon picked up my Bass and found a band to play in. This was always my favorite hobby and it brought in a few bucks on the weekend from time to time. Not to mention a good party. In 1986 I left Texas (With the band) To try to make a go at music as a profession. After a short 2 month stop in Gutherie Oklahoma, I ended up in San Deigo California. Makeing a liveing in CA as a Rock band is not easy, so I ended up back in Maintenance, but never gave up on music. In 1993 I moved back to Ohio and landed in Painesville. About 30 miles east of Cleveland. In 1994 I got into Electronic mfg (Better $$ than maintenance) And spent about 10 years in a fa...Expand for more