Bobby Tucker:  

I live in Lilburn, an eastern suburb of Atlanta. The road getting here has been amazing. SINCE WE LAST MET... A Chronology 1973 USC Columbia - Music major - Freshmen Dean's List - started smoking cigarettes among other things - met lifelong friends 1974.0 Great freshman year - discovered the real purpose of closets (quelle surprise) 1974.5 Dropped out for a year - major family discord - worked with SCDOT engineering dept. 1975.5 Returned to USC for sophomore year while family battle continued - working toward Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance - 4 hours of practice daily - I was good, damned good. 1976 Went to first Mardi Gras - liked it WAY too much - did not return to USC - took organist position at First Baptist Church in Barnwell - also worked at Sunbeam plant in Denmark as a production scheduler - got real bored real quick 1977 Hated Barnwell - moved back to Columbia - juggled 3 jobs: organist at Mt. Hebron UMC, production scheduler at another manufacturing plant 9 to 5, DJ at a disco 3 nights a week (still my all time favorite job) 1978 Fired from 9 to 5 job due to excessive partying - moved to Los Angeles to keep the party boy happy - worked at UCLA Medical Center Admissions Office - met movie stars - lived in West Hollywood - I Loved The Nightlife 1979 Still working at UCLA Med Ctr, amazingly - moved to Studio City in San Fernando Valley - still partying - "dated" lots of men. Lots. 1980 UCLA Med Ctr still - got bored in the Valley - moved back to West Hollyweird - got bored with L. A. - moved to San Francisco - worked at Barclay's Bank in money exchange dept - too much substance abuse - time to clean up my act - the party's over - However, I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Faaablous city. 1981 Bobby grows up: the year of self-preservation (or possibly non-erotic self-flagellation) - moved back to CSRA - worked at EZ Go - night school for computer programming associate degree - became an Episcopalian - am I too responsible? 1982 See 1981 1983 Interim organist at St. Paul's Episcopal Augusta - got the Associate Degree in DP - got bored with CSRA (who didn't?) - moved to Columbia after interim gig ended - worked at Bankers Trust as data entry clerk in Trust Dept. 1984 Organist and choirmaster at St. Jude's Episcopal - still at Bankers Trust - lived in high rise near USC - I like college towns 1985 Landed a programming position at BTSC - still at St. Jude's - moved to St. Andrew's 1986 Still programming computers - still organist gig - the vile, wretched NCNB acquired BTSC - moved to Charlotte - hated Charlotte - hated NCNB but stuck with programming job 1987 Still NCNB - organist gig at Good Shepherd Episcopal in York SC - spent summer in Columbia closing out BTSC programming dept 1988 Promotion to Programmer/Analyst - still organist - best friend died of AIDS, the first of many 1989 See 1988 1990 Promotion to Systems Analyst - got the hell out of Mecklenburg (dreadful place) -...Expand for more