This week’s iFriday theme was “influence.” First I was going to draw some pill bottles, thinking of all the annoying side effects of the meds I am on, but that was too depressing.

This is my uncle Larry (1955-2009). I didn’t know him until the past decade because he lived in Iowa, but I always saw photos on my grandparents’ wall of him when he was touring with his band. He looked like a cool guy. I also always heard about my other uncle, Dave (1952-1986), playing in bands and this could be part of the reason I thought I really needed a guitar when I was 10 or 11 years old.

I ended up getting to know Larry in the early ’00s, when he came back to PA and married my friend’s mother! They helped us move and we had good times.

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