Wine - the Rudy Toot band (79.03.17.20)

Live from the Stage Stop Inn in Rollinsville, Colorado, St. Patricks Day 1979.

One of the more popular groups of the Pioneer's early times was the Rudy Toot Band, which became the unofficial house band. Thom Sontag, former drummer for the Rudy Toots, thinks he got to Nederland in '76. "I went out there to get away from the rock-and-roll industry in N.J., so I moved to Colorado, landed in Boulder, and realized I couldn't afford it. I was living in a fleabag hotel when I was told to drive up Boulder Canyon because there were musicians up there in Ned. I'll never forget the smell of the air was so sweet and, in the morning I walked out on the deck and there was Nederland and I knew it's what I came out here for." As a talented new drummer in town, he found himself in a band immediately. "Two of the most amazing moments for me was when I was in the Ned supermarket checking out and the guy in front of me is staring at me. I looked at him and it was Fogelberg. I'm staring at his face. At the time, I looked like Randy Meisner, the Eagle's bass player, and Dan says, 'Do I know you?' I said, 'no, but I know you.' He took his bag of groceries and walked out the door. Then, many months later, the Rudy Toots are playing a gig up at the Stage Stop in Rollinsville (above Nederland) and Dan walks in with his guitar slung over his shoulder, walks up to Mickey the bass player and asks to sit in. Mickey points at me and says, 'Ask the boss.' Dan says, 'Hey, I know you!' For me to jam with Fogelberg was an amazing experience. It happened over a dozen times throughout the years."

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