Shut Up and Give Me the Mic (74 page)

Playing with my baby boy Jesse backstage after show at The Pier in NYC.

Me and Shane, 1989.

The Snider family happy in Florida, 1990. You wouldn’t know the bottom had fallen out of my career, would you? That’s because I had “it.”

Me and Bernie Tormé backstage at the only Desperado gig we ever did. Check out the beard! I had to grow it after a boating accident. Did I forget to tell you about that?

Me and the great Howard Stern (both sans sunglasses) backstage at a Widowmaker show on Long Island in 1990.

Lean and mean fronting Widowmaker in 1990.

Me and the love of my life, Easter ’92.

Me, struggling but happy and celebrating my fortieth birthday with Cody Blue in 1995.

The Snider Family, aka “It” (l. to r.): Cody, Shane, Suzette, Dee, Jesse, Cheyenne.

Thank-Yous

Ron Starrantino

Mick Foley

Joe Gerber

Dave Marfield

Randy Jackson

Jesse Blaze Snider

John French

Adam Green

Eddie Ojeda

Mark Mendoza

Anthony Pero

Alfred “Ralph” Allen

Savage Steve Holland

Lisa Marber-Rich

David Katz

Traci Ching

Don Specter

Eric Hermann

Larry Meistrich

Cooch Luchese

Danny Stanton

Sheryl Buckridge

Terri Baker

Mitchel H. Perkiel

Matt Mangus

Kevin McPartland

Pam Edwards

Steve Lehman

Jay Beau Jones

Eric Sherman

Eric Luftglass

Ric Krim

Chuck LaBella

Greg Bavaro

Michael Caputo

Ed Schlesinger

And most of all to my wife and children for their constant support and encouragement through it all and during this entire writing process. I love you all more than you will ever know. . . .

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