Beans
Julio Frijoles
TBOMGD
OK so what's in a name?  Some people have identities and some people have an identity crisis. 

Beans was a young lad when he was given his first six string.  Now at this point the story would go on about how he practiced real hard and became proficient at his instrument.  However this was not to be the case.   The reality is that his first guitar was a piece of junk and nearly killed his fingers.  A minor note to all you parents out there.  If you want to buy your kid a guitar, give him or her a decent one.  In fact give them an electric one.   It will be real easy on their young soft fingers and maybe they will enjoy it and learn how to play.  But I digress.

The most important influence in the musical life of the above Spud was his Danelectro guitar.  Now many people will scoff at the Danelectro.  These people are fools at best.  The Danelectro is the worlds finest example of  masonite tonal quality.  These fine instruments can play themselves if turned up loud enough, and only a small minority of guitar players know how to handle them.  Beans got his out of the Dick Boy's monthly breaking up the band sale.  It was sitting on top of a pile of band junk and before anyone else in the Flying Dogs could pick it up Beans snagged it.   It had no electric's but it had a neck this side of heaven, and a paint job that was the cats meow.  In reality the paint job is made out of red white and blue electrical tape. The real finish is mother of toilet seat Formica.  Because of a butcher job done on the pick up hole done by the previous owner he was unable to refit it with original Danny parts.  So he stuck in a Gibson pick up and a volume knob.   The combination of the Gibson pick up and the masonite body provide a sustain that can only be described as ripping metal.

Beans was not just limited to the guitar either.  He also owned the Spuds drum set.  So in true Spud tradition, Beans transformed into Julio Frijoles and became the spuds Drummer.  His most notable contribution was playing the drums on Stinky and the Spuds first record.  After that it was decided that they needed a real drummer, and Lamont B. Dumont entered the picture.

Many people have asked what does TBO mean.   It refers to the box that carried all the percussion crap.  It was named The Big One.  During the Flying Dog years, Beans sometimes played percussion with the Dogs.  He was usually introduced  as TBO by Lamont and the name stuck.  And frankly as he got into middle age the name made sense. The MGD part came after the Spuds played at Sweet Junes in Illinois.  It seems that after all these years TBO finally impressed someone with his playing abilities and Lamont informed him that he was now a "Minor Guitar Deity"

Armed with his Danny, Beans, Lazlo BooBrick, and Brother Snoogs, entered into rock and roll history.  Other guitars have come and gone, but Beans will never sell or giver up his Danny.  When he dies, the Danny will go to Snoogs.  Nuff Said!

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