RIP Darik

That's what paid the bills was this thing that when I met these guys, I met these guys in 1996.

There's a lot of people talking about them today.

Don't go back like I do with them.

When they were largely, you know, this gaggle of Valley guys, you know, maybe not all of them.

There was Derek, there was Scott, there was Chris.

It was a party band.

They wanted the crowd to sing along, and the talent in those rooms, I mean, that's where you went.

It was just nothing but all of Connecticut's best-looking women were going to Derek and the Fun Bags shows in 96, 97, 98. to the point where I remember being on the air at KC 101 and saying to Glenn Beck, we should get in bed with these guys.

This is our demo.

You go to a show of theirs, KC 101 listener, that's who's in the audience.

So we had them on the show to promote a gig at Toad's Place.

Interestingly enough, Derek and the Funbags, right now on Toad's Place, they're playing there.

Saturday, November 28th.

That's what a warrior this dude was.

He rocked till the end.

Yeah, there were a few shows he had to sit out.

He wasn't feeling up to it.

He played just, Joey Seas just last month.

He's on the, I remember seeing on the Toad's calendar so far out and being like, wow, I mean, you're talking Thanksgiving weekend.

The optimism, and it was real optimism.

It was rooted in confidence and resilience and support and belief.

He wasn't duping himself.

For those of us on the outside, though, we could see the weight loss.

For those of us who had already lost people to it, there were certain things you could see where it's like, I don't like that.

I've seen that before.