i guess I'm a bit of a mess.. grew up outside the US, spending many years overseas. Graduated HS at 16, then studied 2 yrs of a 3yr chemical engineering degree in London (England) before figuring out it was WAY too theoretical for me. So, being an oilfield "brat" I went to work the oilfield (Sedco + Halliburton) for 6 yrs .
During that sojourn, I was sitting on a workboat heading toward Bahrain (from Iran, where we had spent 6 weeks working on a gas blowout with Boots & Coots) when the ill-fated Iran hostage rescue helo "fleet" flew by!
Decided then that I needed a degree, as chipping paint off diesel engines at age 50 in 115F August heat wasn't a brilliant long-range (albeit lucrative) prospect. Worked in Qatar as a radio DJ for about a year before they deported me, while dabbling in a band with some friends, and figuring out how to get into the US!
Moved to the good ole USA (Texas - where I've lived ever since) for college. Got into doing sound (during college) and worked for a company that provided SR for Steppenwolf, The Byrds, Rebbie Jackson, Melba Moore, Freddie Jackson, The SOS band, the Deal and various other 80's touring acts + plus lots of local/regional bands - like Jerry Jeff Walker, bugs Henderson.... Figured out that skill had little bearing on success (off-stage) and got my IT degree. Been in IT ever since.. but did not play music for a number of years while getting married, having kids and chasing a career. Currently a systems architect in a major financial services company.
On the playing front - started playing guitar about 20 yrs ago and worked my *ss off on it for about 15 yrs, getting into a top-tier local rock/variety band and gigging about 4 or 5 times a month. Then, 5 yrs ago, by accident, I fell into mostly playing bass - and moved to the dark side - playing Country. Since then, I've done over 400 "weekend- warrior" country gigs, opening for regional and national acts and had a blast doing so. I've also learned during that time that by 1am of the 4th night in a row (with a full-time day job), it becomes a job. I'm not sure I could play for a living, much as I like it..
The guy who plays bongos in the attached vid (lives in North Wales) posted it a few months ago on FB. It's a very sophomoric original by some young guys.
I had NO CLUE it existed !! It was "filmed" back in 1982 (In Doha, Qatar). I'm the guy sitting on top of the orange cabs, playing.. .. yep. BASS!!! I don't remember EVER doing that.. or the event. Guess I've gone back to my roots.. FWIW - I still play guitar