We were all in Jerry's garage listening to Toto's "Africa" for the 30th straight time,and having our usual argument about the proper interpretation of the lyric "Rises like a Lepress Above the Serengeti." Jerry was convinced that "lepress" meant female leper, but I'm still sure that it means female leopard.* I mean, c'mon, a female leper would never rise above the Serengeti. Unless that's where she lived. Anyway, the three of us, me, Jerry, and Joey had been in a bunch of cover bands together, like Jefferson Air Supply, Aha: Aha!, and Tone Def and the Nougat. All of the sudden Jerry said, "Boy-" and then his fat cousin Sam blunderbussed into the garage and told us all to get out.
But the next day we were back. I brought my set, and Joey brought his guitar, and when Jerry saw us standing there, the first thing out of his mouth was "ngles."** And it all clicked.



* Female leper? Whatever, dude.
**Later Jerry said that he actually said "Eagles," but that doesn't really matter.