Richard A. Ferry

BA Psychology UC Santa Barbara 1973
Ski bum, musician, mine mechanic Leadville, Co 1973-1976
Living in Los Angeles area 1976-1990 raising a family and running a tree service.
A year in Florida Tampa, Clearwater area
1991-2001 in Menlo Park, CA still raising a family and running another tree service.
2001-present, retired and escaped to the mountains near Yosemite Natl. park. Grow ponderosa pines and play Irish traditional music. My wife likes to garden and raise goats.

Mr. Torchio the drafting sargent gave me a good work ethic

Mrs. McDonald, my best english teacher, also liked Mrs. Ash, a great chemistry teacher.

Dale Kershner, he turned me on to all kinds of great music
Kent Sterling, he and I had lots of adventure
Dicky Thomson, he turned me on to surfing and made being an artist seem like a cool thing.
Jeff Beard, Randy McFarland and Gary Leist my garage band mates made making music fun
Joe Crawford was such an awesome athelete and show off, I wanted to be just like him.
John Arnolfo was a class act and my in to the "In Crowd"
Kim Walbrecht was beautiful and I fell in love with her because she was the singer in the band, Hot Roast Beef which for my money was the best local band around (Steve Pew, Dale Lear, Lance Gosnel and Steve Nardini)

Experiencing the Rockies of Colorado
Getting married and raising 2 great kids
living on a beautiful ranch in the Sierras
finding a genre of music that really satisfies my soul and really getting into it (Irish trad music)
visiting Ireland.
Being in a place where I can persue my love of the outdoors and skiing.

music, outdoor and survival skills, homesteading skills.