Bob McNab began playing trumpet in the high school band in 1963, but that ended, when in November of 1964, The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Watching this, two things became apparent, #1) playing in a rock n roll band is fun, and #2) teenage girls seem to love rock n roll musicians. At the same time a childhood friend (Annie Paquette), had just started a band that had no bass player. Bob, convinced that since a bass had only four strings it must be 33% easier to play than a six string guitar, promptly bought one, and the rest is history!