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When this assignment was explained to me I immediately had two people in mind, my brother-in-law Bacilio, and my other brother-in-law, John. They both are quite older than me and learned music in the late sixties, when at the time a lot of people searched for their souls through music. I can remember going to parties and hearing music from them and how it flowed effortlessly from their voices and musical instruments. Bacilio is a master at the Piano, Guitar, Saxophone, Trumpet, and Violin. John also played guitar, saxophone and has a great voice. John and Bacilio would play and sing along with my father to entertain us or just to pass the time while the rest of us were busy eating, talking and listening. Shortly after my brother passed away, John went into a deep depression, drinking heavily, going through life aimlessly, and contemplated suicide. One day a friend of his took him to the “Temple Bar” in Berkeley to just talk and listen to the music. John didn’t know it wasn’t a place to drink, but a place to eat, listen to music and mingle. What the Temple Bar did to him changed his life forever. He immediately loved the music and in the forthcoming months of his life to follow, I will tell you his story about how he learne