 At this point in my life, I was working on IMAX films as a grip coordinator. I wasn't a director, but I knew my friends and my wife, Susie, who was a producer, would be there to support my dream of telling the story. Now, the first day of shooting, I brought together drummer Hal Blaine, bassist Carol Kay, saxophone player Plaz Johnson, and my dad. It was the first time probably in 25 years that all four had been in the room together. I was shooting 16mm film, and I had two cameras on two dollies constantly circling. I was in heaven.