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Friday, May 13,1994
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VALENZUELA, from page 1
you turn out the light it's still just
four walls and a ceiling,"
Valenzuela said.
"Even though there's the glam¬
our and the glitz and aU that stuff
out there- having a baby, a family
and having roots you just can't com¬
pare them."
Fresno is where Valenzuela was
bom and he and has family call it
home. He considers it a great es¬
cape from the rat-races of Los An-
geles or San Francisco. When
Valenzuela isn't performing he
works as a private hospice nurse
and it has been a demanding expe¬
rience that has brought balance back
into bis life.
"Here I was, this great 'rock'
person but something was missing
in my life." said Valenzuela. "I was
out of balance. No matter how much
you want to be a rock star life is not
perfect Look at Kurt Cobain. The
down side of it is you start feeling
cheap and you feel like a whore.
People start using you and I felt out
of balance. I started doing nursing
and it's brought me back to a bal¬
ance."
Life as a nurse has been chal¬
lenging for Valenzuela and often
limes painful. He has had to watch
.people with cancer and leukemia
. die right in his arms.
^ "It is not an easy thing to do," he
said. "When it comes to somebody
dying I know what I'm doing, un-
fortunately. I say 'unfortunately' be¬
cause it's not something everyone
can do; it'shard. Sometimes I come
home and I cry and say, 'Why am I
doing this?'...but it's because I am
meant to take care of that person."
As a member of the "On To¬
night All-Star Band" which in¬
cludes the legend Larry Gittens,
bassist-Hank Sandoval and drum¬
mer-John Schafer, Valenzuela has
had the chance to play with many
great musicians like his old friend
Bruce Conte from Tower of Power
and harp master, Eddie Gordon.
"As far as Chris Terrence, what
be does I respect," Valenzuela said.
"He has the only thing going in the
whole valley that promotes focal
talent whether it's musicians, au¬
thors, comedians or who ever. The
concept is phenomenal and I've
hung on because I believe in the
concept and I believe in the bend."
Valenzuela has been getting a
taste of the old days lately. He
performed with War at the Satellite
Student Union a couple months ago
and two weeks ago'played with
War and Tierra in front of 300,000
people at a C i n co de Mayo celebra¬
tion.
The *t)nTonigta All-StarBand"
wiU be performing Saturday at the
"Celebs for the Ampitheatre" at
Woodward park and they wiU also
be playing at Sluggo's Wednesday
n^ght
Things are looking good for
Johnny The Stick" Valenzuela
who earned his nick-name and a
key to the city one night at the Paul
Paul theater when Tierra played the
Fresno fair for a record three years
in a row. Valenzuela threw his sticks
into the audience and the people
started calling him'The Stick" and
the name stuck.
"The future?" asked Valenzuela.
"It's like standing on a cliff and
you're about ready to jump and
take that plunge again because I
know some thing's coming but I
don't know what. A tour,
endorsements...I don't know , but
it's going to be good"
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