and welcome to mosaic i'm ron swisher. it's always a pleasure to host mosaic. today we have a legend in music in the bay area. if you go to scott at sunday and monday and tuesday at 6:00 to 9:00. if you don't go to any of those venues, you are missing a great legend in our mix. he has a number of venues, but that is where you will find him over the years. and we're blessed to have john turk. >> what a blessing. great to have ewe, john. >> great, great. >> i saw you probably 40 some years ago. i know you are a young man. but john turk and the third street antics. he would play all the different clubs. and then i saw you later at glide. so you have been around. tell us a little bit of your background. >> well, i actually started playing in the oakland area around 1965, '66 with a guy named johnny hartsman. he was an organ player and a flute player. he wanted to expand his band. he only had a saxophone and drum so he wanted to add an instrument. i guess he heard about me. one night i came and sat in with his band and i guess i did okay. so he hired me. and we were