KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER Rocks For Charity

July 26, 2007

Nancy Townsley of The Forest Grove News-Times reports: In or out of makeup, Tommy Thayer is a colorful guy.

The Beaverton native and lead guitarist for the rock band KISS has no shortage of gigs on his electronic calendar.

Last week he was on stage in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., performing in a concert during the four-show KISS Hit and Run Tour.

Sunday and Monday he'll host the Pacific Legends Golf Classic, a star-studded fund-raiser at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains.

And on Sept. 15, Thayer will serve as grand marshal of the 50th anniversary Beaverton Celebration Parade in his hometown.

The parade's theme, "Everything is Golden," is an apt metaphor for Thayer's life. He is, after all, a local boy who just may have been born — on Nov. 7, 1960 — to be wild.

"I grew up in Beaverton, listening to THE BEATLES from my older brother's record player," said Thayer, who had developed a raging passion for rock-and-roll by the time he entered Sunset High School.

Read the entire article at The Forest Grove News-Times.

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