00:02I was born in San Francisco, California. I started playing the drums when I was six. So it was 1964,
00:14then I meet Buddy Rich. My parents take me, I think, for my eighth birthday. You know, all of a
00:20sudden, Buddy Rich comes out and starts playing the drums. And I'm just saying, that's it.
00:30At one point, I remember he went to Amsterdam with the idea that he just said, that's where you go
00:36to get record deals. And he must have been 23 or 24, and I thought it was out of his
00:42mind.
00:48Pick anybody you want to play with. Anybody. I don't care who it is, and I'll get them to play
00:52on your record. And it didn't really take me long. I said, Jaco.
01:15I said, hey, is this Brian Melvin? I said, yeah. He says, this is Jaco Pastorius, the world's greatest bass
01:21player.
01:22I hear you're making a record. I said, yeah, I'm trying to get this together. He says, you need a
01:27bass player?
01:28I said, I'd love one. He says, put me on a plane now.
01:52I said, you know, I'll sign for him, man. Come live with me, man.
01:57Come with me and my mom and family. We'll take care of you, man. You don't have to play music.
02:03You don't got to do nothing. Just chill out, you know.
02:09There was a message there. He was also showing that it's bigger than just, you know, becoming this famous bass
02:17player, musician, and that's it.
02:20That's it.
02:22That's it.
02:23Oh, yeah.
02:24Well, yeah.
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