Traveler In Pain - Traveler in Pain has been rocking New Mexico crowds for 20 years. Where were you in January 1999? I was still a middle school teacher, Gas was Cheap and bars were a plenty in ABQ. I was fortunate to start Jamming with 3 lads David Baca , Anders Fingold and RL Florez for a few months before playing out in public. We hadn't really decided on a name but had some ideas, including Traveler in Pain, which was a song written by my pops and played by my previous band Raging Fury in the early 90s. After many practices in Anders' living room, RL's garage and David's trailer in Los Lunas, we finally made our debut at a Superbowl party in Rio Rancho at some dude Teddy's house (I kept calling him Keith for some reason). There was a band playing before the game, then at halftime we were up. At which time, Anders began playing the drum intro to Sympathy for the Devil and I uttered the famous (or infamous) last words before rocking the garage "we are Traveler in Pain" and so it came to pass. From Uncle Rick's 40th, David's housewarming, Lance's 30th, various benefits and Bandido events to closing the year with successful runs to Santa Fe, Farmington and The El Rey Theater in our first year. That was a long time ago. Many years have come and gone, a different day, a different song. While many friends have come and gone their separate ways, the only constant that's remained for me is PAIN, Traveler in Pain, that is. Fortunately, we were able to have a lot of fun getting to 19 years.