Brandon Rose


Brandon and his wife, Anne, on his 46th birthday (August 14, 1999).


Meet Brandon Rose from Fort Myers, Florida.

Here's a little bit of history about me. I am 45 years old and I reside in Fort Myers, Florida. I have lived in this area for 30 years, I am married, my wife's name is Anne and we have two children, Bryan 21 and Robert 2. Bryan goes to college at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina and plays baseball. Robert is enjoying being a toddler. I am self employed -- I sell contract office furniture and also get involved with office interior design and space planning work. I have done this for a living now for 20+ years in the Fort Myers - Naples, Florida area.

My first America experience was when I was in college. I lived in Port Charlotte, about 30 miles north of Fort Myers back in those days. So I had about a one hour commute to school. I carpooled with two of my best friends. One morning we were half awake and bleary eyed traveling down US41 towards school, when this great song came on the radio station we listened to back in those days, WQAM out of Miami. The disc jockey said, "That was America with A Horse With No Name. They are from England and this is going to be a big hit for them." No kidding! None of us had heard of them. But we all knew we liked what we heard. So on our way home that afternoon we stopped at the local record store in Fort Myers, Happy Note West, and bought the lp "America." I wore that record out and several of its replacements. The rest as they say is history. No pun intended.

America and their music has been a large part of my life since. Long live Dewey & Gerry and long live their music! With the recent release of Human Nature Dewey & Gerry proved once again that they still have it. I hope we continue to hear from them!

Feel free to send your comments or questions to Brandon.



Written: 25 November 1998
Last Revised: 20 February 2000