HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRE COOL

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 9, 2019…TODAY IS BAY AREA ROCKER TRE COOL’S 47TH BIRTHDAY. TRE, IT MUST BE NICE TO KNOW AS LONG AS THERE’S BABY HUEY, YOU’LL NEVER BE LONELY !! TRE IS BEST KNOWN AS GREEN DAY’S DRUMMER. HE REPLACED THE BAND’S FORMER DRUMMER JOHN KIFFMEYER IN 1990 WHEN KIFFMEYER FELT HE SHOULD FOCUS ON COLLEGE. ONE YEAR AFTER JOINING GREEN DAY, TRE DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT HIS GED. HE WAS ALL IN !! HIS FATHER WAS IN THE MILITARY AND TRE WAS BORN IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY (HE COULD BE CALLED A FRANKFURTER). TRE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2015 AS A MEMBER OF GREEN DAY. HERE’S CONCERT FOOTAGE FROM GREEN DAY @ THE OAKLAND COLISEUM AUGUST 2017