Chris Barrus at Lunch

The Webb School, early 1980s. Fred's introduction to Chris Barrus.

Chris Barrus was a Webb classmate. Fred met him the first day of school. Barrus and John Boal were sitting across a lunch table from each other trading “Fuck you.” “No, fuck YOU.” “No, FUCK YOU!” back and forth. Fred walked up and said, “You seem cool, can I sit with you?”

(Later photo: both of them in cowboy hats and sunglasses at Rick Shull’s wedding in the Eastern Sierra.)