]</span></a></sup> and spent a decade as the drummer in his father's touring band from 1959 to 1969, with singer <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ford" title="Mary Ford">Mary Ford</a> (his stepmother) for the first half.<sup id="cite_ref-kruth_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kruth-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> “Without even knowing it, I was being taught about presenting music, which was a great experience. I worked on putting the shows together with dad. I watched him record 