My last week-long visit with Danton Burroughs of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. was in July 2007 . . . eight months before his death. As usual Danton displayed a mind-boggling array of ERB documents, photos, memorabilia, etc. which we filmed, scanned and documented. Much of the material took on importance only after his accompanying explanations and anecdotes which brought these treasures to life. 

We had explored many of the city's eateries and Dan's friend Professor John Westervelt had driven us to many of the Tarzana spots of interest in his vintage Packard -- much to the amusement of the locals. Many more Tarzan adventures are featured at our tarzana.ca site. 

Sadly the next time I returned to Tarzana was to give a eulogy for Danton's Memorial service.

18969 Ventura Boulevard
Tarzana, California 91356

This was shaping up to be an eventful weekend. Since I have a consuming interest in vintage guitars, a must stop during every California visit is Norman's Rare Guitars. . . not far from Danton's house. 

Since there were to be so many rock bands at the Rhythm and Brews Festival, I stopped in to get a bit of background on the bands. . . and of course to have another look at their huge guitar inventory. 

Part of my master plan was to document the weekend so I asked Norman and staff to pose for some photos. Norman generously gave me a "Rare Guitars" T-Shirt to wear to the Festival.