Well, I started on drums 30 years ago, rocked for 12 or so years, then went into country for the last 17 or so. About 2 years into playing country I joined up with a band that did a lot of Lupis and MS benefits. We use to, in between sets, get the kids up on stage and let them "play" for the others. At one of these we were helping one of the kids out from behind my kit (he was in a wheel chair) and he looked up at me and said "Your really nice, you remind me of a Smurf!" Well, you know how fellow musicians are, my set was Blue Ludwigs, my favorite color is blue, and my last name sounds real close to Smurf, so it stuck!
I miss the days of good musicians getting together for a good cause, and the only thing we wanted out of it was some of that good home cook'n! ;-)