A friend of Sooty's is a friend of mine! Welcome to the forum
I met "Soot" in the early 2000's through my old college roommate Nate, who was best friends with Bryan. He sat in on a couple of radio shows that Nate and I hosted together at the campus radio station. We spun some New Radicals tunes he wanted to get on the air, a band that I am sure he talks about here