Eric Gray is from Plainview, Long Island in New York. After graduating college, he took a cross-country trip that brought him to San Francisco. His plan was to get a job for a year and write a book about the history of protest music. As plans go, life twisted it in the best way. His job turned into a career with the U.S. Department of Labor where he met his future wife, Lynn, on his first day of work. Eric and Lynn have a daughter, Rachel, and son, David- who, with his wife, Lisa, have given them two beautiful granddaughters, Juliet and Vivian. Eric loves hiking, politics, baseball and, no surprise here, rock and roll. Oh, that book on the history of protest music never got written. You know what John Lennon said: "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans."