Our band's Dad, Grandfather, with capital letters. In a word, a tall highlander. Not so much, but a lot, after the occupation of Lithuania, Rimantas, born in Utena, was inclined to wind instruments from an early age. While still in kindergarten, at the request of his mother - a school teacher, he performed with the harmonica at the school's general meeting of parents. Later, in the school orchestra, he switched to larger wind instruments and mastered the bass brass instrument - the tuba! With which he also marched during his service in the army. However, precisely because of the harmonica, the Soviet authorities there classified him as undesirable, playing anything and anywhere with the harmonica, supposedly as a musical instrument invented by the Nazi world. And this even more encouraged him to conditional resistance, and later participation in the movement. Having come to live in Kaunas, he continued to work at the Kaunas Radio Factory and played in the factory's "Banga" orchestra. Speaking of the radio factory and crafts in general, from today's perspective, Rimantas resembles a man from the Renaissance who mastered a dozen crafts. There was nothing in the family home that his father wouldn't repair. And if that thing didn't exist, he would make it himself. Various audio amplifiers, stairwell intercoms, electric guitar effects, alarms, works of art made of copper sheet metal and natural forms. When necessary, he would even repaint Moskvichs (an old soviet car he had), and change the gearbox "in the yard" at -20°C. The electronic and mechanical toys of his two sons, which could not withstand the load, were repaired a dozen times. Before each children's New Year's carnival, his father's imagination would turn on to make the most impressive costumes or masks for his sons. After independence, music was put aside for the difficult times. The tuba and the "Banga" costume were returned to the orchestra. And then he worked a lot with commercial wood engraving, but on some evenings, the harmonica still ended up in his hands. Regarding the family, it is happy that after many years, in various troubles and worries, the instruments returned in abundance and playing with them filled Rimantas' life. Step by step, offers to play in ensembles, bands appeared and weekends began to resemble the life of a professional musician. Currently, Rimantas can be seen not only with us, but also with the Tytuvėnai region community band "Svaja", and with the Zyplių manor band. Having tried to play with us at one concert in 2015, he stayed here forever, forming a circle of the family ensemble. He is like our gray cardinal, who does not talk much unnecessarily, but has his own strict position and advisory opinion on all issues of the band.