From 1979 to 1981, Charlie Chesterman and MacPaul Stanfield were members of a rock `n` roll band in their hometown of Des Moines, Ia. According to Chesterman, Des Moines at the time did not exactly… ...

Euthanizing a nine-month old cat named Scruffy because her owner, Daniel Dockery, a recovering heroin addict, couldn't come up with the $400 needed to perform surgery on the pet in a 24-hour window.

In Boston’s thriving rock ’n’ roll scene of the 1980s, Charlie Chesterman’s dynamic performances as a singer and guitarist with roots-rocking Scruffy the Cat were legendary as he helped ...