‘Big B’ set the beat, and the scene for life at the beach
“I paint scenes that are designed to lower your blood pressure, and make you nod in affirmation.” — Brian Sisson by Kevin Cody Dan Sisson recalled a characteristic lesson his dad Brian, or “Big B” as he was known, taught him when he was 12. “Melissa Etheridge was on the radio. ‘I said,’ I think she’s gay.’” “Without taking his eyes off the road, Dad said, ‘If you judge people by their sex, their race, or their religion you’re going to miss out on a lot of good music.” The lesson has served him throughout his life better than any moral rebuke might have, the son recalled at his father’s funeral at American Martyrs Church last Thursday, July 6. Sisson, along with his seven siblings, was baptized at American Martyrs. He met his wife Kathy in first grade at American Martyrs. He received First Communion, was confirmed, and was married at American Martyrs. He played football at Bishop Montgomery and attended El Camino College. Parties at the family’s Manhattan Avenue home, on Hermosa/Manhattan border would be shut down by complaining neighbors in today’s Hermosa. Brian’s dad Dave led the annual Fourth of July parade with a toilet plunger. When it was time to get on the 405 for work…
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