1.   His closest brush with calamity came when he blocked a truck carrying beer.

2.   His other brush with fame came in Abilene, where he and his band often performed with then-unknowns Johnny Bush and Johnny Paycheck.

3.   The other brush came last Tuesday in New York, when he strained his left hamstring against the Knicks.

4.   The sole exciting brush with wildlife came at daybreak on the third morning.

5.   Known to favor hard rock, Frederik told listeners his first brush with rock came as a child when he copied a Beatles tape borrowed from a body guard.

6.   The closer brush with death came nearly a year ago when Earl Woods had quadruple heart bypass surgery.