I'm curious why you think Spike can be ruled out. Is it because he's supposed to be dead?
In my opinion, there are only 2 possible reasons that no one has claimed this guy: 1) All of his family and friends are dead. 2) (more likely) All of his friends and family think he is dead (most likely) or moved away.
Here's the story:
About 13 to 30 years ago there was a man named William Albert "Spike" Keathley. This man lived at addresses in Anderson, IN (on 43rd St., 21st St., Alhambra,...), Muncie, IN and New Castle, IN. He was a musician who could sing, play guitar, banjo, violin, trumpet, piano, harmonica and possibly more. He has copywritten music and lyrics for several songs. Spike would be about 52 or 53 years old now.
According to his brother, he eventually moved to Phoenix, AZ where he "died" in 1996 from smoke inhalation (that's all his brother knows about it). When I showed him the time regressed pictures from the Dr. Phil Show, he stopped acting annoyed and started acting SCARED! He said the picture looked a whole lot like Spike but he didn't want to have anything to do with it. He also has 3 sisters that I haven't communicated with.
Is it possible there was some kind of mix up? Spike never really died?
Is it possible Spike was in some sort of "suspended" state and finally just WOKE UP?
The guy (in the time regressed picture) looks EXACTLY like Spike did 30 years ago (that's when I knew him) when he lived in Pasadena, TX (near Houston).
Please email me (poorestchump@yahoo.com) if you have have heard of Spike or if you have you have pictures or memories of him or his music. Pictures could prove I'm not a total wack job.
Spike wrote "Footprint's on the Dashboard Upside Down" (not the famous poem but a similar song) and "Who's She Lovin'"? Do you remember these songs? Do you remember a guy who lived on 43rd, 21st or Alhambra who had dirty blonde hair and could finger-pick a banjo or guitar like nobody's business? He could have lived in Indianapolis or anywhere around there. He moved a lot but he seemed to like the area around there.
Thanks,
jb