Margaret Von Blueker said:

Obviously you're partying with Arnii smoking something stronger than either
of you. The infamous basement, perhaps. I wonder if you giggle together
after you goof up?

The vast distances between our respective dwellings would make that
unlikely.
Then of course there's the matter of Arny not smoking such things,
although I'm not
opposed, it's also unlikely that such a substance exists, at least not
insofar as my personal experience is concerned.

Post surgery healing, and doctors orders prohibit any sort of smoking.

BTW, does your use of the term breeder, indicate that your sexual
orientation is homosexual. Not that I gave a ****, it's just that the
only persons I've ever hear use that word, were in fact homosexual
women.

No one on this group really thinks Margaret is a female, of either
orientation.

Anyway, although "The Twist" (MM loved it!) and a couple other songs
mentioned here are high on my list, to me nothing says Sixties more
than, oddly enough. "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band.
Or Frank Sinatra's "The Coffee Song". After JFK was shot and the
initial yeah-yeah-yeah of the early Beatles and the surf-and-turf Beach
Boys tunes were de facto unhip to the nascent generation, you wouldn't
have heard anything like that. Pet Clark is up there too, with "I Know
a Place" and "Downtown".

wrote:
Signal said:

BTW, I think I remember reading once that for some business or personal

reasons, The Byrds couldn't make it to the recording studio,

To clarify my previous comment above, I'm pretty positive that McGuinn
did play on that song.

so most of
the people on that song are studio musicians, including Larry Knechtel
(later of Bread) and Leon Russell. The following confirms this:


http://ebni.com/byrds/lpmtm.ht=ADml

http://ebni.com/byrds/relassoc=ADiates16.html

BTW, part of the reason people like Leon Russell (the top US touring
act in 1973) became popular was that more people became aware of all
the great recordings they'd already made as studio musicians and got
interested in these musicians. A lot of solo acts who became popular in
the late '60's/early '70's had already been successful behind the
scenes, but had received little or no public fame. Examples would
include Russell, Carole King, Glen Campbell, etc.

In several cases in rock music, I've read of studio musicians being
used when band members were unavailable, touring, etc.

Fred wrote:
"Schizoid Man" wrote in message
...
Being among the younger posters here, I though I'd start a thread for the
old fogeys... ;-)

If there was one song, one single song that would epitomize the 60s, which
one would it be?

I think for me it would have to be the Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows ("the
song that ushered in the 60s" according to Tony Fletcher).

(snip)

The Theme From "A Summer Place" (Percy Faith & Orchestra). Lush big
orchestration which, for me at least, denotes an end on the 50s values.

The above is one I can remember perfectly, yet most people would never
think of such a song as representing the 1960's. If you go back and
look at what actually was popular in the 1960's, it can be pretty
shocking and interesting. For example, comedy records were still big
then, not just instrumentals. And balladeers like Bobby Goldsboro were
really huge then too.

Whether old fogey or not, I think most of us tend to think of the music
of the 1960s as being whatever appealed to the white, college-educated
crowd that (IMHO) is what constitutes RAO.

I'm not saying any of the above is good or bad. Just pointing out that
there are some different perspectives and different ways to look at
things. There was tons of music that was hugely successful in terms of
sales in the 1960's, yet is almost completely forgotten now and almost
no one would think of now as characterizing the 1960's. But given that
that was often the most popular music in the 1960's, maybe that's what
we should consider to be the characteristic music of the 1960's.

If I had to pick one favorite, I couldn't. My first impulse would be
the Beatles, but there was a lot of great soul and country music back
then that I've gained more appreciation of since then. I don't know
much about jazz or a lot of other less-popular music from that era, and
I'm sure there are advocates for that too. There's probably somebody
out there who's favorite 1960's song is a capella, gospel, or something
I'm even less aware of.

(snip)

wrote:
Jenn said:


ven though I admire Roger's player, this is unlikely. Studio players
then and now are truly amazing and can play just about anything, in my
experience.

As I said, I'm basing my comments on remarks made by the band members
during an interview. IIRC it was David Crosby making that particular
comment. This was post prison so there's a good chance he was sober
and I can't think of any reason for him to lie about it.

There's still the matter of learning the songs as well as being able to
play them. Might just have been simpler to have somebody who already
knew them and could play them as well as anybody they might hire. Who
knows, I just prefer my version.

Does make you wonder how many of the British bands plyaed on their own
albums.

At the cost of sounding like I'm beating my own drum, what about 21st
Century Schizoid Man?

The song was rather prescient for its time.

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Margaret Von Blueker said:

Obviously you're partying with Arnii smoking something stronger than
either
of you. The infamous basement, perhaps. I wonder if you giggle together
after you goof up?

The vast distances between our respective dwellings would make that
unlikely.
Then of course there's the matter of Arny not smoking such things,
although I'm not
opposed, it's also unlikely that such a substance exists, at least not
insofar as my personal experience is concerned.

Post surgery healing, and doctors orders prohibit any sort of smoking.

BTW, does your use of the term breeder, indicate that your sexual
orientation is homosexual. Not that I gave a ****, it's just that the
only persons I've ever hear use that word, were in fact homosexual
women.


Now you've done it, Mikey. Arnii is going to jump you so you better watch
out! :-)

Cheers,

Margaret

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No one on this group really thinks Margaret is a female, of either
orientation.


Who cares, considering that in terms of "the stud factor" Howard probably
ranks somewhere in the middle of y'all....

Anyway, although "The Twist" (MM loved it!) and a couple other songs
mentioned here are high on my list, to me nothing says Sixties more
than, oddly enough. "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band.
Or Frank Sinatra's "The Coffee Song". After JFK was shot and the
initial yeah-yeah-yeah of the early Beatles and the surf-and-turf Beach
Boys tunes were de facto unhip to the nascent generation, you wouldn't
have heard anything like that. Pet Clark is up there too, with "I Know
a Place" and "Downtown".


Who wrote the last sentence for you Cal? Learn from it.

Cheers,

Margaret

Margaret von B. said:

BTW, does your use of the term breeder, indicate that your sexual
orientation is homosexual. Not that I gave a ****, it's just that the
only persons I've ever hear use that word, were in fact homosexual
women.

Now you've done it, Mikey. Arnii is going to jump you so you better watch
out! :-)


Mickey doesn't get out much, and Arnii can't afford a plane ticket to
California. Not much chance of those two running into one another.

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Mickey doesn't get out much,

He only travels on rights of way where the previous owners voluntarily ceded
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Cal said:

No one on this group really thinks Margaret is a female, of either
orientation.

And the wise ones don't really care, since it's irrelelvant.

to me nothing says Sixties more
than, oddly enough. "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band.

So you like novelty records, got any Dr. Demento?

After JFK was shot and the
initial yeah-yeah-yeah of the early Beatles and the surf-and-turf Beach
Boys tunes were de facto unhip to the nascent generation, you wouldn't
have heard anything like that. Pet Clark is up there too, with "I Know
a Place" and "Downtown".

Beach Boys tunes weren't so much about hip, but rather about fun. They
were about things the guys in the band knew, which is what people tend
to write about if they are good.

The early Beatles stuff reflected their desire to do what they were
hearing, only better. When they found their voice after meeting Dylan,
nobody could top them in any area they chose.

Petula Clark's Greatest hits would be 45 and she wrote nothing. The
songs were eminently singable and fun but far from hip.

Tomorrow Never Knows, as has been said, really did usher in the 60's
that I think most people think about. I quite enoyed the entire album,
especially Harrison's Love To You.

There were other memorable bands with more than one hit wonder status,
that weren't trying to be heavy philosophical stuff. Songs by Spanky
and Our Gang, The Mama's and Papa's, The Association, 3 Dog Night, and
so on, then all the Motown stuff, Stax/Volt, the peopel who thought
they were part of the "Revolution" like Jefferson Airplane, the Doors,
and so on. It was indeed, a great time to listen to the radio. No
formats, just great bands and great tunes. Some clunkers but that was
inevitable, with the amount of stuff getting played.

On 16 Jun 2005 17:12:42 -0700, "
wrote:

Jenn said:

ven though I admire Roger's player, this is unlikely. Studio players
then and now are truly amazing and can play just about anything, in my
experience.

As I said, I'm basing my comments on remarks made by the band members
during an interview. IIRC it was David Crosby making that particular
comment. This was post prison so there's a good chance he was sober
and I can't think of any reason for him to lie about it.

There's still the matter of learning the songs as well as being able to
play them. Might just have been simpler to have somebody who already
knew them and could play them as well as anybody they might hire. Who
knows, I just prefer my version.

Does make you wonder how many of the British bands plyaed on their own
albums.

McGuinn DEFINTELY played and sang on Mr. Tambourine Man and the other
Byrds sang. The session musicians played everything else (but of
course, McGuinn played the signature 12-string).

As far as I know, this is the only instance of studio musicians taking
the place of the band, although various studio musicians *might* have
played uncredited on some of the early albums.

Someone else mentioned Larry Knetchel as being with Bread, which he
was, but he is better known for his piano work on Bridge Over
Troubled Waters. I saw him play with Elvis Costello about 6 years ago
at a tribute concert for The Fairfield Four, the famous gospel group
from Nashville. Of course, like Glen Campbell, he was on a huge number
of LA stuff from the 60s and 70s, things like the Beach Boys record
(yes, he's on Pet Sounds), The Mamas and the Paps and The Monkees.

Mickey straightens Maggie out.

Obviously you're partying with Arnii smoking something stronger than either
of you. The infamous basement, perhaps. I wonder if you giggle together
after you goof up?

The vast distances between our respective dwellings would make that
unlikely.

Oh good. I'm sure we all thought you two get together on a regular basis.

Then of course there's the matter of Arny not smoking such things,
although I'm not
opposed, it's also unlikely that such a substance exists, at least not
insofar as my personal experience is concerned.

Very well crafted sentence, Mickey. Are you *sure* you're not smoking something?
Something, I suspect, that is prone to disrupting the brain's language node.


Post surgery healing, and doctors orders prohibit any sort of smoking.

Yes, got to heed "doctors orders". Especially government-funded doctors who are
paid by illegally seized "tax" revenue.


BTW, does your use of the term breeder, indicate that your sexual
orientation is homosexual. Not that I gave a ****, it's just that the
only persons I've ever hear use that word, were in fact homosexual
women.

Even you should admit that your vista on the world is somewhat short of broad.

In article ,
dave weil wrote:

On 16 Jun 2005 17:12:42 -0700, "
wrote:

Jenn said:

ven though I admire Roger's player, this is unlikely. Studio players
then and now are truly amazing and can play just about anything, in my
experience.

As I said, I'm basing my comments on remarks made by the band members
during an interview. IIRC it was David Crosby making that particular
comment. This was post prison so there's a good chance he was sober
and I can't think of any reason for him to lie about it.

There's still the matter of learning the songs as well as being able to
play them. Might just have been simpler to have somebody who already
knew them and could play them as well as anybody they might hire. Who
knows, I just prefer my version.

Does make you wonder how many of the British bands plyaed on their own
albums.

McGuinn DEFINTELY played and sang on Mr. Tambourine Man and the other
Byrds sang. The session musicians played everything else (but of
course, McGuinn played the signature 12-string).

As far as I know, this is the only instance of studio musicians taking
the place of the band, although various studio musicians *might* have
played uncredited on some of the early albums.

Someone else mentioned Larry Knetchel as being with Bread, which he
was, but he is better known for his piano work on Bridge Over
Troubled Waters. I saw him play with Elvis Costello about 6 years ago
at a tribute concert for The Fairfield Four, the famous gospel group
from Nashville. Of course, like Glen Campbell, he was on a huge number
of LA stuff from the 60s and 70s, things like the Beach Boys record
(yes, he's on Pet Sounds), The Mamas and the Paps and The Monkees.

Glen is a very wonderful player, in my view. He was one of the reasons
that I took up guitar as a kid. His side men on the TV show were also
incredible: John Hartford, Larry McNeeley, Jerry Reed .... When I
lived in Reno, we went to see him each year, and I remember a simple,
tasty nylon string solo on "Phoenix" that almost had me on the floor.

Dave Weil said:

Of course, like Glen Campbell, he was on a huge number
of LA stuff from the 60s and 70s, things like the Beach Boys record
(yes, he's on Pet Sounds), The Mamas and the Paps and The Monkees.

Campbell was actually a member of the Beach Boys for a time, when one
of them got drafted IIRC.

said:

No one on this group really thinks Margaret is a female, of either
orientation.

Anyway, although "The Twist" (MM loved it!) and a couple other songs
mentioned here are high on my list, to me nothing says Sixties more
than, oddly enough. "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band.
Or Frank Sinatra's "The Coffee Song". After JFK was shot and the
initial yeah-yeah-yeah of the early Beatles and the surf-and-turf Beach
Boys tunes were de facto unhip to the nascent generation, you wouldn't
have heard anything like that. Pet Clark is up there too, with "I Know
a Place" and "Downtown".


Why is no one mentioning "Innagadadavida" by Iron Butterfly?

Too obscure?

--

"Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes."
- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005

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Dave Weil said:

Of course, like Glen Campbell, he was on a huge number
of LA stuff from the 60s and 70s, things like the Beach Boys record
(yes, he's on Pet Sounds), The Mamas and the Paps and The Monkees.

Campbell was actually a member of the Beach Boys for a time, when one
of them got drafted IIRC.



Which one got drafted? Never heard of that.



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dave weil wrote:
On 16 Jun 2005 17:12:42 -0700, "
wrote:

Jenn said:

(snip)

As I said, I'm basing my comments on remarks made by the band members
during an interview. IIRC it was David Crosby making that particular
comment. This was post prison so there's a good chance he was sober
and I can't think of any reason for him to lie about it.

I think I also read about this maybe 35+ years ago in Rolling Stone.

There's still the matter of learning the songs as well as being able to
play them. Might just have been simpler to have somebody who already
knew them and could play them as well as anybody they might hire.

I'm not sure it matters to me who plays what, as long as I like the
record. I think it was Walter Becker who said he didn't care if he
played a note on any Steely Dan record, as long as the record was good.
Brian Wilson used session musicians (such as Carol Kaye) in place of
the other Beach Boys frequently.

Does make you wonder how many of the British bands plyaed on their own
albums.

There's been some confusion over what Jimmy Page (as a session
musician) played vs. what Dave Davies played on some Kinks record whose
title I've forgotten.

At one time, this sort of trivia interested me, but now if I like the
record, that's good enough for me. If I were a recording artist, I can
see why I might want the best musicians, or the musicians who were
available when I was recording, whether or not they were in my band.

The Rascals also used some interesting studio musicians, BTW.

When you look at the success (both artistically and in terms of how
many hits they were a part of) for some of the top studio musicians,
you can see why so many producers and artists wanted the top studio
musicians on their records.

McGuinn DEFINTELY played and sang on Mr. Tambourine Man and the other
Byrds sang. The session musicians played everything else (but of
course, McGuinn played the signature 12-string).

I also believe this is the case.

As far as I know, this is the only instance of studio musicians taking
the place of the band, although various studio musicians *might* have
played uncredited on some of the early albums.

Yes, as far as I know.

Within a few years, keeping track of the Byrds' membership became
hopelessly confusing anyway.

Someone else mentioned Larry Knetchel

....Knechtel...

as being with Bread, which he
was, but he is better known for his piano work on Bridge Over
Troubled Waters.

I'd forgotten that credit. That record also had drummer Hal Blaine.
BTW, according to the following, Blaine played on six consecutive
song-of-the-year Grammy winners. Wow! See:

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;...w&sbid=lc03 a

I saw him play with Elvis Costello about 6 years ago
at a tribute concert

Cool!

for The Fairfield Four, the famous gospel group
from Nashville.

Interesting!

Of course, like Glen Campbell,

Back in the 1960's, before Campbell was famous as a solo artist, a
friend met Campbell while he was touring with the Beach Boys in place
of Brian Wilson.

he was on a huge number
of LA stuff from the 60s and 70s, things like the Beach Boys record
(yes, he's on Pet Sounds), The Mamas and the Paps and The Monkees.

I haven't studied him that closely, but I assume you're correct.

BTW, like Blaine and Campbell, Knechtel was also part of the Wrecking
Crew, a group of studio musicians who made a huge number of recordings:

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-wrecking-crew

Interesting trivia from the above, which answers something I've always
wondered about Wendy Melvoin:

"Mike Melvoin and Gary Coleman are the fathers of musicians Wendy
Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, former members of Prince's backing band, The
Revolution."

BTW, if you're interested in studio musicians, you might want to get
the DVD "Standing in the Shadows of Motown." Saw that a few years ago
during its theatrical release. It's a documentary about the great
Motown studio musicians who made all the 1960's Motown hits, yet who
were almost entirely abandoned when Berry Gordy moved the label from
Detroit to Los Angeles. Includes some recent concert footage of these
artists too.

Sander deWaal said:

Why is no one mentioning "Innagadadavida" by Iron Butterfly?
Too obscure?

I guess we need to amend the previously noted definition of tweako,
Slack. A tweako also lacks taste even in rock music, note.

In article .com,
" wrote:

Dave Weil said:

Of course, like Glen Campbell, he was on a huge number
of LA stuff from the 60s and 70s, things like the Beach Boys record
(yes, he's on Pet Sounds), The Mamas and the Paps and The Monkees.

Campbell was actually a member of the Beach Boys for a time, when one
of them got drafted IIRC.

Indeed.

I don't think any Beach Boy got drafted. One might have been in the
National Guard or something briefly. You may be thinking of Jan Berry
of Jan and Dean. (Dean Torrence, being the one who was involved in the
genius plot to kidnap Frank Jr.) Jan was a medical student while
puersuing rock fame,and during a hiatus was drafted: enraged he got in
his Corvette and slammed under a truck, a la Jayne Mansfield and
company. He wasn't killed but suffered brain damage and was
semi-functional the rest of his life, which ended late 2004 as I
recall. Those two crashes were the reason for "DOT bumpers" on trucks.
As well Richard "Battlestar Galactica" Hatch played Jan pretty well in
a early-80s TV biopic.

Glen Campbell is still a great guitar player and still a miserable
individual, at least on all three occasions I have been in his
presence.

The 60s people remember now and the 60s in the 60s are two very
different times! Comedy, spoken word and jazz albums were big sellers,
many "legendary" rock groups from the time were unknown to most, and
the social attitudes and mores were actually very different except for
a hard core in-group. The Vietnam war had widespread support, no one
would have advocated legal abortion, and dope smokers were subhuman
vermin to Middle Amerika, which was most everyone then. It was
actually in the 70s the big sea change hit and the ideas that were
underground and clandestine became widespread and overt everywhere
except the very buckle of the Bible belt.

Nancy Reagan and her Just Say no were a big rollback, but the country
was still more liberal after Reagan than in the LBJ era.

In article .com,
wrote:


Glen Campbell is still a great guitar player and still a miserable
individual, at least on all three occasions I have been in his
presence.

Agreed. I was disappointed to experience what an ass he is. But, he's
still a guitar hero to me :-)

In article .com,
wrote:

There's been some confusion over what Jimmy Page (as a session
musician) played vs. what Dave Davies played on some Kinks record whose
title I've forgotten.

Davies played the solos; Page played 12-string acoustic guitar. Page
played solos on the near-contemporary Kinks tribute "Kinky Music" by the
Larry Page Orchestra.

Stephen

Sander said:

Why is no one mentioning "Innagadadavida" by Iron Butterfly?

Too obscure?

One hit wonder, but it did give drummers something new to practice.

George Mindless Middius said:

Um, nothing about the topic at hand.

How odd.

George M. Middius said:


Sander deWaal said:

Why is no one mentioning "Innagadadavida" by Iron Butterfly?
Too obscure?

I guess we need to amend the previously noted definition of tweako,
Slack. A tweako also lacks taste even in rock music, note.


;-)

--

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- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005

Sander deWaal asked:

Why is no one mentioning "Innagadadavida" by Iron Butterfly?

Too obscure?

Trivia time. What does "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" mean?


GeoSynch

"GeoSynch" wrote in message
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Sander deWaal asked:

Why is no one mentioning "Innagadadavida" by Iron Butterfly?

Too obscure?

Trivia time. What does "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" mean?


What does IDGAS mean?



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GeoSynch wrote:

Trivia time. What does "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" mean?

Isn't asking that question like eating the forbidden fruit?

ric wrote:

GeoSynch wrote:

Trivia time. What does "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" mean?

Isn't asking that question like eating the forbidden fruit?

Only if you don't get too stoned and slur the words.


GeoSynch

Clyde Slick riddled:

What does IDGAS mean?

I'm Dumb Goober Art Sackman?


GeoSynch

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Clyde Slick riddled:

What does IDGAS mean?

I'm Dumb Goober Art Sackman?


Goober lives in Arkansas and fixes bikes



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Clyde Slick wrote:

What does IDGAS mean?

I'm Dumb Goober Art Sackman?

Goober lives in Arkansas and fixes bikes

Tell him to give our regards to Aunt Bea and Barney.


GeoSynch

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:43:03 GMT, "GeoSynch"
wrote:

Clyde Slick wrote:

What does IDGAS mean?

I'm Dumb Goober Art Sackman?

Goober lives in Arkansas and fixes bikes

Tell him to give our regards to Aunt Bea and Barney.

That's North Carolina. Home to this years US Open gold tournament.

dave weil wrote:

GeoSynch wrote:

Clyde Slick wrote:

What does IDGAS mean?

I'm Dumb Goober Art Sackman?

Goober lives in Arkansas and fixes bikes

Tell him to give our regards to Aunt Bea and Barney.

That's North Carolina. Home to this years US Open gold tournament.

Who's hosting the silver tournament?

If they were to let our Annika play, do you thing the New York Times
would give it a rest?


GeoSynch

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:38:20 GMT, "GeoSynch"
wrote:

dave weil wrote:

GeoSynch wrote:

Clyde Slick wrote:

What does IDGAS mean?

I'm Dumb Goober Art Sackman?

Goober lives in Arkansas and fixes bikes

Tell him to give our regards to Aunt Bea and Barney.

That's North Carolina. Home to this years US Open gold tournament.

Who's hosting the silver tournament?

Good one!

Bad typo!

If they were to let our Annika play, do you thing the New York Times
would give it a rest?

That's in the new Fantastic Four movie. And this is a great Freudian
slip if you've ever seen a photo of "our" Annika.

wrote:
I don't think any Beach Boy got drafted.

Agree.

Actually, the only 1960's rock band member I can recall going into US
military service back then was a member of Moby Grape, and he went in
as a volunteer, not a draftee. And that may have been after 1969.

In retrospect, given that there was a draft in the late 1960's, it's a
little surprising that no young male musicians back then were drafted
that I know of.

One might have been in the
National Guard or something briefly. You may be thinking of Jan Berry
of Jan and Dean. (Dean Torrence, being the one who was involved in the
genius plot to kidnap Frank Jr.)

Don't recall any of the above. This is the first I've read of any
connection between Jan, Dean, or Frank Jr. I am old enough to remember
(barely) Frank Jr. being kidnapped, but I've never heard of Jan or Dean
being connected to that.

Dean's been a graphic designer for many years, BTW. His company:

http://www.kittyhawkstudios.com/

Jan was a medical student

Pre-med at UCLA. Both Jan and Dean were fulltime students during part
of their musical career.

while
puersuing rock fame,

By that time, I think they'd probably peaked, but given the severity of
Jan's accident, we'll never really know. Jan and Dean did eventually
resume some performing.

and during a hiatus was drafted: enraged he got in
his Corvette and slammed under a truck, a la Jayne Mansfield and
company.

I do know about the accident; ironically, on a "dead man's curve" kind
of street. Haven't heard of Jan being drafted or that being related to
his accident.

Perhaps because I was so young when the accident happened and Jan and
Dean (and almost everybody else) was eclipsed by the Beatles and that
newer generation of bands, I never heard about Jan's accident until
maybe the mid or late 1970's, when Rolling Stone did a story about the
accident and Jan and Dean's career.

He wasn't killed but suffered brain damage and was
semi-functional the rest of his life,

He eventually resumed performing; as www.JanandDean.com says, the
musical part of his brain wasn't damaged much.

which ended late 2004 as I
recall. Those two crashes were the reason for "DOT bumpers" on trucks.
As well Richard "Battlestar Galactica" Hatch played Jan pretty well in
a early-80s TV biopic.

Glen Campbell is still a great guitar player and still a miserable
individual, at least on all three occasions I have been in his
presence.

Campbell's mentioned on Jan and Dean's web site, BTW, as a member of
the Wrecking Crew working with Brian Wilson.

dave weil wrote:

That's North Carolina. Home to this years US Open gold tournament.

Who's hosting the silver tournament?

Good one!

Bad typo!

If they were to let our Annika play, do you thing the New York Times
would give it a rest?

That's in the new Fantastic Four movie.

Short flashback to the late 60s early 70s Saturday morning cartoons of
Spiderman and the Fantastic Four, where The Thing literally looked like
a brick ...house.

And this is a great Freudian
slip if you've ever seen a photo of "our" Annika.

Another commonality between Goober and Annika besides the shopworn
stereotypes down yonder. The best photo of "our" Annika was the one on
The Devil's site way back when.


GeoSynch

GeoSynch asks:


Sander deWaal asked:



Why is no one mentioning "Innagadadavida" by Iron Butterfly?
Too obscure?


Trivia time. What does "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" mean?

The translation I heard most often was In a Garden of Eden.

wrote:

GeoSynch asks:

Sander deWaal asked:

Why is no one mentioning "Innagadadavida" by Iron Butterfly?
Too obscure?

Trivia time. What does "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" mean?

The translation I heard most often was In a Garden of Eden.

I thought it's just gibberish by a bunch of very, very high hippies.