Early Comments From Crosby

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:55 am

Here are some early comments from David Crosby with regard to personal tastes in music and otherwise. From the library of Don Adamek.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:09 pm

I love all the Coltrane stuff except for his masterworks LP which is about a hour of atonal noise (IMHO) I don't date fans with acne either.
Gum's ok.

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:48 pm

Crosby loved the Beatles music in those days, and perhaps, from the look of this photo, their "mop tops" as well.

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:23 am

OK, Peter, now post the McGuinn review from the other side of that article.BTW, this was from an early '66 Hit Parader magazine.They always had a current chart topper celeb doing "favorite records and reviews" every month.

242_foxtrot · Post by **242_foxtrot** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:55 pm

Hey, gotta love those old Hit Parader magazines. Don, I have the same issue. For awhile I was collecting old 60's teen mags with anything BYRDS. I have a Nov. 65 "Teen Set",March 66 "Tiger Beat", Sept. 66 "Hit Parader", Nov. 66 "16", Oct. 67 "Movie Teen",and from the 70's, Oct. 72 "Crawdaddy". Lots of cool pictures and good articles.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 10:02 am

Here's the Jim McGuinn interview.

childfree23 · Post by **childfree23** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:24 am

Got any of these "early comments" from Gene Clark or Michael?

miguel · Post by **miguel** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:05 pm

I´ve got an early interview with the whole band from June 1965. It was originally published in 'KRLA Beat', in California. Very funny, most of the interview Roger and the rest of the group are joking and telling funny remarks, Beatle-style, but there is some good info as well.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:33 pm

KRLA was a powerhouse out here, til the late-mid '60's when KHJ became a rock station and instigated their "Boss 30", top 30 records in L.A. system.
Two KRLA disc jockeys, most notably Bob Eubanks (The Newlywed Game, The Tournament of Roses Parade, every Jan. 1 from Pasadena) mortgaged their homes to present The Beatles first concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. He's one of the voices on those records saying "And now, here they are, The Beatles!". Anyway, from there he got into concert promotion, and KRLA had the scoop on just about every L.A. band, including the Byrds, Beach Boys, etc. I had a whole pile of those KRLA Beat magazines, which I'm sure I would enjoy even more now!

So powerful was KRLA that in the Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance" they had an alternate version that said "I turned the radio on to KRLA", instead of "up all the way". And in the song "New York's a Lonely Town (when you're the only surfer boy)" or whatever it was called (anyone else ever hear it?) by another band, they too added two lines about KRLA for the local release. KRLA basically "broke" a lot of bands, including the Byrds.

I won tickets to Marvin Gaye's near last concert from them in the '80's. They finally went all talk in the early '90's. Now Radio Disney occupies their old AM spot, 1110. But once upon a time, they were the hippest game in town.

childfree23 · Post by **childfree23** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:50 pm

Miguel, I would love to read that interview. Any possibility of posting it here or via private email? Here's my address: childfree23 at earthlink dot net

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 1:58 pm

I remember "New Yorks A Lonely Town" Forgot the ban's name though. That was a big hit here in Ma. The name is right on the tip of my tongue, I'll remember it walking home.

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 10:11 pm

Bob: That would be the Trade Winds.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:38 am

Peter you are amazing. Was that off the top of your head or do you research questions such as this? I could recite the words of the song, but I totally forgot who sang it originally.

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:43 am

Jerry: I am often just the opposite, I recall the group but not the words!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:00 am

I completely forgot to think about it on the way home too, so that means that I can't even remember to remember. "I'm my own Grandpa" Who did that one? haha!