The Fast Lane

Once I got caught up in my new role of interviewing celebrities my life changed dramatically and at times overwhelmingly. In the brief few months I was on the job I interviewed:

Barry McGuire

The Grass Roots

The Leaves

The Turtles

The Byrds

The Seeds

Gary Lewis and the Playboys

David McCallum

Peter Falk

Sonny & Cher

Peter Noone (of Herman and the Hermits)

Alan Young, Connie Hines and the voice of Mr Ed, Allan Lane (Mister Ed)

Arthur Lee and LOVE

I didn’t interview Keith Moon of the WHO, but we did spend some time considering the absurdities of life one evening while sharing a joint. To a certain degree the same could be said about my long, serious conversation with singer and actor, Tommy Sands, at The Trip after I’d interviewed Barry McGuire.

Then all I can say about the times I spent with ‘Madman About Town’ Kim Fowley was that they were manic. The times were changing rapidly and beyond my ability to keep up with them. Hollywood was teaming with eccentricities and creativity.

At parties my new job got me invited to I rubbed shoulders with Joan Baez, the WHO, Peter Fonda, Bob Dylan and a myriad of familiar faces whose names now escape me.

And over the years I’ve met Jim Morrison, Robbie Robertson and his wife Monique, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Burgess Meredith, Larry Hagman, Jan Michael Vincent, Angela Lansbury, Steve Allen, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Pat O’Brien, Anna May Wong, George McCreedy, Rob Laver, Bruce Dern, Sherman Hemsley, Christopher St John, Leo Carrillo, Vincent Price, Edith Barrett, Leonard Nimoy, Adella Rogers St John, Bobby Driscoll, Glen Ford, Frank Lovejoy, Daryl Dragon, Jan & Dean, Bruce Johnston, Terry Melcher, Martin Sheen, Annette Funicello, Max Baer Jr, Donna Douglas, Sharon Tate, Doug McClure, Jay Sebring, Robert Mitchum, Sir Donald Sinden, Victor Bruno, Donovan, Spade Cooley, Liberace, ‘Lord’ James Blears, Victor Mature, William Boyd, Pres Richard Nixon, Gov Earl Warren, Sherriff Gene Biscailuz, Gov Robert D Branigin, Sen Vance Hartke, Baba Ram Das, Governor-General Sir Paul Reeves, Sir Howard Morrison, Sir Edmond Hillary and Duke Kahanamoku.

Now that the name dropping is over I’ll describe some of these encounters in more detail as I continue to add to my book/blog because each was special – including the riot at the Rolling Stones’ performance in Long Beach after it was shut down by the police.

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