Funny Brian Stories: Johnny B. Goode, Van Dyke Parks, etc.
Apr 16, 2021 18:23:01 GMT -5
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Post by jasonaustin on Apr 16, 2021 18:23:01 GMT -5
Not sure if any of you are familiar with the band The Flamin' Groovies, but they're a pretty good seventies garage-rock turned power-pop band. At any rate, their guitarist Cyril Jordan is Zelig-like mover-and-shaker in the Bruce Johnston vein-- basically he has met everybody at some point or another.
I recently purchased a Groovies reissue disc titled Slow Death (Norton Records) and was happily surprised that in addition to all the great music included on the disc that the liner notes were penned by Jordan himself, and instead of the usual artist musings, they actually encompass his version of the band's entire history over 20 pages! His remembrances on meeting Brian are hilarious and well worth sharing here, IMO. (They begin under the HEROES AND VILLAINS subheading)
I recently purchased a Groovies reissue disc titled Slow Death (Norton Records) and was happily surprised that in addition to all the great music included on the disc that the liner notes were penned by Jordan himself, and instead of the usual artist musings, they actually encompass his version of the band's entire history over 20 pages! His remembrances on meeting Brian are hilarious and well worth sharing here, IMO. (They begin under the HEROES AND VILLAINS subheading)
