We use to hang out in the Cellar ( in Dallas and once in a while in Fort Worth) from time to time and listen to Bugs Henderson play guitar. He later turned out to be a good friend of mine. We also drank those “Glow in the dark” Phosphorus drinks in there…no telling what was in them.
No to the Jacksboro strip…well hell maybe, I can’t remember.
Me drink Lone Star long necks? Are you serious? BTW that Shiner beer ain’t to shabby either. They have one little vat down in Shiner Texas but they can turn out some awesome beer.
I think it really helps to be born with natural talent. As Chet Atkins use to say, “I can read music but not enough to hurt my playing.” I suppose if a person was smart enough to learn an instrument 9 even tho he/she was not particularly gifted) and venus and mars lined up just right and that person found themselves in the right time at the right moment it’s possible to have success, but the odds are slim and none. My advice to such a person would be to try it and if not successful then have a secondary musical goal in mind. ie producing or managing.
Aha, just wanted to let you know that I’m listening to “Western Union” at this moment. It’s still a great pop classic. As tight as a frog’s anal aperature. Not a wasted moment in its (let’s see) 2:22.
Now “Zip Code” is on. Hmmm, not as absolutely identical to the first hit as some follow-ups, but close. Is that the idea of the record company, or does the band say, “Hey, it worked once. Let’s try it again!”?
How do you feel about people downloading your songs via Napster?
Ever met Joe Vitale? I’m really good friends with his son, and now that Joe Jr. is in the business, I get to go visit him on tour from time to time…I went to see him play with Stephen Stills, and it was pretty cool…Joe Jr and I just stayed in Stills’ dressing room and ate all his food (mmm…stuffed shrimp, chocolate strawberries, etc.) Was pretty cool. (Figured since you’ve toured with Buffalo Springfield, and Joe V has played with CSN(Y) for a long time, and a bunch of other people (Joe Walsh, Dan Fogelberg, etc.))
aha, do you ever talk/sing to your wife like this?:
You´re the kind of woman that girls wanna be
Just the kind of woman that sets me free
Lovin´ words you say to me
Just make me want to never stop
When you touch me, hold me, squeeze me, please me
Makes my heart go
Oom-pop, oom-pop, oom-pop, oom-pop, POW!
Would you BELIEVE
The sound of love
When you whisper in my ear
Your eyes tell me what I hear
In your love light seems to pause
And I know it´s just because
Is the bigtime similar to my experiences as a mediocre bassist for a couple of extremely amateurish mainly cover bands in the early eighties, namely, anything associated with a band involves the most inefficient use of time conceivable? I swear Amtrak ran a tighter schedule than any music activity I was ever associated with. Simple, not exaggerated example. Allo agreed on practice from 7 to 10, right? Maybe, just maybe, everyone will show up by 9:30.
Thanks for the thread.
How do you feel about your use of drugs and alcohol back then? What do you say to the kids in your school who have problems with this?
Wow Handy! Were did you get those old lyrics? I had forgotton I had written them! Do you have that single? If so can you hear it?
No I never sing to my wife I make her sing to me these days.
Ptweetman:
Honestly the five americans being just a bunch of country boys really didn’t do that many drugs. We drank plenty of whiskey however.
My students are 2-5th grade so the subject doesn’t come up. But if it did and the kids were say high school age I would just say that almost everyone sows some wild oats when they are young but excess sucks so don’t do it.
Well, I don’t have the Nuggets box set, but I have Nuggets volumes 1, 2 and 3. You guys are on them. I have owned these cd’s for at least 4 years. Aren’t they a little tardy in sending you a check? I can’t believe that you only get paid for box sets.
True they are tardy but it is because our ex manager up until his death last year was collecting those royalties under the guise of an alleged debt owed by us to him. Since then all royalties are referred to the artist.
I stumbled on this thread quite by accident, and found it fascinating.
My question has been touched on by others, but not completely addressed. You described how your musical career gradually petered out. While it was going good, it is likely that you felt on top of the world, and wanted to go on being a star forever. Today you take a very admirable, philosophical look at the rise and fall of your music career. My question is, how did you feel at the time that you first realized that you were no longer going to be a rock star, and had to return to the world of 9 to 5 drudgery? Also, did this realization come to you at one point, or did you gradually set your sights (in this regard) lower and lower, until you gradually reached the point (celebritywise) that you are in today?
Also, one point - I don’t think you should be so upset at the critic or critics who say that you guys weren’t good enough etc. They are not comparing you to regular people or to themselves. Clearly you had to have alot of talent to accomplish what you did. They are comparing you to other groups that were even more successful. They are saying that the reason why you did not have an even greater, longer lasting success was etc. etc.
I have not previously heard of your band or songs. But I intend to ask the local oldies station to play some.
