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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Bruce and the Murder
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on: July 20, 2015, 01:51:52 PM
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Bruce was 15, and from a sheltered background, but apparently took it all in stride -- even proposing a record deal with the killer while they chatted and waited for the police.
Bruce was there at the founding of the white LA rock n roll scene with Phil Spector, Kim Fowley, Sandy Nelson, Jan Berry. He'd have fascinating stories to tell if he'd ever join Mike and Brian in writing a memoir.
This is from a 1972 interview with Kim Fowley by Richard Williams for Melody Maker, as reproduced in Uncut of April 2015. "One day we [The Sleepwalkers] got courageous and decided to make our first record, so we went down to Dolphin's of Hollywood----John Dolphin was the man who wrote "Buzz Buzz Buzz" for The Hollywood Flames [a Murry connection!]. "We were sitting there trembling in our schoolboy boots, when one of their songwriters [Percy Ivy] came in and killed Dolphin right in front of us. ... "Everybody was scrambling around, there was blood all over the floor, and the guy was dying. Bruce, being a songwriter, went up to him and said, 'Well, I think it's a good idea if you tell me how you feel. I mean, it's your last minute, isn't it.' For a song, you understand. He wasn't being horrible... he was genuinely interested in what a dying man had to say. "The guy was rapping and Bruce was listening and saying 'Far out...' and then he died. I think we all realised then that rock'n'roll did have its outlaw characteristics." |
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The Fleetwood Mac/BB connection
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on: July 18, 2015, 02:20:13 PM
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I have a great Lindsey Buckingham story.
I was working at a law office in the late '90s and I think LB was going to the place across the hall to do his estate planning. As it happens, we both got in the elevator for a ride down at the same time - him, his SO, and two other people. We had to go down about ten floors, and all the way down I could see LB kind of looking at me a little nervously out of the corner of his eye because I think he knew I was the only one in the elevator who might recognize him and was worried I might pester him for an autograph or something. I didn't say a word.
When we got to my floor, I turned, looked him in the eye, and said: "D.W. Suite." and put my thumb up, and walked out. LB seemed to be totally gobsmacked and I heard him kind of stammer out, "wow...thank you."
That was a great moment.
Guy is one of my heroes. Some of the Fleetwood Mac stuff is just breathtaking. Wow...thank you, Adam. |
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