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Tork was down here in huntington beach - a dishwasher at the old golden bear - until jackson browne told him an audition up in hollywood....
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Tork was down here in huntington beach - a dishwasher at the old golden bear - until jackson browne told him an audition up in hollywood....
Steve Stills told him, not Browne. Actually, Stills told the producers (Rafelson and Schneider) about Tork "Well, there's this guy I know who kinda looks like me and is a good musician." Nesmith heard about it from Frazier Mohawk (Barry Friedman), an L.A. sort of jack-of-all-trades, producer, ran the Troubadour, helped the Springfield in their first few gigs. It was a small community back then, really.
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Tork was down here in huntington beach - a dishwasher at the old golden bear - until jackson browne told him an audition up in hollywood....
Steve Stills told him, not Browne. Actually, Stills told the producers (Rafelson and Schneider) about Tork "Well, there's this guy I know who kinda looks like me and is a good musician." Nesmith heard about it from Frazier Mohawk (Barry Friedman), an L.A. sort of jack-of-all-trades, producer, ran the Troubadour, helped the Springfield in their first few gigs. It was a small community back then, really.
Stills told the producers - but Jackson told me himself he had heard of the audition and told him to go up to hollywood to give it a shot
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Tork was down here in huntington beach - a dishwasher at the old golden bear - until jackson browne told him an audition up in hollywood....
Steve Stills told him, not Browne. Actually, Stills told the producers (Rafelson and Schneider) about Tork "Well, there's this guy I know who kinda looks like me and is a good musician." Nesmith heard about it from Frazier Mohawk (Barry Friedman), an L.A. sort of jack-of-all-trades, producer, ran the Troubadour, helped the Springfield in their first few gigs. It was a small community back then, really.
Stills told the producers - but Jackson told me himself he had heard of the audition and told him to go up to hollywood to give it a shot
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Tork was down here in huntington beach - a dishwasher at the old golden bear - until jackson browne told him an audition up in hollywood....
Steve Stills told him, not Browne. Actually, Stills told the producers (Rafelson and Schneider) about Tork "Well, there's this guy I know who kinda looks like me and is a good musician." Nesmith heard about it from Frazier Mohawk (Barry Friedman), an L.A. sort of jack-of-all-trades, producer, ran the Troubadour, helped the Springfield in their first few gigs. It was a small community back then, really.
Stills told the producers - but Jackson told me himself he had heard of the audition and told him to go up to hollywood to give it a shot
Indeed. It is close to 50 years ago (whew!). Browne has mentioned a few times hanging out at Tork's place (where the Stones '69 crew hung out) with "naked chicks in the pool" and all that. Van Dyke Parks also auditioned (whom the produces liked) as did Bobby "Boris" Pickett (deemed too old).
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Very moved by all the posts here. Didn't think this would affect me that much, but it did.
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Tork was down here in huntington beach - a dishwasher at the old golden bear - until jackson browne told him an audition up in hollywood....
Steve Stills told him, not Browne. Actually, Stills told the producers (Rafelson and Schneider) about Tork "Well, there's this guy I know who kinda looks like me and is a good musician." Nesmith heard about it from Frazier Mohawk (Barry Friedman), an L.A. sort of jack-of-all-trades, producer, ran the Troubadour, helped the Springfield in their first few gigs. It was a small community back then, really.
Stills told the producers - but Jackson told me himself he had heard of the audition and told him to go up to hollywood to give it a shot
Indeed. It is close to 50 years ago (whew!). Browne has mentioned a few times hanging out at Tork's place (where the Stones '69 crew hung out) with "naked chicks in the pool" and all that. Van Dyke Parks also auditioned (whom the produces liked) as did Bobby "Boris" Pickett (deemed too old).
The reason they rejected Stills was because of his bad teeth
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actually i thought Stills said he had to sign over the rights to any songs he wrote
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last year a good friend of mine turned 50 - he had a lovely party, small gathering of interesting people -including Davy - this was us in the office, middle of the night, with my friend playing guitar and Davy singing (this, after a living room concert)
Davy was so gracious this night regaling us with great stories- Henry Diltz, the photographer was there too and was very interesting- told me all about those amsterdam shots of the stones he got when still sat in around '70
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Blueby the way, if you notice Davy's shoes in this clips - and my friend Seth's attire - it was Seth's 50th and the theme was sort of vintage 1960s retro - it explains Davy's wife's wig, as well - and go go outfit - ringo was supposedly on his way, too - but caught up in something else - but this was some partyQuote
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last year a good friend of mine turned 50 - he had a lovely party, small gathering of interesting people -including Davy - this was us in the office, middle of the night, with my friend playing guitar and Davy singing (this, after a living room concert)
Davy was so gracious this night regaling us with great stories- Henry Diltz, the photographer was there too and was very interesting- told me all about those amsterdam shots of the stones he got when still sat in around '70
Davy singing this song brought a few tears to my eyes, he still sang it so nicely after all these years, remembering when it first aired in one of their first episodes on TV...so long ago. This video is a perfect tribute to Davy. Thanks for posting this.
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last year a good friend of mine turned 50 - he had a lovely party, small gathering of interesting people -including Davy - this was us in the office, middle of the night, with my friend playing guitar and Davy singing (this, after a living room concert)
Davy was so gracious this night regaling us with great stories- Henry Diltz, the photographer was there too and was very interesting- told me all about those amsterdam shots of the stones he got when still sat in around '70
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Ena Sharples grandson is no more & the world is a sadder place for it. RIP
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last year a good friend of mine turned 50 - he had a lovely party, small gathering of interesting people -including Davy - this was us in the office, middle of the night, with my friend playing guitar and Davy singing (this, after a living room concert)
Davy was so gracious this night regaling us with great stories- Henry Diltz, the photographer was there too and was very interesting- told me all about those amsterdam shots of the stones he got when still sat in around '70
Seeing clips like this is what makes this site so special. Thanks so much for sharing Chris. It brought a tear to my eye.
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btw - that gorgeous blonde at the end is Davy's wife
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btw - that gorgeous blonde at the end is Davy's wife
Marsha Brady?
Just kidding. I loved the Monkees (and Marsha Brady).