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Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:05 PM Oct 2018

Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead - Part 8

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Alyssa Milano began her career at age 7, when her babysitter, without notifying Milano's parents, took her to an audition for one of the four principal parts in a national touring company of "Annie."
Milano was one of four selected from more than 1,500 girls.




Link to Part 7
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181114345

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Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead - Part 8 (Original Post) red dog 1 Oct 2018 OP
Robin Leach (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous) lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #1
That's sick! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #2
What ever blows your hair back. I would hope it was consensual. juxtaposed Dec 2018 #102
You mean (Lifestyles of the Sick and Famous)? dem4decades Jan 2019 #151
"AND I DON'T KNOW WHY!!!!" /nt sdfernando Feb 2019 #355
Eddie Albert was a spy! CloudWatcher Oct 2018 #3
Didn't know that, thanks red dog 1 Oct 2018 #4
very cool trixie2 Oct 2018 #11
Ted Knight (Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka) was the first uniformed soldier in Berlin underpants Dec 2018 #112
Very interesting! red dog 1 Dec 2018 #116
Ted Knight was also in Psycho (the original Hitchcock movie) luvtheGWN Feb 2019 #315
Awesome! trixie2 Dec 2018 #121
I remember the first time I saw 'Psycho' Swift Hixson Aug 2019 #578
Very cool! Thanks so much for sharing that! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2019 #583
Very interesting info. My husband's aunt was LibDemAlways Jan 2019 #180
Julia Child worked for the OSS tymorial Feb 2019 #278
not a LITTLE known fact..Hedy Lamarr....inventor.. samnsara Mar 2019 #399
Carol O 'Conner was was a Liberal.. samnsara Mar 2019 #400
And he was good friends with my sixth grade schoolteacher from LiberalLoner Aug 2019 #603
So was Julia child! tymorial Apr 2019 #426
Julia Child was a spy! flyingfysh May 2019 #452
Also Submariner Jul 2019 #551
Woody Harrelson is an environmental activist and a Vegan red dog 1 Oct 2018 #5
And his dad went to prison for assassinating a federal judge GumboYaYa Nov 2018 #49
Yes, he was a hit-man, and he received a life sentence for that 1979 killing. red dog 1 Nov 2018 #50
Woody ws born in Texs, but grew up in Lebanon, Ohio. True Blue American Feb 2019 #272
John Lennon loved cats ailsagirl Oct 2018 #6
Interesting! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #7
Neither did I until a few days ago ailsagirl Oct 2018 #9
Ringo Starr was Scarsdale Feb 2019 #317
I did not know that ailsagirl Feb 2019 #318
I read that in the book about the Beatles. Scarsdale Feb 2019 #319
I did not know that Ailsa is the Scottish equivalent of "Elsie" ailsagirl Feb 2019 #323
My nephew lives in Liverpool Scarsdale Feb 2019 #324
Wow! You lucky person!! ailsagirl Feb 2019 #332
OMG. I'm so jealous! skylucy Aug 2019 #601
Steven Van Zant, who played Sylvio Dante on The Sopranos, also plays guitar & mandolin red dog 1 Oct 2018 #8
I met his wife Maureen, who was also on The Sopranos, Croney Nov 2018 #28
And led a great band called Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul Clash City Rocker Jul 2019 #528
Thanks for that red dog 1 Jul 2019 #530
My pleasure, friend. I love that guy. Clash City Rocker Jul 2019 #534
He also: Miles Archer Aug 2019 #602
Rosa Parks used to shop at Harbortown Market trixie2 Oct 2018 #10
Very cool underpants Dec 2018 #107
Andy Griffth played Lonsome Rhodes' beater guitar on The Andy Griffith Show Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #12
I learned a couple of songs by watching Andy. panader0 Feb 2019 #257
Cool beans! Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #258
1968 in Hawaii, the year I graduated from high school. panader0 Feb 2019 #261
Steve Jobs modified his diet to primarily fruits and vegetables believing that it would reduce body Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2018 #13
Elvis took pills to reduce body odor red dog 1 Oct 2018 #15
Yeah, he was a "fruitarian" for a while TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #23
Adolph Hitler was a vegetarian Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #304
The actress Sarah Miles from Ryan's Daughter drinks her own urine Beringia Oct 2018 #14
Years ago, there was a story about the Prime Minister of India drinking his own urine every day. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #264
I think I read that Ghandi did that. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #313
As if a fad is wiser than our evolved biology? mahina Feb 2019 #288
Ugh! I don't care what wonders it would do for me. smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #431
It's called Disaffected Aug 2019 #571
Urine big trouble now Swift Hixson Aug 2019 #579
The character "Basil Fawlty" was based on a real hotel owner named Donald Sinclair, red dog 1 Nov 2018 #16
That show was hilarious. One of my faves. n/t ekelly Feb 2019 #240
They used the name Donald Sinclair in an episode as well. java108 Feb 2019 #340
The Pythons stayed at his hotel/inn TlalocW Sep 2019 #607
Donald Sinclair put Eric Idle's briefcase behind a brick wall in the back yard because he thought red dog 1 Sep 2019 #617
Steven Van Zant, who is one of the original members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, red dog 1 Nov 2018 #17
He also has a radio show TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #24
He still tours the Disciples. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #248
I like the guy, a lot. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #267
I think seeing him with The Disciple Of Soul is the way to go. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #281
Jerry Stiller's father, William Stiller, was a New York City bus driver red dog 1 Nov 2018 #18
Muddy Waters grew up on a Mississippi plantation red dog 1 Nov 2018 #19
I got to see Muddy Waters play with Eric Clapton. iscooterliberally Feb 2019 #320
Wow! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #326
I'll have to check that out. iscooterliberally Feb 2019 #335
Orson Bean, actor, comedian -- his father helped found ACLU, his daughter married Andrew Breitbart. zonkers Nov 2018 #20
According to Wikipedia, since 2008, he's been a regular guest on "The Dennis Miller Show" red dog 1 Nov 2018 #21
Bean was also famous for his dinner parties underpants Dec 2018 #108
William Randolph Hearst was once a Democratic U.S. Congressman red dog 1 Nov 2018 #22
Will Ferrell's dad, Roy Lee Ferrell, played with The Righteous Brothers TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #25
I waitressed at a nightclub where they performed trixie2 Dec 2018 #122
I've never understood people who are cheap tippers TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #123
This was above and beyond good tipping trixie2 Dec 2018 #125
Posted in the wrong spot! java108 Feb 2019 #343
Johnny Carson spoke fluent Russian. Chipper Chat Nov 2018 #26
Barbara Streisand's boyfriend in eighth grade was... Mister Ed Nov 2018 #27
Liza Minnelli once was married to Jack Haley Jr. Raven123 Nov 2018 #29
Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew earned a Bronze Star in WW2 red dog 1 Nov 2018 #30
When he was 16, Johnny Depp dropped out of Miramar high school to become a rock musician. red dog 1 Nov 2018 #31
He decided to try acting because Nicolas Cage told him he could make some $$$ n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #32
Yes! FM123 Mar 2019 #402
Former Santana drummer Michael Shrieve lives in Seattle, WA, where he plays in a fusion red dog 1 Nov 2018 #33
Shrieve was 20 Mendocino Nov 2018 #65
Well.... fNord Nov 2018 #34
Sounds like something Janis would do red dog 1 Nov 2018 #35
She did love her Southern Comfort n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #99
That's a pretty good story! smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #40
Judge George Greer (Terri Schiavo case) was a roommate of Morrison's at Florida State underpants Dec 2018 #109
Corso once rode an elephant in a parade when he coached at Indiana. Homecoming I think. dameatball Feb 2019 #217
Jerry Lee Lewis's parents mortgaged their farm to buy him a piano. red dog 1 Nov 2018 #36
Carol O'Connor's best friend was Larry Hagman red dog 1 Nov 2018 #37
Larry Hagman's mother was Mary Martin of Broadway "Peter Pan" fame. Liberty Belle Jan 2019 #155
I seem Rebl2 Feb 2019 #235
Wow, a Weatherford reference. lark Feb 2019 #247
Carroll was also very good friends with Marlon Brando Skittles Jul 2019 #562
When she was only 15, singer Jewell lived in a remote Alaska cabin by herself red dog 1 Nov 2018 #38
She lived with her father TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #70
Her family has a show on National Geographic channel underpants Dec 2018 #113
Alaska - The last frontier....the Kilcher family OnDoutside Dec 2018 #127
Mimi Farina is Joan Baez's sister red dog 1 Nov 2018 #39
Faria died at 29 in a motorcycle accident. Baez married David Harris who served over a year in a emmaverybo Jun 2019 #502
Mimi Farina founded "Bread and Roses," a non-profit cooperative organization that brings free music red dog 1 Jun 2019 #510
Al Franken wrote... RealityChik Nov 2018 #41
I didn't know that, thanks red dog 1 Nov 2018 #43
And Franken has proudly stated his membership in Alanon for decades....voila Stuart Smally stuffmatters Dec 2018 #76
Film director john carpenter is a helicopter pilot TeamPooka Nov 2018 #42
Tommy Chong was born in Canada, and became a naturalized US citizen in the late 1980s red dog 1 Nov 2018 #44
Canadians DO NOT say "out and about", red! luvtheGWN Feb 2019 #316
"Ooot" and "aboot" red dog 1 Feb 2019 #327
Damn autocorrect! Forgot to check before posting. luvtheGWN Feb 2019 #334
Tom Dowd Mendocino Nov 2018 #45
Jerry Lee Lewis once drive his car right through Elvis Presley's gate at Graceland red dog 1 Nov 2018 #46
John Callahan drew cartoons by clutching a pen with both hands red dog 1 Nov 2018 #47
Novelist Pat Conroy attended 11 schools by the time he was 15. red dog 1 Nov 2018 #48
Bo Schembechler was Godfather to Woody Hayes' son Botany Nov 2018 #51
Justice Sonia Sotomayor loved reading Nancy Drew books when she was little. FM123 Nov 2018 #52
John Ritter died in the same hospital he was born in - Providence St. Joseph Medical Center red dog 1 Nov 2018 #53
"Nervous Norvis" aka Jimmy Drake, who had the hit song "Transfusion," was so shy that red dog 1 Nov 2018 #54
Here it is..."Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus... GReedDiamond Dec 2018 #71
Excellent! red dog 1 Dec 2018 #82
Actor, comedian, and Tonight Show writer Pat McCormick played basketball at Harvard red dog 1 Nov 2018 #55
Author Pat Conroy's father, Donald Conroy, served in WW2, the Korean War, and also red dog 1 Nov 2018 #56
Pat Conroy was fired from a teaching job because he refused to use corporal punishment red dog 1 Nov 2018 #57
Shitler's grandfather, Friedrich Drumpf, left Bavaria when he was 16 to avoid being drafted red dog 1 Nov 2018 #58
Now we know Rebl2 Feb 2019 #236
Roald Dahl was born and raised in Cardiff to Norwegian parents. geardaddy Nov 2018 #59
He also married Patricia Neal and helped her recover from severe strokes BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #245
Sue Jones-Davies, the woman who played Judith in "Life of Brian," was mayor of Aberystwyth, Wales geardaddy Nov 2018 #60
Thanks for that red dog 1 Nov 2018 #63
Julia Child worked for OSS, the precursor to the CIA during WWII geardaddy Nov 2018 #61
Interesting! red dog 1 Nov 2018 #62
she really wanted to be a spy. mopinko Dec 2018 #94
I remember Rebl2 Feb 2019 #238
I was going to post that one wryter2000 May 2019 #451
Dennis Hopper Mendocino Nov 2018 #64
He is also a an avid republican. AJT Jul 2019 #535
Sam Phillips of Sun Records arranged for an unknown singer named Elvis Presley to come red dog 1 Nov 2018 #66
Credence Clearwater Revival, or CCR, first started playing together in 1959, first as red dog 1 Nov 2018 #67
Rodney Dangerfield's real name was Jacob Rodney Cohen red dog 1 Nov 2018 #68
In the Fifties, his professional name was Jackie Roy. no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #289
Jack Rose fits in somewhere empedocles Aug 2019 #576
Stand-up comic Paula Poundstone dropped out of high school before graduating red dog 1 Dec 2018 #69
Fantastic wit, that woman. JudyM Sep 2019 #609
She and Sara Silverman are my two favorite female stand-up comedians red dog 1 Sep 2019 #616
Eric Clapton married or dated three Boyd Sisters. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #72
Wasn't George Harrison married to Patty Boyd? red dog 1 Dec 2018 #75
Yes and yes. LakeArenal Dec 2018 #80
Boyds of a feather. JudyM Sep 2019 #610
Clapton wrote "Layla" for her to woo her away. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #251
Richard Belzer survived Testicular Cancer in 1983 red dog 1 Dec 2018 #73
Robert L. Ripley, of Ripley's Believe It Or Not, couldn't drive. Aristus Dec 2018 #74
Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli aka.. lancelyons Dec 2018 #77
Mookie Betts, MVP of the Boston Red Sox, is also a professional bowler who redstateblues Dec 2018 #78
Martin Sheen (Ramon Estevez) went to high school with my brother. wasupaloopa Dec 2018 #79
This message was self-deleted by its author LibDemAlways Jan 2019 #181
Vincent Price, Hollywood screen and TV star of COLGATE4 Dec 2018 #81
He worked with Sears to bring art to the masses TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #98
I've had many pieces of art with the label behind him during the first part of the video juxtaposed Dec 2018 #104
Very cool! n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #105
Of all the great gentleman horror masters I adored growing up, Aristus Dec 2018 #114
He was also quite the gourmand. Loved French cooking. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #293
The Prices published several cookbooks LunaSea Feb 2019 #296
He even hung out with Alice Cooper rickyhall Feb 2019 #321
He also hung out with Alice Cooper rickyhall Feb 2019 #322
Sears at the time sold the "Vincent Price Collection". If you have art work on the wall with a juxtaposed Dec 2018 #103
I have the cookbook that he and his then-wife, Mary, published. no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #290
He was also a gourmet chef. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #305
Mr. Price also endowed a small art museum at East L.A. College. denbot Aug 2019 #590
When he was 14, Martin Sheen organized a strike of golf caddies while working at a red dog 1 Dec 2018 #83
I had to check the Golf Club.:) True Blue American Feb 2019 #274
Thanks for that red dog 1 Feb 2019 #276
My neighborhood. True Blue American Feb 2019 #277
In his book "Dogs That Know Their Owners are Coming Home," Rupert Sheldrake puts red dog 1 Dec 2018 #84
We replicated some of the tests happybird Feb 2019 #300
I'm convinced... JustThinking... Jul 2019 #518
I think the answer is that dogs qazplm135 Jul 2019 #532
John Mack, Harvard Medical School professor who, as a psychiatrist, had hundreds of red dog 1 Dec 2018 #85
The term "out-of-body" experience was popularized by Robert Monroe, who's first book red dog 1 Dec 2018 #86
Woody Harrelson married Neil Simon's daughter, Nancy Simon red dog 1 Dec 2018 #87
Woody Guthrie wrote a column for the Communist newspaper "People's Voice" red dog 1 Dec 2018 #88
The Rolling Stones played their first gig on July 12, 1962 at the Marquee Club in London red dog 1 Dec 2018 #89
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, who knew each other since grammar school, red dog 1 Dec 2018 #90
"Saturday Night Live" has won 65 Emmy Awards red dog 1 Dec 2018 #91
Legendary rock musician Gram Parsons' father was "Coon-Dog" Connor red dog 1 Dec 2018 #92
Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman married a 14-year-old girl named Mandy Smith red dog 1 Dec 2018 #93
They began a relationship when she was 13 TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #100
Didn't Wyman's son marry Bill's ex-wife underpants Dec 2018 #111
Yes. Bill's son was his father-in-law and his wife's stepfather and step son TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #120
William George Perks Jr. underpants Dec 2018 #110
I'm currently reading a great book about The Stones titled: red dog 1 Dec 2018 #117
Keith Richards has an estimated net worth of $340 million red dog 1 Dec 2018 #95
Brian Jones founded & was the original leader of The Rolling Stones red dog 1 Dec 2018 #96
Have you read "Old Gods Almost Dead"? underpants Dec 2018 #106
No, the book I'm reading now is the 1st book I've ever read about The Stones red dog 1 Dec 2018 #118
March 17, 1961 or 62 was the first time they were all in the same room underpants Dec 2018 #119
Jerry Garcia's father was Spanish & his mother was half Irish & half Swedish red dog 1 Dec 2018 #97
Marshall "Herf" Applewhite, of the Heaven's Gate cult, was the choir director at my church TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #101
Buzz Aldrin was the first man to urinate on the moon. edbermac Dec 2018 #115
Good one! red dog 1 Dec 2018 #128
Bonus: His mother's maiden name was Moon. edbermac Dec 2018 #130
My favorite drummer's name was Moon. red dog 1 Dec 2018 #131
Cesar Romero - Batman's original joker was supposedly gay LeftInTX Dec 2018 #124
Here's a twofer cannabis_flower Dec 2018 #126
The first band Ginger Baker was in was "Blues Incorporated" red dog 1 Dec 2018 #129
At The Rolling Stones' first gig, July 12, 1962, they were billed as The Rollin' Stones red dog 1 Dec 2018 #132
Phil Spector began his career in 1958 as the co-founder of The Teddy Bears, red dog 1 Dec 2018 #133
Besides the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway Free red dog 1 Dec 2018 #134
The reason Brian Jones left The Rolling Stones (which he founded) was because red dog 1 Dec 2018 #135
When she was a teenager, Janis Joplin Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #312
That's somewhat incredible, but quite possible, I guess. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #345
This message was self-deleted by its author java108 Feb 2019 #341
Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash in 1991 while returning from a Huey Lewis and red dog 1 Dec 2018 #136
The Rolling Stones' first US tour in June, 1964 was "a disaster" according to red dog 1 Dec 2018 #137
I saw them on that tour in Chicago. world wide wally Feb 2019 #253
Was the place filled? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #265
Packed. world wide wally Feb 2019 #283
The video is on YouTube! robbob Mar 2019 #378
Robin Williams and Mort Sahl were neighbors and good friends. red dog 1 Dec 2018 #138
It's a small world in Marin County... musette_sf Jun 2019 #506
I think it was a gated community in Tiburon. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #509
In 1987, Keith Richards formed his own band called the "X-Pensive Winos" red dog 1 Dec 2018 #139
Author Stanley Booth lived with The Rolling Stones during their 1969 American tour, red dog 1 Dec 2018 #140
Sinclair Lewis's wife once interviewed Adolph Hitler. red dog 1 Dec 2018 #141
Johnny Cash was not in any way responsible for his brother Jack dying from red dog 1 Dec 2018 #142
lived a week. True Blue American Feb 2019 #279
Yep! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #280
Sixty women filed a class-action lawsuit against Chuck Berry luvallpeeps Dec 2018 #143
In May, 1963, The Rolling Stones signed Andrew Long Oldham as their manager red dog 1 Dec 2018 #144
Mort Sahl is still alive! red dog 1 Jan 2019 #145
at the Throck musette_sf Jun 2019 #507
In high school, Ed Sullivan was an "all around athlete," playing halfback in football, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #146
Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts is worth over $170 milliom red dog 1 Jan 2019 #147
Dion DiMucci's father, Pasquale DiMuccci, was a Vaudeville entertainer, and Dion red dog 1 Jan 2019 #148
After he married his first cousin once removed, Jerry Lee Lewis's live performance red dog 1 Jan 2019 #149
And she was 13 TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #163
Oliver Hardy's father was a Confederate veteran who was injured at Antietam in 1862 Ron Obvious Jan 2019 #150
Interesting factoid NoPasaran Sep 2019 #608
Fred Gwynne, Herman Munster, was a Harvard grad. nature-lover Jan 2019 #152
Meat Loaf prefers to be addressed as Mr. Loaf. Sneederbunk Jan 2019 #153
At a DC area show some years' back, Meatloaf LibDemAlways Jan 2019 #182
Legal thriller author John Grisham's first novel, a Time to Kill was rejected 28 times Liberty Belle Jan 2019 #154
Interesting! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #360
steven segal wears a girdle NinaNeon Jan 2019 #156
Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Jan 2019 #158
Ty NinaNeon Jan 2019 #161
Red Skelton's facial expressions came from having arthritis at an early age RainCaster Jan 2019 #157
During an interview on Art bell's radio show (Coast to Coast AM) actor Steven Segal red dog 1 Jan 2019 #159
The Grateful Dead were scheduled to play at the free concert at Altamont in 1969, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #160
Jefferson Airplane singer Marty Balin was knocked unconscious by a Hell's Angel red dog 1 Jan 2019 #162
Meredith Hunter, an 18-year-old student from Berkeley, was stabbed & beaten to death red dog 1 Jan 2019 #164
In the movie... tonedevil Jun 2019 #504
I think Sonny Barger died of throat cancer....He was a heavy smoker. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #511
Ann B Davis (Alice) annabanana Jan 2019 #165
James Gandolfini was a very generous guy red dog 1 Jan 2019 #166
I miss him so much. Sounds like he was a great guy. dewsgirl Feb 2019 #230
Yeah, I miss him too. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #268
I think so too. dewsgirl Feb 2019 #282
The Beatles had a skiffle band before The Quarrymen called "The Blackjacks" red dog 1 Jan 2019 #167
Charlie Watts' first gig as drummer for The Rolling Stones was on Jan. 14, 1963 red dog 1 Jan 2019 #168
Dick Rowe, head of A & R for Decca Records, is the man who turned down The Beatles, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #169
The Rolling Stones' first gig was July 12, 1962, at the Marquee Club in London, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #170
Music journalist Stanley Booth wrote about Otis Redding, and was with him when he red dog 1 Jan 2019 #171
Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Oldham locked Mick Jagger & Keith Richards in a kitchen red dog 1 Jan 2019 #172
The Rolling Stones first American tour was a disaster red dog 1 Jan 2019 #173
Gram Parsons died from an overdose of Morphene red dog 1 Jan 2019 #174
Before "Satisfaction" was released, The Rolling Stones weren't all convinced it was a good song red dog 1 Jan 2019 #175
Sam Houston and Mexican General Lopez de Santa Anna were both opium users. dameatball Jan 2019 #176
The first thing Ronald Reagan did when he moved into the White House was red dog 1 Jan 2019 #177
Former Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Long Oldham, was a self-proclaimed hustler, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #178
After Keith Richards saw Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones beat up his girlfriend red dog 1 Jan 2019 #179
3 Presidents... KBlagburn Jan 2019 #183
Very interesting! red dog 1 Jan 2019 #184
There was no Fox News then. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #250
Pierce was the only one... Swift Hixson Aug 2019 #580
After a guy was stabbed to death at the 1969 Free Concert at Altamont, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #185
Keith Richards came this close to punching out Donald Trump world wide wally Feb 2019 #255
When & where was that? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #263
David Crosby Mendocino Jan 2019 #186
Sam Cutler was road manager for The Rolling Stones 1969 "Tour of America" red dog 1 Jan 2019 #187
Jorma Kaukonen Mendocino Jan 2019 #188
Thanks for that red dog 1 Jan 2019 #189
As a teenager, Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady red dog 1 Jan 2019 #190
If you don't know Jorma, Mendocino Jan 2019 #191
Mick Jagger has a new worth of $360 million red dog 1 Jan 2019 #192
In 1940, Josh White co-starred with Paul Robeson in a Broadway musical called red dog 1 Jan 2019 #193
Rod Stewart's first band was called Rod Stewart & The Moonrakers red dog 1 Jan 2019 #194
Actor Mark Harmon (Gibbs on NCIS) frogmarch Jan 2019 #195
Wow! red dog 1 Jan 2019 #197
Harmon worked as a carpenter before he made it as an actor TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #231
Cool! frogmarch Feb 2019 #246
Redd Foxx walked off Sanford & Son twice red dog 1 Jan 2019 #196
The loud, distorted guitar riff on the Kink's 1st hit, "You Really Got me' red dog 1 Jan 2019 #198
When Mick Taylor left The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton was interested in replacing him red dog 1 Jan 2019 #199
When Clapton was being Mendocino Feb 2019 #295
Did Jeff Beck later become the lead guitarist for Ten Years After? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #297
No. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #311
I got Jeff Beck mixed up with Alvin Lee, who played lead guitar for Ten Years After. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #331
Alvin Lee MNPM Mendocino Feb 2019 #336
Alvin Lee played fast, that's for sure. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #351
Dana Barron, who played Audrey Griswald in "Natlional Lampoon's Vacation" red dog 1 Jan 2019 #200
Sandy Denny, vocalist and songwriter for the legendary folk rock band, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #201
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who is running for POTUS as an independent, red dog 1 Jan 2019 #202
Jerry Lee Lewis' parents mortgaged their farm in order to buy him a piano red dog 1 Feb 2019 #203
Jerry Lee Lewis once drive his car right through Elvis Presley's gate at Graceland red dog 1 Feb 2019 #204
Before playing drums for Santana, Michael Shrieve played in the house band red dog 1 Feb 2019 #205
Gummo Marx's real name was Milton Marx red dog 1 Feb 2019 #206
Chico Marx's real name was Leonard Marx red dog 1 Feb 2019 #207
According to Marx lore TlalocW Mar 2019 #403
I think the Wikipedia article on him mentions that. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #408
Groucho Marx's real name was Julius Henry Marx. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #208
Harpo's was Adolph TlalocW Mar 2019 #404
Zeppo Marx was married to a showgirl named Barbara Marx who left him for a guy named Frank empedocles Jul 2019 #552
Harpo was a member of the Algonquin Round Table solara Aug 2019 #604
Charles Harrelson, father of actor Woody Harrelson, was convicted of red dog 1 Feb 2019 #209
Kinda OT, but... happybird Feb 2019 #292
I like the guy red dog 1 Feb 2019 #298
I love Woody happybird Feb 2019 #302
It's a superb Coen brothers film! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #306
Rolling Stones co-founder and pianist Ian Stewart was "removed from the red dog 1 Feb 2019 #210
Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Oldham, discovered Marianne Faithful at a party red dog 1 Feb 2019 #211
British Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton was born in Ireland red dog 1 Feb 2019 #212
He died in 1922 of a heart attack Mendocino Feb 2019 #241
I think he's buried there, on South Georgia Island. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #266
He is buried there, Mendocino Feb 2019 #269
Yeah, Shackleton apparently trusted Wild more than anyone else red dog 1 Feb 2019 #271
Back in 2010, Rudolph Giuliani's daughter, Caroline, was arrested for shoplifting red dog 1 Feb 2019 #213
Tom Petty was in the Traveling Wilburys because George Harrison had to go red dog 1 Feb 2019 #214
Anne Boleyn had six fingers... according to Clairee Belcher (in Steel Magnolias). NurseJackie Feb 2019 #215
CoS Jennifer82 Feb 2019 #216
Balls Mahoney died at 44 red dog 1 Feb 2019 #219
Jayne Mansfield was actually a brunette, not a blonde red dog 1 Feb 2019 #218
Now you can see a resemblance TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #232
And Elvis Presley was a blonde who dyed his hair black. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #307
Didn't know that red dog 1 Feb 2019 #309
Elvis also had a twin who died at birth. Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #310
Yeah, Elvis always felt a little guilty about that. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #330
Sorry, Mr. Bill, but Elvis wasn't a blonde red dog 1 Feb 2019 #349
Well, theres a fine line between Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #350
Yes, he did dye his hair black. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #352
He first dyed his hair black during the making of his 2nd film, "Loving You" in 1957 red dog 1 Feb 2019 #362
Glen Hansard, who played guitarist Outspan Foster in "The Commitments," red dog 1 Feb 2019 #220
Lovely little film TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #227
Chuck Berry wrote the lyrics to "Promised Land" while he was in prison red dog 1 Feb 2019 #221
On Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of Europe and Australia, his show was split in two. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #222
LBJ loved Fresca so much he had it installed on tap in Air Force One pamela Feb 2019 #223
Wow! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #224
Diet Pepsi pertello Sep 2019 #613
That had to be the cyclamate sweetened version TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #233
Despite the fact that they were old friends, when Jerry Lee Lewis got drunk & accidentally drove red dog 1 Feb 2019 #225
Ken Kesey had a magic show on Eugene TV when he was a kid. Hassler Feb 2019 #226
Jerry Lee Lewis Dave in VA Feb 2019 #228
Gunsmoke star James Arness was the first soldier to land on Anzio Beach during WWII GeoWilliam750 Feb 2019 #229
The Gabor sisters were married a total of 20 times. BHDem53 Feb 2019 #234
I still remember the time Zsa Zsa appeared on The Tonight Show with one of her many cats red dog 1 Feb 2019 #259
I don't remember watching that episode but BHDem53 Feb 2019 #285
I remember seeing it. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #286
Walter Cronkite in his Rebl2 Feb 2019 #237
Brock Peters and Gregory Peck BHDem53 Feb 2019 #239
I pissed on Ronald Regan's birthplace in Tampico, IL. Capt. America Feb 2019 #242
Johnny Cash once played at a theater in Easton, Pa. This was when his career was going sideways. 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #243
Buddy Holly wanted to act and registered with Lee Strasburg in NY pepperbear Feb 2019 #244
Katy Tur's father flew the chopper that chased OJ Simpson JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #249
Mookie Betts, Baseball's MVP, is also a professional bowler redstateblues Feb 2019 #252
Here's a two-fer in the same NYT article. japple Feb 2019 #254
The earliest rocking chairs only rocked forward world wide wally Feb 2019 #256
What good would a rocking chair be that only rocked forward? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #260
It's a good thing technology always advances world wide wally Feb 2019 #284
Both Harry Houdini and Rudolf Valentino died of peritonitis. no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #262
Dan Akroyd Mendocino Feb 2019 #270
A twofer ChazInAz Feb 2019 #273
I always get Boris Karloff mixed up with Bela Lugosi red dog 1 Feb 2019 #275
Jose Antonio Aguirre was shot at at his desk. Wolf Frankula Feb 2019 #287
Sandra Bullock also speaks fluent German TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #291
Melissa Etheridge went by Missy in high school. diverdownjt Feb 2019 #294
Sounds impressive. She has real presence too, I chatted with her once. JudyM Sep 2019 #611
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon Presley, was found guilty of altering a check & was sentenced to red dog 1 Feb 2019 #299
Poor Vernon was sent to Parchman Farm (now MS state pen) - he altered a check for four bucks Leghorn21 Feb 2019 #301
Thanks for posting that red dog 1 Feb 2019 #303
Ringo Starr is a natural left hander Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #308
Doyle Bramhall II Mendocino Feb 2019 #337
Albert King played like that, too. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #338
Ina Garten (The Barefoot Contessa) Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #314
Elvis Presley was a perfectionist. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #325
Larry Linville BarbaRosa Feb 2019 #328
Interesting! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #329
Marie Curie was basically the champion of the Nobel prizes. aidbo Feb 2019 #333
George Clinton was born in an outhouse. java108 Feb 2019 #339
Do you have a link for that? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #344
From the man himself: java108 Feb 2019 #346
Thanks for that red dog 1 Feb 2019 #348
Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King and his replacement Steve Gaines java108 Feb 2019 #342
And... Ed King was previously with Strawberry Alarm Clock Swift Hixson Aug 2019 #581
John McVie was not an original member of Fleetwood Mac. java108 Feb 2019 #347
Dave Brubeck had the softest hands. MuseRider Feb 2019 #353
Boxing Champion sdfernando Feb 2019 #354
Back about '75 I was drinking in the Sonoita Merchantile Bar panader0 Feb 2019 #356
Did you get to hear the cassettes? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #357
1975 was only one year before the "landmark" palimony case, Marvin v. Marvin, (1976) red dog 1 Feb 2019 #358
Lots of westerns were made in the area. panader0 Feb 2019 #359
He did die in Tuscon, at age 63. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #361
Sonoita Az lapfog_1 Jul 2019 #554
In 1957, Elvis Presley did three brief tours, with crazed fans at every show red dog 1 Feb 2019 #363
When the Beatles first visited Elvis Presley, they just sat there looking at him, speechless. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #364
Hank Williams died at 29, from an overdose of prescription medication. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #365
"Elvis Presley became dependent on others to do even simple tasks around the house. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #366
Dick Shawn appeared in more than thirty movies and seven Broadway productions. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #367
Weird Al Yankovic has an estimated net worth of $16 million. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #368
Elvis Presley was turned on to pills by his sergeant while he was in the Army red dog 1 Mar 2019 #369
Howard Hughes built a wireless radio transmitter when he was only 11 red dog 1 Mar 2019 #370
Johnny Depp "read" the audio version of Keith Richards memoir, "Life" red dog 1 Mar 2019 #371
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards lived close to each other and knew each other as kids red dog 1 Mar 2019 #372
Keith Richards has five grandchildren. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #373
Keith Richards had a pet mouse and a cat when he was young red dog 1 Mar 2019 #374
Keith Richards' maternal grandfather gave him his first guitar when he was 10 red dog 1 Mar 2019 #375
Football trivia calguy Mar 2019 #376
Richard Nixon was an incredibly good poker player. jg10003 Mar 2019 #377
Nixon was certainly no dummy! red dog 1 Mar 2019 #379
According to "Celebrity Net Worth" Johnny Depp was worth more than $400 million in 2016 red dog 1 Mar 2019 #380
Richie Cunningham's older brother on "Happy Days" was named Chuck, & he only lasted 9 episodes red dog 1 Mar 2019 #381
Albert Camus died in a car accident - he was 46. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #382
In grammar school, Keith Richards used to get beaten up every day after school by a bully red dog 1 Mar 2019 #383
Robin Williams' first staring role was in the 1980 film "Popeye" red dog 1 Mar 2019 #384
In December, 1985, Rolling Stones co-founder Ian Stewart began having red dog 1 Mar 2019 #385
Tom Waits served in the Coast Guard. red dog 1 Mar 2019 #386
According to Keith Richards in his book "Life," The Rolling Stones' first appearance red dog 1 Mar 2019 #387
Ray Davies & his brother Dave formed a band called the Ray Davies Quartet red dog 1 Mar 2019 #388
Keith Richards said that The Rolling Stones never would have become a band red dog 1 Mar 2019 #389
Carl Reiner directed 15 films including "The Jerk" red dog 1 Mar 2019 #390
At age 5, comedian Jim Gaffigan announced that when he grew up, red dog 1 Mar 2019 #391
Only days before a history-altering trip to North Korea... Socal31 Mar 2019 #392
Harmonica player "Little Walter," had 14 top-ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts red dog 1 Mar 2019 #393
Songwriter, harmonica & blues guitar player Jimmy Reed has been described as red dog 1 Mar 2019 #394
John Goodman earned a football scholarship to Missouri State University red dog 1 Mar 2019 #395
Kinky Friedman founded "Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch" located near red dog 1 Mar 2019 #396
Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda Mendocino Mar 2019 #397
Jerry Mathers (as The Beaver) used to hang out summers with my friends father who was the same age.. samnsara Mar 2019 #398
Trump colluded. KPN Mar 2019 #401
That's not really "a little known fact" red dog 1 Mar 2019 #407
Grouch Marx and Alice Cooper were good friends toward the end of Groucho's ilfe TlalocW Mar 2019 #405
James Randi, aka "Amazing Randi," red dog 1 Mar 2019 #406
On The Rolling Stones Decca recording of "Play With Fire," Phil Spector played bass red dog 1 Mar 2019 #409
According to Ronnie Spector, former wife of record producer, Phil Spector, red dog 1 Mar 2019 #410
The Rolling Stones were planning on touring Europe and the United States red dog 1 Mar 2019 #411
Billy Beane was named Oaklnad A's general manager after the 1997 season, red dog 1 Mar 2019 #412
Director Gus Van Zant (Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, Milk) red dog 1 Apr 2019 #413
Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones played many instruments red dog 1 Apr 2019 #414
In 2003, Larry Flint bought nude photos of Pvt. Jessica Lynch, red dog 1 Apr 2019 #415
The April, 2003 rescue of Pvt. Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital red dog 1 Apr 2019 #416
Mort Sahl is still alive and lives in Marin County, CA. red dog 1 Apr 2019 #417
William S. Burroughs once shared an apartment with Jack Kerouac red dog 1 Apr 2019 #418
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Mendocino Apr 2019 #423
I know. red dog 1 Apr 2019 #424
I Am The Door Mendocino Apr 2019 #427
Did you ever walk across the street to Upper Grant Ave red dog 1 Apr 2019 #428
I've visited the City twice. Mendocino Apr 2019 #429
Gram Parsons was born Ingram Cecil Connor lll red dog 1 Apr 2019 #419
Bryan Adams' net worth is about $65 million red dog 1 Apr 2019 #420
Stephen Miller, Shitler's chief adviser, is actually The Devil red dog 1 Apr 2019 #421
The Sting Mendocino Apr 2019 #422
Keith Scott, who plays lead guitar for The Bryan Adams Band, red dog 1 Apr 2019 #425
Keith Richards had a romantic relationship with actress & model red dog 1 Apr 2019 #430
Keith Richards named his oldest son Marlon, after Marlon Brando red dog 1 Apr 2019 #432
Before they became successful, the Rolling Stones wanted red dog 1 Apr 2019 #433
Jonathan Winters was nominated for a Grammy Award 11 times red dog 1 Apr 2019 #434
At one point, while having dinner at his wife Patty's parents house for the first time, red dog 1 Apr 2019 #435
In 2006, while in Fiji, Keith Richards slipped off the branch of a dead tree, and suffered a red dog 1 Apr 2019 #436
My advance apologies to anyone offended or saddened discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2019 #437
Baseball statistician Bill James has written more than 2 dozen books on baseball red dog 1 Apr 2019 #438
All the band members in "The Commitments" were actually playing their instruments except for red dog 1 Apr 2019 #439
11 months after being released from prison, John Wesley Hardin married a 15-year-old girl red dog 1 Apr 2019 #440
Sonny Boy Williamson, blues musician and song writer, was born John Lee Curtis Williamson red dog 1 May 2019 #441
Harry Truman's net worth at the time of his death was $500,000 red dog 1 May 2019 #442
The 1st top ten hit for The Rolling Stones that was written by Jagger & Richards was red dog 1 May 2019 #443
After Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones died, the only band members who showed up at his red dog 1 May 2019 #444
Benny Hill's father and grandfather were both circus clowns. red dog 1 May 2019 #445
Johnny Carson and side-kick Ed McMahon were both fans of Benny Hill and tried several times to red dog 1 May 2019 #446
Jerry Garcia was named after composer Jerome Kern red dog 1 May 2019 #447
Jerry Garcia went to Balboa High School in San Francisco, then to Analy High School in Sebastopol red dog 1 May 2019 #448
Woody Allen inherited his baldness from his mother, not his father, who still had a full head of red dog 1 May 2019 #449
Duh...the gene for baldness is alway passed from the mother. sdfernando May 2019 #453
"Duh"? red dog 1 May 2019 #454
JFK won a Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book, "Profiles in Courage" red dog 1 May 2019 #450
Woody Allen's net worth is about $80 million red dog 1 May 2019 #455
One time The Grateful Dead were playing in Montreal, and the cops were hitting anyone who got red dog 1 May 2019 #456
In the early days of the Fillmore Auditorium, Bill Graham himself would greet everyone and give red dog 1 May 2019 #457
After a guy named Goldfinger spiked the apple juice backstage at a Grateful Dead concert with red dog 1 May 2019 #458
William Shatner's net worth has been estimated at between $100 million and $500 million red dog 1 May 2019 #459
Neil Young was once in a band called The Mynah Birds red dog 1 May 2019 #460
Michael J. Fox was a Semi-Pro Hockey Player, Wolf Frankula May 2019 #461
In 1966, before he became famous, Neil Young and some friends traveled down from Canada in a red dog 1 May 2019 #462
Pepper Martin, who played third base for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s, red dog 1 May 2019 #463
Woody Guthrie, who died at 55 of Huntington's Disease, married three times and fathered eight red dog 1 May 2019 #464
Neil Young and Stephen Stills have been best friends since they were teenagers red dog 1 May 2019 #465
William Shatner earned a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from McGill University red dog 1 May 2019 #466
Gerald Ford was eaten by wolves. Uncle Joe May 2019 #467
This message was self-deleted by its author edbermac May 2019 #469
Jerry Lee Lewis once drive his car right through Elvis Presley's gate at Graceland red dog 1 May 2019 #468
French mime Marcel Marceau has the only spoken line in Silent Movie. edbermac May 2019 #470
Neil Young had Polio as a child red dog 1 May 2019 #471
The main reason Buffalo Springfield broke up was because bass player Bruce Palmer got busted red dog 1 May 2019 #472
Herb Alpert, now 86, is worth over $850 million red dog 1 Jun 2019 #473
Carrie Fisher died on Dec. 27, 2016....Her mother, Debbie Reynolds, died the next day of a stroke. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #474
The stage at Altamont (1969) was only 2 feet high. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #475
Mookie Betts, MVP Major Leaguer is also a professional bowler redstateblues Jun 2019 #476
Patrick McGoohan was offered the movie role of James Bond. Wolf Frankula Jun 2019 #477
Thinking her daughter Carrie Fisher was strung out on LSD, Debbie Reynolds asked Cary Grant red dog 1 Jun 2019 #478
General Patton had a high squeaky voice. Wolf Frankula Jun 2019 #479
Carrie Fisher once slept with someone who died in his sleep red dog 1 Jun 2019 #480
When a teenager, Jerry Garcia hung out with hoodlums & got into fights a lot, so his mother red dog 1 Jun 2019 #481
President Comb-Over-Boy received five draft deferments, four for college, and one for "bad feet" red dog 1 Jun 2019 #482
Breaking Bad and Tony award-winning actor Bryan Cranston was born in Hollywood and is worth red dog 1 Jun 2019 #483
Richard Brautigan was once arrested for throwing a rock through a police station window. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #484
Christina Applegate's character on "Married with Children" was actually a virgin red dog 1 Jun 2019 #485
Johannes Brahms usually had a cigar in his mouth while practicing on the piano red dog 1 Jun 2019 #486
Bob Dylan and Tiny Tim hung out together backstage at the New York club called "Cafe Wha?" red dog 1 Jun 2019 #487
In 1966, at age 73, Mae West recorded a rock & roll album red dog 1 Jun 2019 #488
Joe Biden's eldest son, Beau, who died of brain cancer, was a major in the U.S. Army red dog 1 Jun 2019 #489
When he was a young boy, Harry Truman's mother saved his life Not Heidi Jun 2019 #490
No kidding? red dog 1 Jun 2019 #493
Bob Dylan used to visit Woody Guthrie in the hospital in the mid-1960s when Woody was red dog 1 Jun 2019 #491
Robert Goulet's First feature film was Gay Purr-ee Wolf Frankula Jun 2019 #492
Bob Dylan's net worth is about $180 million red dog 1 Jun 2019 #494
Phil Spector's net worth is somewhere between $35 million and $100 million red dog 1 Jun 2019 #495
Randy Newman has received 3 Emmys, 7 Grammy Awards, and 2 Academy Awards for red dog 1 Jun 2019 #496
President Dwight D. Eisenhower described himself as a "progressive conservative" red dog 1 Jun 2019 #497
Harpo, Chico and Groucho Marx first worked together in Vaudeville as a singing group called red dog 1 Jun 2019 #498
As a boy growing up on his father's farm, most of Jimmy Carter's friends were African-American. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #499
When Jimmy Carter first proposed to his wife, Roalyn Smith, she turned him down. red dog 1 Jun 2019 #500
Christopher Lee was at the last aquamarina Jun 2019 #501
Actor Timothy Olyphant from Justified and Deadwood is a Vanderbilt Bradshaw3 Jun 2019 #503
This message was self-deleted by its author iamateacher Jun 2019 #505
Jimmy Carter created two new cabinet-level departments, Dept of Energy & Dept of Education red dog 1 Jun 2019 #508
Amy Carter had a tree-house on the grounds of the White House when her dad was POTUS red dog 1 Jun 2019 #512
Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for co-creating the Carter Center red dog 1 Jun 2019 #513
Jimmy Carter is credited with curtailing "river blindness", a parasitical disease in Africa. Midnight Writer Jul 2019 #555
He's probably accomplished more as an ex-President than any other ex-President in history. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #556
Two of the major themes of Jimmy Carter's administration were keeping the peace & human rights" red dog 1 Jul 2019 #514
President Carter liked to run, but he never ran with Secret Service agents; he ran with military red dog 1 Jul 2019 #515
While the press was focused on 9-year-old Amy, two of President Carter's sons also moved into red dog 1 Jul 2019 #516
Hunter S. Thompson once attended a speech given by President Carter, and liked it so much, red dog 1 Jul 2019 #517
Unlike other U.S. presidents with children, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter decided to enroll daughter red dog 1 Jul 2019 #519
Bill Clinton became a Vegan after his heart attack red dog 1 Jul 2019 #520
Bill Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #521
Besides being an actor, John Lithgow is also a singer, a poet, and an author red dog 1 Jul 2019 #522
Since legalizing marijuana in 2014, Colorado has taken in over $1 billion in taxes & fees red dog 1 Jul 2019 #523
Jay Leno is worth over $400 million red dog 1 Jul 2019 #524
Elvis' girlfriend in high school was named Dixie. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #525
Jon Stewart has 3 rescued pit bulls DBoon Jul 2019 #526
He also adopted the horse Bayard Jul 2019 #538
I hope those "kids" were caught! red dog 1 Jul 2019 #541
Here's one clip Bayard Jul 2019 #543
Bob Dylan had a huge Bar Mitzvah. madaboutharry Jul 2019 #527
Did he live in Hibbing, MN then? red dog 1 Jul 2019 #529
Yep. madaboutharry Jul 2019 #537
Mick Jagger owns a genuine WWII German Enigma encryption machine DBoon Jul 2019 #531
Mozart was into scatology! pandr32 Jul 2019 #533
Dustin Hoffman is a good actor Botany Jul 2019 #536
Yeah, right! red dog 1 Jul 2019 #539
Dallas Police put out an APB for Lee Harvey Oswald as a suspect in the killing of Officer red dog 1 Jul 2019 #540
Although no official announcement has yet to be made, it looks like they're going to make red dog 1 Jul 2019 #542
Dean Martin was afraid of elevators, and never used them. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #544
11-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in 1991 and wasn't found until 2009 red dog 1 Jul 2019 #545
It was on The Steve Allen Show that Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks first appeared as a comedy team red dog 1 Jul 2019 #546
Barry Goldwater's running mate in the 1964 presidential election was William E. Miller, who is red dog 1 Jul 2019 #547
Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted the Manson family, has written 14 books red dog 1 Jul 2019 #548
Alec Baldwin's first acting role was in the NBC soap opera "The Doctors" playing the role of red dog 1 Jul 2019 #549
Alec Baldwin used to wait for his father to come home & watch late night movies with him. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #550
Don Henley got Stevie Nicks Pregnant. LakeArenal Jul 2019 #553
Bob Dylan is worth more than $180 million red dog 1 Jul 2019 #557
Redd Foxx's real name was John Elroy Sanford red dog 1 Jul 2019 #558
About Red Foxx...He was a stand up comedian before "Sanford and Son" and Stuart G Jul 2019 #560
I know! red dog 1 Jul 2019 #563
The Movie, " Seven Samurai", 1954, is 3 hours, and has an intermission (japanese) It was remade.. Stuart G Jul 2019 #559
The director Peter Bogdanovich, who was having an affair with LibDemAlways Jul 2019 #561
Willie Nelson wrote his first song at age seven & joined his first band at age ten. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #564
Earl Scruggs the Bluegrass banjo player Mendocino Jul 2019 #565
Kris Kristofferson was a captain in the US Army and flew helicopters red dog 1 Jul 2019 #566
Prince (Rogers Nelson) was a HORRIBLE reckless driver. Got into several fender benders New Breed Leader Jul 2019 #567
Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Jul 2019 #568
Thank U! New Breed Leader Jul 2019 #569
Waylan Jennings smoked six packs of cigarettes a day. red dog 1 Jul 2019 #570
Guitar Player Randy Rhoads Was... jayfish Aug 2019 #572
Unlike the character played by Gary Busey in "The Buddy Holly Story"...Buddy Holly was a gentle, red dog 1 Aug 2019 #573
Willie Nelson tried LSD one time, but didn't know that he was supposed to cut it into 3 parts red dog 1 Aug 2019 #574
On Feb. 3, 1959, after Buddy Holly learned that Waylon Jennings had given up his seat on the red dog 1 Aug 2019 #575
Guitar Player Brian May... jayfish Aug 2019 #577
Finally finished his doctorate a few years ago n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2019 #586
Greg Graffin, from the punk band Bad Religion, lectures in evolutionary biology at UCLA DBoon Sep 2019 #620
During the early 1980s, Waylon Jennings had a $1500/day cocaine habit. red dog 1 Aug 2019 #582
Willie Nelson has appeared in 30 movies. red dog 1 Aug 2019 #584
George Carlin was the first-ever host of SNL (Oct.11, 1975) red dog 1 Aug 2019 #585
Last year, Henry Winkler won an Emmy for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" for red dog 1 Aug 2019 #587
Grateful Dead co-founder Ron "Pigpen" Mc Kernan did not do psychedelic drugs red dog 1 Aug 2019 #588
Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.. yuiyoshida Aug 2019 #589
Billy Crystal has hosted the Academy Awards nine times red dog 1 Aug 2019 #591
Teenage climate activist Greta Thurnberg will be sailing across the Atlantic in a high-speed red dog 1 Aug 2019 #592
Scarlett Johansson campaigned for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 red dog 1 Aug 2019 #593
Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh started out as a violin player, then later switched to trumpet red dog 1 Aug 2019 #594
In 1998, Phil Lesh underwent a liver transplant. red dog 1 Aug 2019 #595
Abbie Hoffman committed suicide by taking 150 phenobarbital tablets & liquor red dog 1 Aug 2019 #596
Two Hollywood movies were based on the life and work of Dr. John Lily, the inventor of the red dog 1 Aug 2019 #597
Harvey Keitel was originally cast in the role of Captain Hubbard in "Apocalypse Now" red dog 1 Aug 2019 #598
The opening scene of "Apocalypse Now" - which features Capt. Willard staggering around his red dog 1 Aug 2019 #599
Steve McQueen was Francis Ford Coppola's first choice to play Captain Williard in red dog 1 Aug 2019 #600
Mustang Ranch owner Joe Conforte used to drive a cab in Oakland, CA. red dog 1 Sep 2019 #605
Among the actors who were considered for the role of Captain Hubbard in Francis Ford Coppola's red dog 1 Sep 2019 #606
Adrian Cronauer ("Good Morning Vietnam") DFW Sep 2019 #612
Buddy Holly was NOTHING like the Gary Busey portrayal of him in "The Buddy Holly Story" red dog 1 Sep 2019 #614
Guitarist James Burton has played with many musicians, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, red dog 1 Sep 2019 #615
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel recorded their first song in 1956 under the name "Tom & Jerry" red dog 1 Sep 2019 #618
Walt Disney was fired from a Missouri Newspaper job Wolf Frankula Sep 2019 #619

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
1. Robin Leach (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous)
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:13 PM
Oct 2018

liked to collect the soiled panties of women he went out with.

ewwww.

CloudWatcher

(1,831 posts)
3. Eddie Albert was a spy!
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 03:07 AM
Oct 2018

Prior to WWII, Eddie Albert (of Green Acres fame) worked for a circus in Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist ... while also photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors for U.S. Army intelligence.

underpants

(182,283 posts)
112. Ted Knight (Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka) was the first uniformed soldier in Berlin
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 12:10 PM
Dec 2018

From what I've read he was a real bad ass. He was awarded everything they have short of a Medal of Honor. It was basically a solo mission. He was the first or among the first to get into Berlin in uniform.

The Mary Tyler Moore show was his last shot at becoming a real working actor. He'd tried for some time but couldn't make enough money to support his large family (6 kids or something like that) so he went an bought the style of suit Ted Baxter wore, developed the voice, and nailed the audition.

luvtheGWN

(1,336 posts)
315. Ted Knight was also in Psycho (the original Hitchcock movie)
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 09:23 PM
Feb 2019

He had a wee part as a police officer. Watched it the other night!

 

Swift Hixson

(14 posts)
578. I remember the first time I saw 'Psycho'
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 11:17 AM
Aug 2019

I saw that policeman open the door to Norman's cell, and thought 'no way!'. Judge Smails really worked his way up.

Rhiannon12866

(203,041 posts)
583. Very cool! Thanks so much for sharing that!
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 02:34 AM
Aug 2019

I was obviously a fan of the show - and I remember when Ted Knight died, at too young an age. In 1986 I visited the USSR with my grandmother's peace group and Western news was unavailable, not even sports news. So when we flew home, there was a Time Magazine on the plane which was of great interest to the group. And it announced Ted Knight's death which I remember as the news that we were all talking about. Nice to hear this about him (Wladyslaw was my maternal grandfather's name) and according to IMDb, he and his wife had 3 kids, a daughter and two sons.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
180. Very interesting info. My husband's aunt was
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 12:24 AM
Jan 2019

Eddie Albert's personal assistant for several years and had nothing but admiration for him. He, his wife, and then baby son also show up in my parents' old home movies. He was appearing at a Vegas hotel they were staying at and my dad caught his family lounging by the pool next to my mom and me --age 2 at the time.

LiberalLoner

(9,761 posts)
603. And he was good friends with my sixth grade schoolteacher from
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 08:03 PM
Aug 2019

Missoula, MT. He came to visit her at her house and she told all of us to stay away and not show up at her door, this was back in 1972. We were all good and stayed home.

flyingfysh

(1,990 posts)
452. Julia Child was a spy!
Thu May 16, 2019, 04:30 PM
May 2019

During World War 2, she worked for OSS, which was later replaced by the CIA. Sometimes she worked in Sri Lanka and China.

Submariner

(12,485 posts)
551. Also
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 03:08 PM
Jul 2019

Eddie Albert Heimberger was famous for his acting skills but few know of his heroism in WW2.

Eddie in the battle of Tarawa disobeyed his orders to collect reusable supplies from the initial landing and instead rescued over 40 marines who were trapped offshore under heavy machine gun fire.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
50. Yes, he was a hit-man, and he received a life sentence for that 1979 killing.
Tue Nov 20, 2018, 06:49 PM
Nov 2018

He died in prison in 2007

ailsagirl

(22,842 posts)
9. Neither did I until a few days ago
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 05:46 PM
Oct 2018

I knew he had a tender side to him-- we just didn't see it that much

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
319. I read that in the book about the Beatles.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:47 AM
Feb 2019

Liverpool was very heavily bombed during WW11. I know, I was born and raised there and was a child during the bombing. Did you know "Ailsa" is the Scottish equivalent of "Elsie"??

ailsagirl

(22,842 posts)
323. I did not know that Ailsa is the Scottish equivalent of "Elsie"
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:53 PM
Feb 2019

Poor Ringo had a lot of illnesses growing up-- glad he's doing well

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
324. My nephew lives in Liverpool
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 03:09 PM
Feb 2019

U.K. He married a pretty girl named Ailsa, of Scottish descent. She told me her name is the Scottish version of Elsie. Ringo has defied all odds, and lived to a pretty ripe old age. I met him once, at the airport in L'pool. He was with John and George. I got their autographs for my niece. Paul had just received his driver's license, and had been picked up for speeding. I asked John if Paul would be joining them on the flight to London. He said "He's driving. He LIKES paying speeding fines"

ailsagirl

(22,842 posts)
332. Wow! You lucky person!!
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 11:42 PM
Feb 2019

As you can tell by my avatar, I am pretty fond of the Beatles-- how lucky I was to have grown up with their marvelous music (which still sounds marvelous and which I listen to every chance I get).

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
8. Steven Van Zant, who played Sylvio Dante on The Sopranos, also plays guitar & mandolin
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 05:13 PM
Oct 2018

with "Bruce Springsteen's E.Street Band"

Croney

(4,646 posts)
28. I met his wife Maureen, who was also on The Sopranos,
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 07:31 PM
Nov 2018

on an American Idol fanboard a decade ago and we hung out at a couple of Daughtry concerts.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
602. He also:
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 07:18 PM
Aug 2019

1). Formed Little Steven's Underground Garage, a 24/7 radio station on SiriusXM Channel 21

http://undergroundgarage.com

2). Formed Wicked Cool Records, a label that currently has about 25 artists on the roster, all worth checking out

https://wickedcoolrecords.bandcamp.com

3). Formed "Teach Rock," along with Jackson Browne, Martin Scorsese, Bono & Bruce Springsteen, "a standards-aligned, arts integration curriculum that uses the history of popular music and culture to help teachers engage students."

https://teachrock.org/about/

4). Supports "Little Kids Rock," which "transforms lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools."

https://www.littlekidsrock.org/friends/our-big-fans-old/steven-van-zandt/

trixie2

(905 posts)
10. Rosa Parks used to shop at Harbortown Market
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 07:26 PM
Oct 2018

In Detroit. I used to see her on Fridays. She was teeny tiny. I always pretended to tip my hat. It was awesome.

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
12. Andy Griffth played Lonsome Rhodes' beater guitar on The Andy Griffith Show
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 12:24 AM
Oct 2018

When Andy was making the film 'A Face in the Crowd,' the movie people needed two guitars. One was a cheap-looking one used by his character before he became famous, and a fancier one when he became the successful 'Lonesome Roads,'" Boak says. "The prop master solved the problem by taking a beautiful 1958 Martin D-18, and without consulting anyone, painted it black and gluing sequins on the guitars sound board. On the front of the guitar, the sequins spelled out Momma and Lonesome. Momma was a reference to the name Lonesome Rhodes gave to his guitar.

After the film was completed Griffith was walking by the prop shop , he noticed the painted Martin in its case and "borrowed" it. After taking it home, he proceeded to remove the sequins and sand off the black paint down to the bare wood . This took him nine days to accomplish. In the process he sanded off the logo decal and pickguard. Andy seemed to like the look of the guitar without the pickguard and never replaced it.

He took the guitar to a guitar builder (John D'Angelico!) in New York City's lower east side to have the instrument given a new coat of lacquer and touch up to the wood.



Note: Andy often played other Martin guitars (D - 18's, for sure) with a pickguard.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
261. 1968 in Hawaii, the year I graduated from high school.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 03:17 PM
Feb 2019

My buddy's family had three. I got it for $50.
It needed a bit of work. But I played it for years.
I still have it. It looks a lot like the pic here---mahogany and small and sweet.

http://www.folkwaymusic.com/museum/martin-guitars/id.1177/

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,232 posts)
13. Steve Jobs modified his diet to primarily fruits and vegetables believing that it would reduce body
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 11:47 AM
Oct 2018

odor and therefore allow him to go longer periods without showering. Apparently his coworkers were not convinced.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
23. Yeah, he was a "fruitarian" for a while
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 06:37 PM
Nov 2018

Ashton Kutcher tried it for a while when he was preparing to play Steve in "Jobs". He ended up in the hospital for 2 days.

Beringia

(4,314 posts)
14. The actress Sarah Miles from Ryan's Daughter drinks her own urine
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 02:55 PM
Oct 2018

Apparently it is a thing. She says it improves her health, skin, hair, tastes like mild beer. She has guts. I couldn't do that.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2337771/Sarah-Miles-affair-Olivier-accused-murdering-toyboy--shes-opened-healing-clinic.html

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
16. The character "Basil Fawlty" was based on a real hotel owner named Donald Sinclair,
Fri Nov 2, 2018, 02:29 PM
Nov 2018

who ran the "Gleneagle's Hotel" in Torquay, Devon, U.K.

"Fawlty Towers" co-creator John Cleese described him as "the rudest man I've ever come across in my life."

java108

(129 posts)
340. They used the name Donald Sinclair in an episode as well.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:48 PM
Feb 2019

The real Donald Sinclair was not impressed.

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
607. The Pythons stayed at his hotel/inn
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 04:26 PM
Sep 2019

Sinclair yelled at Terry Gilliam for eating like an American, which he is. Terry was cutting his steak the "wrong" way - fork in left, knife in right, cut off a piece, put down the knife, switch fork to right, shove steak piece in mouth.

I kind of agree with him though the reaction was a little much.

TlalocW

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
617. Donald Sinclair put Eric Idle's briefcase behind a brick wall in the back yard because he thought
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 06:18 PM
Sep 2019

it might contain a bomb.

The Pythons did stay briefly at Sinclair's hotel, while filming nearby, but John Cleese decided to stay a little longer because he was fascinated by Sinclair's rudeness.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
17. Steven Van Zant, who is one of the original members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band,
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 06:36 PM
Nov 2018

also had his own solo band, called "Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul"

He frequently goes by the stage names "Little Steven" or "Miami Steve"

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
248. He still tours the Disciples.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 11:56 AM
Feb 2019

A friend saw him this winter at the Cleveland Hard Rock Casino. He had something like 12 people onstage with him proving he doesn't do it for the money.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
281. I think seeing him with The Disciple Of Soul is the way to go.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 05:36 PM
Feb 2019

With Springstein he's just a sideman in a band that doesn't really feature guitars. My buddy was really impressed with the stagecraft.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
19. Muddy Waters grew up on a Mississippi plantation
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 03:55 PM
Nov 2018

He grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi.
By 17, he was playing the guitar and the harmonica, emulating Son House and Robert Johnson.
He is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues"

iscooterliberally

(2,849 posts)
320. I got to see Muddy Waters play with Eric Clapton.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 11:24 AM
Feb 2019

He showed up at Eric's show at the old Hollywood Sportatorium in the early 80s. It was a great show!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
326. Wow!
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 09:15 PM
Feb 2019

I'd have loved to have seen that show!

If you haven't seen the movie "Cadillac Records" you might want to order it on Netflix
It's about the early days of Chess Records - Muddy Waters' ..Howlin' Wolf..Little Walter..Chuck Berry..Etta James and others.

 

zonkers

(5,865 posts)
20. Orson Bean, actor, comedian -- his father helped found ACLU, his daughter married Andrew Breitbart.
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 04:04 PM
Nov 2018

And Bean was blacklisted in Hollywood in the 50s.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
21. According to Wikipedia, since 2008, he's been a regular guest on "The Dennis Miller Show"
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 04:14 PM
Nov 2018

(I guess his political beliefs are different from his father's)

underpants

(182,283 posts)
108. Bean was also famous for his dinner parties
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 11:59 AM
Dec 2018

He spent a lot of time considering who to invite. I've read that it was a big deal to be invited to one in Hollywood. He would create an Algonquin roundtable of sorts with particular attention to who sat next to who.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
25. Will Ferrell's dad, Roy Lee Ferrell, played with The Righteous Brothers
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 07:02 PM
Nov 2018

He plays keyboards and saxophone. Will avoided going into entertainment initially because he saw the instability of his father's career.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
123. I've never understood people who are cheap tippers
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 06:02 PM
Dec 2018

Especially rich people. Granted, I'm a bookkeeper so I can do math in my head, but most of the time people who calculate tips do it to leave as little as possible. If you're rich, what's an extra buck, or 5 or 10 or 20? You'll make a waiter's day with a little extra generosity.

trixie2

(905 posts)
125. This was above and beyond good tipping
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 06:57 PM
Dec 2018

We only sold drinks before they, the band, went on so tables would stock up. We were getting $50 bills for tips and $100 bills were not unheard of. We would go upstairs by the lights and wait until they show was over and clean up the tables and get ready for the second show and do it all over again. The Righteous Brothers brought in a very understated and wealthy clientele. Polite audience. Sometimes the "wealthy" would be very rude. Not this crowd. It was a pleasure to work their shows.

Mister Ed

(5,896 posts)
27. Barbara Streisand's boyfriend in eighth grade was...
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 07:16 PM
Nov 2018

Bobby Fisher, the renowned chess champion (probably the greatest in history).

Raven123

(4,716 posts)
29. Liza Minnelli once was married to Jack Haley Jr.
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 08:07 PM
Nov 2018

Her mother, Judy Garland, and his father, Jack Haley Sr. Were in a famous movie together. She was Dorothy and he was the Tin Man !

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
30. Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew earned a Bronze Star in WW2
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 03:50 PM
Nov 2018

and he was recalled for service during the Korean War.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
31. When he was 16, Johnny Depp dropped out of Miramar high school to become a rock musician.
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 02:01 PM
Nov 2018

He attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician.
He played with "The Kids" .a band that enjoyed modest local success.
They changed their name to "Six Gun Method" but the group split up before signing a record deal.
Depp subsequently collaborated with the band "Rock City Angels" and co-wrote their song "Mary", which appeared on Rock City Angels debut Geffen Records album,
"Young Man's Blues"

FM123

(10,050 posts)
402. Yes!
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 12:46 PM
Mar 2019

I used to see Depp play guitar with The Kids at the Agora Ballroom in Hallandale where they were one of the house bands - I remember they used to always cover that old Monkees song "I'm Not Your Steppin Stone" every show!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
33. Former Santana drummer Michael Shrieve lives in Seattle, WA, where he plays in a fusion
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 06:55 PM
Nov 2018

jazz group called "Spellbinder"

fNord

(1,756 posts)
34. Well....
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 03:39 AM
Nov 2018

I cannot testify to the truth of this, but according to an interview I heard, both Stephen Stills and David Crosby swear this IS true:


At a dinner-ish place in north Hollywood, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin were seated at the bar having a chat about women’s lib.....

It wasn’t going well.

At one point, Jim said some VERY tawdry shit to Janis that I will not repeat here.....

To which she replied, “ok, well, why don't we have a drink on it.”

She then ordered a bottle of Southern Comfort and two glasses. She poured one for Jim, and then, instead of pouring one for herself, cracked the bottle across Jim’s face, not only knocking him off the barstool, but completely out cold.

She then drank the shot she had poured him, paid the tab, and left his unconscious ass flat on the floor

underpants

(182,283 posts)
109. Judge George Greer (Terri Schiavo case) was a roommate of Morrison's at Florida State
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 12:01 PM
Dec 2018

Jim split after a semester or maybe two. He answered the door in the nude on Halloween.

Also roommates at Florida State were Burt Reynolds and Lee Corso (ESPN)

Liberty Belle

(9,528 posts)
155. Larry Hagman's mother was Mary Martin of Broadway "Peter Pan" fame.
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:02 AM
Jan 2019

He and my Mom went to the same high school in Weatherford, Texas.

lark

(23,006 posts)
247. Wow, a Weatherford reference.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 10:00 AM
Feb 2019

My grandmother and grandfather used to live in Weatherford in a house that is now over 200 years old. When grandma died, the state bought it and turned it into a historical monument to stone prairie houses. It was such a small town when I was young, just a few hundred people at most. I was shocked to see how it had grown when I went to a family reunion there in Oct.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
70. She lived with her father
Sat Dec 1, 2018, 06:29 PM
Dec 2018

But yes, it was a very basic cabin without indoor plumbing. She lived there from age 8 to 15.

underpants

(182,283 posts)
113. Her family has a show on National Geographic channel
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 12:11 PM
Dec 2018

Or Discovery. Whichever one has all the Alaska shows.

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
502. Faria died at 29 in a motorcycle accident. Baez married David Harris who served over a year in a
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 07:38 PM
Jun 2019

Texas prison for refusing to be inducted into the army during the Vietnam war. He had been a Stanford University student president and became a leading opponent of the draft.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
510. Mimi Farina founded "Bread and Roses," a non-profit cooperative organization that brings free music
Sat Jun 29, 2019, 12:32 PM
Jun 2019

and entertainment to institutions, jails, prisons, hospitals, juvenile facilities and nursing homes.

She never re-married and died of cancer at age 56.

RealityChik

(382 posts)
41. Al Franken wrote...
Thu Nov 15, 2018, 01:25 AM
Nov 2018

The movie, When A Man Loves A Woman, starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia. The story is based on his wife, Frannie overcoming her alcohol addiction.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
44. Tommy Chong was born in Canada, and became a naturalized US citizen in the late 1980s
Thu Nov 15, 2018, 05:20 PM
Nov 2018

You can hear his Canadian accent in the first two Cheech & Chong movies when he says "oout" and "aboout" instead of "out" and "about"

"Up In Smoke" was the first one, and "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie" was the second one, I think.

luvtheGWN

(1,336 posts)
334. Damn autocorrect! Forgot to check before posting.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 09:16 AM
Feb 2019

We Canucks do clip our words, compared to you Yanks and ESPECIALLY to those south of the Mason Dixon line. My theory is that the further north one lives, the briefer the words. Why? I haven't a clue!

I also don't know why Michiganders and western New Yorkers pronounce the word "dollar" (or as we say. dawller) as "dahller".

BTW, I'm fascinated by accents.....

Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
45. Tom Dowd
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 11:54 AM
Nov 2018

Was born into a musical family; his mother an opera singer, his father a concertmaster. He graduated high school at the age of 16 in 1941. He attended CUNY in music while being a conductor at Columbia. While at Columbia he studied physics. He joined the Army in 1943 to work on the Manhattan Project. He planned to study Nuclear Physics after the war. Instead he went to work for Atlantic Records.

He worked as sound engineer and producer, with such people as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Allman Brothers, Bobby Darin, Cher, Charley Mingus, James Gang, Chicago, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Diana Ross and many others. He teamed with Eric Clapton and Duane Allman for Layla. He was credited with many advancements in recording technology.

He passed in 2002.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
46. Jerry Lee Lewis once drive his car right through Elvis Presley's gate at Graceland
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 06:11 PM
Nov 2018

It was around 3 AM and he was shitfaced drunk at the time.
Elvis called the cops on him, even though they were old friends.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
47. John Callahan drew cartoons by clutching a pen with both hands
Sun Nov 18, 2018, 03:59 PM
Nov 2018

He became a quadriplegic after an auto accident, but he regained partial use of his upper body.

"Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot" is the movie made about him earlier this year - it stars Joaquin Phoenix as Callahan.

FM123

(10,050 posts)
52. Justice Sonia Sotomayor loved reading Nancy Drew books when she was little.
Tue Nov 20, 2018, 07:36 PM
Nov 2018

(She shared this with the audience when she spoke at the Miami Book Fair)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
53. John Ritter died in the same hospital he was born in - Providence St. Joseph Medical Center
Wed Nov 21, 2018, 03:12 PM
Nov 2018

in Burbank, CA. in 2003, after being misdiagnosed as having had a heart attack.
He was 54.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
54. "Nervous Norvis" aka Jimmy Drake, who had the hit song "Transfusion," was so shy that
Wed Nov 21, 2018, 07:09 PM
Nov 2018

he turned down a chance to perform "Transfusion" on the Ed Sullivan Show.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
55. Actor, comedian, and Tonight Show writer Pat McCormick played basketball at Harvard
Thu Nov 22, 2018, 03:30 PM
Nov 2018

He later dropped basketball to concentrate on track (hurdles)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
56. Author Pat Conroy's father, Donald Conroy, served in WW2, the Korean War, and also
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 04:28 PM
Nov 2018

served two tours during the Vietnam War.

He became a fighter pilot during the Korean War, and was a member of the famed
"Black Sheep Squadron"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
58. Shitler's grandfather, Friedrich Drumpf, left Bavaria when he was 16 to avoid being drafted
Mon Nov 26, 2018, 04:58 PM
Nov 2018

He emigrated to the United States.
After making a fortune operating restaurants and brothels in Seattle and the mining town Monte Cristo, he returned to Bavaria and got married.
Bavarian officials accused him of emigrating when he was young to avoid fulfilling his military service, so he lost his Bavarian citizenship and returned to the United States.
(Wikipedia)

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
245. He also married Patricia Neal and helped her recover from severe strokes
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 03:18 AM
Feb 2019

as well as inventing a medical device to help patients with brain injuries after his infant son was hit by a cab.

geardaddy

(24,924 posts)
60. Sue Jones-Davies, the woman who played Judith in "Life of Brian," was mayor of Aberystwyth, Wales
Mon Nov 26, 2018, 05:09 PM
Nov 2018

From 2008-2009 and is currently a town councillor

From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian#Religious_satire_and_blasphemy

In 2009, it was announced that a thirty-year-old ban of the film in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth had finally been lifted, and the subsequent showing was attended by Terry Jones and Michael Palin alongside mayor Sue Jones-Davies (who portrayed Judith Iscariot in the film).[40][41] However, before the showing, an Aberystwyth University student discovered that a ban had only been discussed by the council and in fact that it had been shown (or scheduled to be shown) at a cinema in the town in 1981.[42][43]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Jones-Davies
Between June 2008 and May 2009,[8] she served as Mayor of Aberystwyth, and sponsored a charity screening of Life of Brian. Upon taking the office, she was informed that the town had banned the film and prohibited it for nearly 30 years.[9][not in citation given][10] In July 2008 Jones-Davies was interviewed on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 2 about the film and its status in Aberystwyth. She was also profiled on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. The film was screened on 28 March 2009 at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre. It was attended by cast members and co-writers of the film, Michael Palin and Terry Jones.[11][12] The event was broadcast on BBC One on 12 May 2009 as a documentary titled Monty Python in Aberystwyth: A Mayor and Two Pythons.[13][14]

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
66. Sam Phillips of Sun Records arranged for an unknown singer named Elvis Presley to come
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 05:47 PM
Nov 2018

by his studio, and also invited two local musicians, guitarist Winfield "Scotty" Moore, and upright bass player Bill Black to work something up with Presley for a recording session.
The session, held the evening of July 5, 1954, proved entirely unfruitful until late in the night.
As they were about to abort and go home, Presley took his guitar and launched into a 1946 blues number called "That's All Right."
As Scotty Moore recalled, "All of a sudden, Elvis just started singing this song, jumping around and acting the fool, and them Bill picked up his bass, and he started acting the fool too, and i started playing with them.
Sam (Phillips) stuck his head out of the control room and said "What are you doing?'
And we said, 'We don't know!'
Sam replied,'Well, back up, try to find a place to start, and do it again."
Phillips quickly began taping.

Three days later, popular Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips played "That's All Right" on his radio show.
Listeners began phoning in, asking who the singer was.
The interest was so great, Phillips played the record repeatedly during the remaining two hours of the show.

And the rest is history!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
67. Credence Clearwater Revival, or CCR, first started playing together in 1959, first as
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 02:52 PM
Nov 2018

The Blue Velvets, then as The Golliwogs.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
69. Stand-up comic Paula Poundstone dropped out of high school before graduating
Sat Dec 1, 2018, 04:43 PM
Dec 2018

Before becoming a stand-up comedian, she worked busing tables at an I-HOP and as a bicycle messenger.

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
72. Eric Clapton married or dated three Boyd Sisters.
Sun Dec 2, 2018, 01:09 AM
Dec 2018

Last edited Sun Dec 2, 2018, 01:46 AM - Edit history (1)

Jenny, Patty and Paula.

Mick Fleetwood was married to Jenny Boyd.

The song Jennifer Juniper is about Jenny Boyd.

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
80. Yes and yes.
Sun Dec 2, 2018, 07:13 PM
Dec 2018

Also Jenny Boyd left Mick Fleetwood for Mick’s best friend just like Patty did to George.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
251. Clapton wrote "Layla" for her to woo her away.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 12:25 PM
Feb 2019

Donovan Leach wrote "Jenifer Juniper" for her sister but that wasn't enough to lure her from Mick Fleetwood.

I don't know what those Boyd sisters had...

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
74. Robert L. Ripley, of Ripley's Believe It Or Not, couldn't drive.
Sun Dec 2, 2018, 04:53 PM
Dec 2018

After his series of cartoon panels and books on the subject of the weird and unusual made him wealthy, he bought a number of cars. But he couldn't drive them because he never learned how.

 

lancelyons

(988 posts)
77. Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli aka..
Sun Dec 2, 2018, 05:39 PM
Dec 2018

The Fonz...

I spent a little time around the Fonz... Henry Winkler and the man is SHORT SHORT.. LOL

 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
79. Martin Sheen (Ramon Estevez) went to high school with my brother.
Sun Dec 2, 2018, 06:45 PM
Dec 2018

I went to school with his brother. My cousin married his brother.

He is very religious. At the funeral of my cousin his SIL, he visit the graves of everyone he knew burried there and stopped to say a prayer at each one. About 5 graves.

Response to wasupaloopa (Reply #79)

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
81. Vincent Price, Hollywood screen and TV star of
Sun Dec 2, 2018, 08:28 PM
Dec 2018

countless horror movies was in real life a very gentle, almost courtly man who lived for his famous Art collection. He was a serious, knowledgeable collector who had major works.

 

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)
104. I've had many pieces of art with the label behind him during the first part of the video
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 09:08 PM
Dec 2018

The last painting he showed in the video is by an artist Karl Zerbe, which I've collected for 20 years. I've never seen this video nor did I know Zerbe was part of the Price collection. It's nice to learn new things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Zerbe

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
114. Of all the great gentleman horror masters I adored growing up,
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 12:59 PM
Dec 2018

he was the one I loved the most.

His colleagues:

Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Peter Lorre

Greats, all of them...

LunaSea

(2,892 posts)
296. The Prices published several cookbooks
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 12:16 PM
Feb 2019

This one's in our collection

?w=240
Dishes from 4 & 5 star restaurants around the world.
https://tinyurl.com/y279qpq2

 

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)
103. Sears at the time sold the "Vincent Price Collection". If you have art work on the wall with a
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 08:39 PM
Dec 2018

label that says that it could be worth a lot of money.

Price would pick current artists that he felt were good and endorse them to be sold at Sears.

denbot

(9,894 posts)
590. Mr. Price also endowed a small art museum at East L.A. College.
Tue Aug 13, 2019, 03:26 PM
Aug 2019

He helped local eastside artists as well.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
83. When he was 14, Martin Sheen organized a strike of golf caddies while working at a
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 06:31 PM
Dec 2018

private golf club in Dayton, Ohio.

True Blue American

(17,972 posts)
277. My neighborhood.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 04:57 PM
Feb 2019

I live close to a Golf course. Meadowbrook. Son graduated from UD.

I wonder if any one here ever heard of Johnny Gilbert? Long time announcer on Jeopardy. He had a show in Dayton.
Local here.

So were Phil Donahue and Erma Bombeck. Neighbors, she often told the story that Phil was carrying a toilet the first time she aw him. Phil was a Newscaster on WHIO, then started his show on WLWD. First guests, Madeline Murry O’ Hair and the Chaplain of Bourbon Street! That was an exciting show!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
84. In his book "Dogs That Know Their Owners are Coming Home," Rupert Sheldrake puts
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 05:25 PM
Dec 2018

forth the idea that dogs are sometimes telepathic.

happybird

(4,516 posts)
300. We replicated some of the tests
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 04:59 PM
Feb 2019

Last edited Sun Feb 24, 2019, 06:15 PM - Edit history (1)

with my husband's dog and he definitely knew when my husband was coming home. We had suspected it, and it was so cool to get proof.

We tested him for 6 weeks, IIRC (it was about a decade ago), and kept meticulous notes of the time, on both ends. I wasn't working so did the observations. When Waylon would do his anticipation actions (pacing, moving to the bed by the door, alertly watching the door and cocking his head at every sound) I'd write down the time. A few times I saw him wake from a nap just to do his anticipation actions.

My husband was working weird, varied hours, so his patterns were unpredictable. We eliminated tells, stuff like him calling before leaving work and me starting to cook dinner. I think we were able to do pretty good experiment because of his weird schedule.

The cool thing is Waylon was able to tell when my husband was thinking about getting off work- when he was wrapping stuff up at the end of shift and thinking about the drive, thinking about getting home and relaxing. He had a 40 min. commute and Waylon would alert about one hour before he walked in the door.

Even though we had long suspected Waylon was ... something, I don't want to call it "psychic," it was more of a super special and close bond with my husband, we were surprised to find out how very accurate he was.

He was a good boy. We still miss him every day. Was going to add a pic, but my wifi is slow as molasses today.

 

JustThinking...

(91 posts)
518. I'm convinced...
Thu Jul 4, 2019, 08:55 AM
Jul 2019

...quite a few of my pets over the years were telepathic, it's the most reasonable explanation for a lot of stuff.

I began to suspect that the human use of language, as ineffective as it is, is just a crutch we must use because we are the only ones who AREN'T telepathic.

qazplm135

(7,447 posts)
532. I think the answer is that dogs
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 04:14 PM
Jul 2019

are super good about reading human body language.

You knew your husband was coming home and communicated that to your dog without knowing it.

combine that with their strong sense of smell and good hearing and you get what appears to be psychic knowledge.

My cat is almost always literally waiting at the door every day when I come home. I'm fairly certain she hears my walking down the apartment hallway.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
85. John Mack, Harvard Medical School professor who, as a psychiatrist, had hundreds of
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 03:37 PM
Dec 2018

patients who described in detail being abducted by aliens, wrote several books about his work with abductees, including "Passport To the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters."

However, the book he won the Pulitzer Prize for had nothing to do with alien encounters.
It was a book about T.E. Lawrence titled: "A Prince of Our Disorder"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
86. The term "out-of-body" experience was popularized by Robert Monroe, who's first book
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 03:29 PM
Dec 2018

was titled "Journeys Out of the Body" (1971)

He founded The Monroe Institute in Virginia.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
88. Woody Guthrie wrote a column for the Communist newspaper "People's Voice"
Sun Dec 9, 2018, 08:26 PM
Dec 2018

from May 1939 to January 1940.
During this time, he made friends with actor and labor organizer Will Geer as well as John Steinbeck.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
90. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, who knew each other since grammar school,
Tue Dec 11, 2018, 08:08 PM
Dec 2018

were once in an amateur band called "Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
92. Legendary rock musician Gram Parsons' father was "Coon-Dog" Connor
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 05:22 PM
Dec 2018

The former member of The Byrds and co-founder of The Flying Burrito Brothers was born Ingram Cecil Connor lll

His father, Cecil "Coon Dog" Commor committed suicide when Gram was 12.
His mother, Avis Shively Connor, was the daughter of citrus fruit magnate
John A. Shively

At one time, Gram Parsons shared a house in France with his friend Keith Richards.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
100. They began a relationship when she was 13
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 08:02 PM
Dec 2018

and he was 47. They didn't marry until she was 18. I always wonder where these girl's parents were. Same goes for Jimmy Page's underaged paramore, Lori Mattix.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
120. Yes. Bill's son was his father-in-law and his wife's stepfather and step son
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 03:34 PM
Dec 2018

Bill and his young wife didn't stay married long. I don't know about the son and the mom.

underpants

(182,283 posts)
110. William George Perks Jr.
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 12:05 PM
Dec 2018

He used the name of a guy he was in the Air Force with because he liked it.
He got in the band mostly because he was older, had money, and could buy equipment

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
117. I'm currently reading a great book about The Stones titled:
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 02:24 PM
Dec 2018

"The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones" by Stanley Booth, who also wrote other books about The Stones, including "Keith"

Bill Wyman became the Stones' bass player after their drummer, a guy named Chapman, recommended him.
Wyman later joked that "they didn't like me, they liked the equipment I had"
because at the time, they were so poor that they didn't have money to buy new amps & etc.
Wyman had a very large bass amp, as well as another, very large amp, which they really needed.
Some time after Wyman came aboard, they dumped the drummer, who wasn't very good, and hired Charlie Watts, who was playing drums in another band.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
96. Brian Jones founded & was the original leader of The Rolling Stones
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 05:36 PM
Dec 2018

Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones started out as a slide guitarist, but went on to play multiple instruments, including rhythm and lead guitar, various keyboard instruments, harmonica, sitar, saxophone, and other instruments as well.

Jones died at age 27, supposedly by drowning in his swimming pool.
But there are some who believe he was murdered by the last person who saw him alive, Frank Thorogood, who was doing construction work for Jones.

underpants

(182,283 posts)
106. Have you read "Old Gods Almost Dead"?
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 11:57 AM
Dec 2018

Can't remember the author's name. It's an exhaustive record of the band well into the 90's.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
118. No, the book I'm reading now is the 1st book I've ever read about The Stones
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 02:31 PM
Dec 2018

That one does sound interesting, though.

underpants

(182,283 posts)
119. March 17, 1961 or 62 was the first time they were all in the same room
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 03:20 PM
Dec 2018

Charlie was the preeminent jazz drummer at th time and the owner of a club had one night for rock. The owner was very picky about who was allowed on stage and talked Charlie into playing at his one night a week thing. Charlie, Bill, and Brian were in different sets. Mick and Keith had taken a train to be there. They just were part of the audience. Clapton sang but either wasn't playing guitar yet or didn't even know how yet.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
101. Marshall "Herf" Applewhite, of the Heaven's Gate cult, was the choir director at my church
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 08:04 PM
Dec 2018

Last edited Sun Dec 16, 2018, 06:03 PM - Edit history (1)

in the late 60s. No shit!

LeftInTX

(24,560 posts)
124. Cesar Romero - Batman's original joker was supposedly gay
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 06:12 PM
Dec 2018

I say supposedly because he never came out etc. But it is pretty easy to infer. Without reading or seeing the interviews, I don't know how accurate they are. But the "confirmed bachelor" and escorting actresses who were frequently in and out of heterosexual relationships without really being in a relationship with them is a strong inference.

Romero never married and had no children, but made frequent appearances at Hollywood events escorting actresses, such as Joan Crawford, Linda Darnell, Barbara Stanwyck, Lucille Ball, Ann Sheridan, Jane Wyman and Ginger Rogers; he was almost always described in interviews and articles as a "confirmed bachelor".[11] Romero talked about his homosexuality with author Boze Hadleigh in a series of interviews which were published in 1996 - two years after Romero's death, in Hadleigh's book Hollywood Gays.[12][13]

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
126. Here's a twofer
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 07:17 PM
Dec 2018

Neil Young and Rick James were roommates in Toronto when Rick went to Canada to avoid the draft.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
133. Phil Spector began his career in 1958 as the co-founder of The Teddy Bears,
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 05:39 PM
Dec 2018

performing on guitar & vocals.
He wrote their number # 1 hit, "To Know Him Is To Love Him"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
134. Besides the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway Free
Thu Dec 20, 2018, 06:02 PM
Dec 2018

Concert put on by the Rolling Stones December 6, 1969, three others died in accidental deaths, including two deaths caused by a hit-and-run car accident.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
135. The reason Brian Jones left The Rolling Stones (which he founded) was because
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 06:36 PM
Dec 2018

their musical focus shifted from covering blues songs to writing original material, a decision with which Jones did not agree.

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
312. When she was a teenager, Janis Joplin
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 07:42 PM
Feb 2019

went on a blind date with future Drug Czar William Bennett. Needless to say, they didn't hit it off real well.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
345. That's somewhat incredible, but quite possible, I guess.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 04:31 PM
Feb 2019

I didn't know William Bennett was from Texas.

Response to red dog 1 (Reply #135)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
136. Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash in 1991 while returning from a Huey Lewis and
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 05:35 PM
Dec 2018

the News concert at the Concord Pavilion.
He had attended the event to discuss promoting a benefit concert for the victims of the 1991 Oakland hills firestorm.
Flying in severe weather, with rain and gusty wind, the Bell Jet Ranger flew directly into a high-voltage tower, bursting into flames immediately, killing all aboard.

(Bill Graham did many benefit concerts)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
137. The Rolling Stones' first US tour in June, 1964 was "a disaster" according to
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 05:46 PM
Dec 2018

Bassist Bill Wyman.

When the band appeared on the variety show "The Hollywood Palace,"
that week's guest host, Dean Martin, mocked both their hair and their performance.
They shared the bill with trampoline artists and an elephant act.

world wide wally

(21,719 posts)
253. I saw them on that tour in Chicago.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 12:42 PM
Feb 2019

Their warmup act was Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells

I thought they were great!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
140. Author Stanley Booth lived with The Rolling Stones during their 1969 American tour,
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 06:53 PM
Dec 2018

and wrote a book about them titled:
"The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones"
about which which Keith Richards said: "Stanley Booth's book is the only one I can read and say 'Yeah, that's how it was.'"

However, due to lingering contractual issues, Booth made "next to nothing" from his work.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
142. Johnny Cash was not in any way responsible for his brother Jack dying from
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 08:00 PM
Dec 2018

being pulled into an unguarded table saw at his high school in May 1944.

However, in the movie about Johnny Cash, "Walk the Line," it portrays a scene where Johnny and Jack are both there when the accident happened, which is untrue.

Also not true in the movie is that it shows Jack dying just hours after the accident.
In reality, Jack suffered for more than a week before dying on May 20, 1944, at the age of 15.

luvallpeeps

(934 posts)
143. Sixty women filed a class-action lawsuit against Chuck Berry
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 03:49 AM
Dec 2018

for video taping women in the restroom at the restaurant he owned.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
144. In May, 1963, The Rolling Stones signed Andrew Long Oldham as their manager
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 06:26 PM
Dec 2018

His previous clients, The Beatles, directed the former publicist to the band.

musette_sf

(10,184 posts)
507. at the Throck
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 11:24 PM
Jun 2019
https://throckmortontheatre.org/event/conversation-series-mort-sahl-social-satirist/2019-06-27/

I've had the pleasure of seeing Mort at several events up in Mill Valley. He was my dinner companion at the Milley Awards on the night that Dan Hicks received his award.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
146. In high school, Ed Sullivan was an "all around athlete," playing halfback in football,
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 05:08 PM
Jan 2019

playing guard in basketball.. In track he was a sprinter.
With the baseball team, Sullivan was the catcher and team captain, and he led the team to several championships.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
147. Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts is worth over $170 milliom
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 07:26 PM
Jan 2019

(Keith Richards is worth over $370 million)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
148. Dion DiMucci's father, Pasquale DiMuccci, was a Vaudeville entertainer, and Dion
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 06:50 PM
Jan 2019

as a child, would accompany his father on tour.

Dion loved country music, especially Hank Williams.
He also was influenced by the blues and doo-wop musicians he heard in bars and on the radio.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
149. After he married his first cousin once removed, Jerry Lee Lewis's live performance
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 07:47 PM
Jan 2019

fees plummeted from $10,000 per night to $250 per night.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
163. And she was 13
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 02:06 AM
Jan 2019

Although he claimed she was 15. Oddly enough, they stayed married for 13 years. It was actually his second longest marriage.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
150. Oliver Hardy's father was a Confederate veteran who was injured at Antietam in 1862
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 10:01 PM
Jan 2019

Just happened to come across this in Wikipedia.

NoPasaran

(17,291 posts)
608. Interesting factoid
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 09:06 PM
Sep 2019

I'm going to be visiting Antietam soon and I'll make a point of tracking down the plaque for Cobb's Brigade (which contained the 16th Georgia, the elder Oliver Hardy's regiment) at the intersection of the Bloody Lane and the Hagerstown Pike and reflect on this odd little bit of history. Don't worry, I'm not a Lost Causer by any means, just a Civil War nut.

nature-lover

(1,452 posts)
152. Fred Gwynne, Herman Munster, was a Harvard grad.
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 10:32 PM
Jan 2019

He drew cartoons for "The Harvard Lampoon." He also authored and illustrated two children's books.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
182. At a DC area show some years' back, Meatloaf
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 12:39 AM
Jan 2019

ordered the audience to stand. A friend of mine who was there was comfortably seated on the ground near the stage and didn't get up. Meatloaf interpreted that as an act of defiance and came down off the stage, stood in front of my friend, and berated him. It was an uncomfortable couple of minutes as a standoff ensued. Mr. Loaf finally returned to the stage, and the show went on with my friend still seated.

Liberty Belle

(9,528 posts)
154. Legal thriller author John Grisham's first novel, a Time to Kill was rejected 28 times
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 12:57 AM
Jan 2019

by publishers before one took a chance on it and published 5,000 copies.

His books have since sold 250 million copies.

He, along with J.K. Rowling and Tom Clancy, are the only authors to ever sell 2 million advance copies of a book.

RainCaster

(10,691 posts)
157. Red Skelton's facial expressions came from having arthritis at an early age
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:03 PM
Jan 2019

A friend of mine had a limo service in the 80s and Red was his most favorite customer of all time. Red disclosed this to him on one of their lengthy conversations.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
159. During an interview on Art bell's radio show (Coast to Coast AM) actor Steven Segal
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 03:13 PM
Jan 2019

invited Art Bell to visit him at his Mt. Shasta (CA) home.
(Art Bell was very interested in the Mt. Shasta area)
I think Segal even offered to fly Art Bell up there in Segal's own plane.
This was back in the 1990s.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
160. The Grateful Dead were scheduled to play at the free concert at Altamont in 1969,
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 06:26 PM
Jan 2019

but declined to play shortly before their scheduled appearance due to the increasing violence at the venue.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
162. Jefferson Airplane singer Marty Balin was knocked unconscious by a Hell's Angel
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 04:26 PM
Jan 2019

at the 1969 free concert at Altamont.

Marty had tried to intervene while a Hell's Angel was beating up a kid.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
164. Meredith Hunter, an 18-year-old student from Berkeley, was stabbed & beaten to death
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 05:09 PM
Jan 2019

at the Altamont Free Concert in 1969 by a Hells Angel named Alan Passaro.

Passaro was charged with murder, but was acquitted on grounds of "self defense."

Hunter, who's nickname was "Murdock," made the mistake of taking out a gun and pointing it at the stage.

His last words before he died were reportedly addressed to Passaro:
"I wasn't going to shoot you!"

Passaro reportedly replied: "Then why did you pull out the gun?"

 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
504. In the movie...
Thu Jun 27, 2019, 07:52 PM
Jun 2019

Gimmie Shelter there is a radio interview, I think it is with Sonny Barger, saying the reason for Meredith getting a beating was he put his foot on somebody's scoot. It really pays to be very careful around Hell's Angel's motorcycles.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
511. I think Sonny Barger died of throat cancer....He was a heavy smoker.
Sat Jun 29, 2019, 12:41 PM
Jun 2019

If you watch Gimme Shelter closely, you can see Meredith pull out a large handgun, and then a big, fat Hell's Angel starts to stab him.

The Hell's Angels were drinking large amounts of Red Mountain wine that day, and they all were on LSD too, plus, they were sitting on the stage, which was only two feet high.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
165. Ann B Davis (Alice)
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 06:02 PM
Jan 2019

Couldn't cook a lick.. Put out a cookbook anyway.
There was ONE recipe in it that she COULD really make:
Beef Jerky

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
166. James Gandolfini was a very generous guy
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 06:54 PM
Jan 2019

As season 4 of The Sopranos was ready to start, he had a contract dispute.
When the season finally started, he gave about 15 of his co-stars checks for
$33,333 each, saying "Thanks for sticking by me!"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
168. Charlie Watts' first gig as drummer for The Rolling Stones was on Jan. 14, 1963
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 10:06 PM
Jan 2019

at The Flamingo Club in London.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
169. Dick Rowe, head of A & R for Decca Records, is the man who turned down The Beatles,
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 05:28 PM
Jan 2019

even after their manager, Brian Epstein, paid Decca to provide a one-hour audition.

He did, however, later sign many other artists, including The Rolling Stones.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
170. The Rolling Stones' first gig was July 12, 1962, at the Marquee Club in London,
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 06:25 PM
Jan 2019

but they called themselves "The Rollin' Stones"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
171. Music journalist Stanley Booth wrote about Otis Redding, and was with him when he
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 08:14 PM
Jan 2019

wrote (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" at Stax Studios on the Friday before Redding's death.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
172. Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Oldham locked Mick Jagger & Keith Richards in a kitchen
Wed Jan 16, 2019, 05:33 PM
Jan 2019

in order to force them to write a song together.

The result was "As Tears Go By"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
173. The Rolling Stones first American tour was a disaster
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 03:34 PM
Jan 2019

While on the tour, they made an appearance on a TV variety show guest-hosted by Dean Martin, who openly mocked their appearance and their music.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
175. Before "Satisfaction" was released, The Rolling Stones weren't all convinced it was a good song
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 05:30 PM
Jan 2019

Rolling Stones manager Andrew Oldham liked the song, and asked the band to vote on whether to release it or not.
Even though they both wrote it, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards reportedly voted NO, while Brian Jones, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts voted YES.

Keith Richards said he was surprised when it was released - only learning of it when the song came on the radio while the band was driving to a gig in Minnesota.
"We didn't even know Andrew had put the fucking thing out," he explained.

dameatball

(7,380 posts)
176. Sam Houston and Mexican General Lopez de Santa Anna were both opium users.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 05:34 PM
Jan 2019

You would think they could have just sat down and hashed things out.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
177. The first thing Ronald Reagan did when he moved into the White House was
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 04:46 PM
Jan 2019

to remove all the solar panels President Carter had installed on the roof.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
178. Former Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Long Oldham, was a self-proclaimed hustler,
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 05:31 PM
Jan 2019

who spent his teenage summers swindling tourists in French towns.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
179. After Keith Richards saw Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones beat up his girlfriend
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:13 PM
Jan 2019

Anita Pallenberg, while in Morocco, Richards pulled her away and took her back to England, where she moved in with him.
She and Richards began a relationship that lasted until 1980, although they never married.

KBlagburn

(567 posts)
183. 3 Presidents...
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 03:07 AM
Jan 2019

Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in with just his right hand raised. John Quincy Adams and Franklin Pierce both were sworn in on books on law. There is no constitutional requirement to be sworn in on the bible or to say the phrase "so help me god" after the oath is administered.

 

Swift Hixson

(14 posts)
580. Pierce was the only one...
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 11:40 AM
Aug 2019

...who used the term "affirm" instead of "swear". The Constitution allows "affirm" as an alternative.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
185. After a guy was stabbed to death at the 1969 Free Concert at Altamont,
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 06:03 PM
Jan 2019

Keith Richards wanted to unplug his guitar & leave, but the leader of the Hell's Angels ordered him not to.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
263. When & where was that?
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 03:30 PM
Feb 2019

Was it because the Stones repeatedly asked Trump to stop using their songs without permission at his campaign rallies?

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
187. Sam Cutler was road manager for The Rolling Stones 1969 "Tour of America"
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 09:01 PM
Jan 2019

Last edited Fri Jan 25, 2019, 04:51 PM - Edit history (3)

After the Hells Angels stabbed an 18-year-old Stones fan named Meredith Hunter to death at the Altamont Free Concert, the band decided to get out of town fast.

They left tour manager Sam Cutler to pay their hotel bill and deal with all the negativity created by Meredith's death at the concert.

Cutler, fearing retribution by the Hell's Angels, went to hide out at Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's ranch north of San Francisco.

However, the Hell's Angels found out where he was and sent a Hell's Angel named "Sweet William" up to Hart's ranch to "fetch" him.

He was eventually taken to a house in San Francisco where the presidents of the various Hells Angels chapters were gathered around a large table.
He asked if he could make a statement and was told to "Shut the fuck up!"
He was then grilled by the Hell's Angels leaders, mostly about the filming of the Altamont event:
They wanted to know who was behind the movie that was to be made about Altamont.
He told them all he knew about it and they eventually let him go.
(Source: "The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones" by Rich Cohn)

Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
188. Jorma Kaukonen
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 12:15 PM
Jan 2019

of The Jefferson Airplane was from Finnish and Russian Jewish background. His father was a career State Department employee, they spent much of their life abroad. Jorma now spends his time running the Fur Piece Ranch, a performance venue and music camp in SE rural Ohio.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
190. As a teenager, Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 05:04 PM
Jan 2019

formed a band called The Triumphs, with Kaukonen on rhythm guitar and Casady on lead.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
193. In 1940, Josh White co-starred with Paul Robeson in a Broadway musical called
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:50 PM
Jan 2019

"John Henry"

Robeson played John Henry, while Josh White played Blind Lemon Jefferson

frogmarch

(12,146 posts)
195. Actor Mark Harmon (Gibbs on NCIS)
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 08:27 PM
Jan 2019

In 1996 Mark Harmon witnessed a fiery automobile crash in the street in front of his home in Brentwood, California. The driver was able to climb from the burning wreckage, but the passenger couldn't. Harmon got a sledgehammer from his garage, broke the windshield and pulled him out of the flaming car. The rescued man had burns on 30% of his body, but he survived.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
231. Harmon worked as a carpenter before he made it as an actor
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:55 PM
Feb 2019

This is alluded to by his character Gibbs, on NCIS, building boats in his basement. Rather than getting a new trailer for his dressing room on NCIS, he restored a vintage Airstream.



frogmarch

(12,146 posts)
246. Cool!
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 04:54 AM
Feb 2019

I knew he'd been a carpenter and how it connected to Gibbs building a boat in his basement, but I didn't know about the Airstream. That's really something!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
196. Redd Foxx walked off Sanford & Son twice
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 06:05 PM
Jan 2019

He walked off in a salary dispute during the 1973-74 season, and he also walked off during Season Three, citing "health reasons"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
198. The loud, distorted guitar riff on the Kink's 1st hit, "You Really Got me'
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 06:56 PM
Jan 2019

was accidentally created when brothers Ray and Dave Davies got into a fight, and one of them cut the other's amp cord.

Keith Richards eventually was able to create a similar sound in The Rolling Stones hit "Satisfaction" after someone in the studio went out and bought a "distortion box" from a music store nearby.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
199. When Mick Taylor left The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton was interested in replacing him
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 06:38 PM
Jan 2019

But the band instead went with Ron Wood.

[Clapton later was reported to have said "I'm a much better guitarist that Ron Wood"]

Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
295. When Clapton was being
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 10:51 AM
Feb 2019

replaced for the Yardbirds, Jimmy Page was considered but was busy with session work. Jimmy recommended Jeff Beck.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
331. I got Jeff Beck mixed up with Alvin Lee, who played lead guitar for Ten Years After.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 09:51 PM
Feb 2019

I still have their great "Stonedhenge" album.

Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
336. Alvin Lee MNPM
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:27 PM
Feb 2019

*Most notes per minute

1944-2013

Some confuse him with Albert Lee. I saw him (Albert) with Clapton and Muddy Waters back about 1980.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
200. Dana Barron, who played Audrey Griswald in "Natlional Lampoon's Vacation"
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:45 PM
Jan 2019

is now 51, and has one child, a son.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
201. Sandy Denny, vocalist and songwriter for the legendary folk rock band,
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 06:47 PM
Jan 2019

Fairport Convention, died at age 31 after falling down some stairs.
She had fallen before, many times, and one time hit her head on concrete.
She did have a drinking problem.
She also had as good a voice as anyone I've ever heard.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
202. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who is running for POTUS as an independent,
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 07:08 PM
Jan 2019

has said he supported "comprehensive tax reform" but he's opposed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposal to raise the marginal tax rate on income over $10 million to 70 percent, saying it was "punitive" and contrary to the American Dream.
(Wikipedia)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
204. Jerry Lee Lewis once drive his car right through Elvis Presley's gate at Graceland
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 04:52 PM
Feb 2019

Elvis called the cops.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
205. Before playing drums for Santana, Michael Shrieve played in the house band
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 06:20 PM
Feb 2019

of an R&B club, backing touring musicians including B.B. King & Etta James.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
207. Chico Marx's real name was Leonard Marx
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 06:42 PM
Feb 2019

He was a talented pianist.
As a young boy, he gained jobs playing piano to earn money for the Marx family.

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
403. According to Marx lore
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 12:56 PM
Mar 2019

One of the reasons for his Italian accent was that it was his favorite to do out of the many accents he would use when crossing through different ethnic neighborhoods in New York City on his way to piano lessons as a kid. He did the accents to keep from getting beaten up as an outsider.

TlalocW

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
208. Groucho Marx's real name was Julius Henry Marx.
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 03:53 PM
Feb 2019

I think he lived longer than any of his brothers.
He died August 19, 1977 at age 88.
(He died 3 days after Elvis died)

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
404. Harpo's was Adolph
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 01:04 PM
Mar 2019

He changed it to Arthur in 1911 because he liked how it sounded, not because of Hitler.
He also played the harp incorrectly as he was self-taught, and he tried to learn the correct way, but his teachers were too fascinated with the way he played to want to correct him.

TlalocW

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
552. Zeppo Marx was married to a showgirl named Barbara Marx who left him for a guy named Frank
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 03:31 PM
Jul 2019

Sinatra.

solara

(3,832 posts)
604. Harpo was a member of the Algonquin Round Table
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 08:04 PM
Aug 2019

He said they invited him because out of all of the wits who were Members in good standing of the Round Table, he was the only one who actually listened.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
209. Charles Harrelson, father of actor Woody Harrelson, was convicted of
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 06:17 PM
Feb 2019

two murders.

In 1968, he was tried for the murder-for-hire of Sam Degelia, Jr.
Harrelson was paid $2,000 for the murder of Degalia, a grain dealer and father of four who was killed in McAllen Texas.
His first trial ended with a deadlocked jury.
He was retried in 1973, convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

After being paroled 5 years later in 1978, he and his then-wife, Jo Ann, were implicated in the murder of Judge John H. Wood.
Harrelson was tried and convicted of Judge Wood's murder, and sentenced to two life terms.

He claimed at trial that he didn't kill Judge Wood, but merely took credit for it so he could claim a large payment from drug dealer Jamiel Chiagra, who allegedly hired Harrelson to kill Judge Wood.

happybird

(4,516 posts)
292. Kinda OT, but...
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 12:41 AM
Feb 2019

I saw Woody Harrelson at a Dead show at RFK. The floor was general admission, people milling about everywhere, and he hung out for a few minutes near where my friends and I were.

Thought you might like that.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
298. I like the guy
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 04:18 PM
Feb 2019

It's not his fault his father was OC (organized crime)

I thought he was great in "No Country For Old Men" as well as "Prairie Home Companion"

happybird

(4,516 posts)
302. I love Woody
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 06:26 PM
Feb 2019

and usually enjoy his movies. Haven't seen No Country for Old Men yet. It's been on my Netflix list for ages, but keeps getting passed over for newer releases. It looks intense.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
306. It's a superb Coen brothers film!
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 06:48 PM
Feb 2019

Nominated for eight Academy Awards
Won four, including Best Picture.
Coen Brothers won two Oscars (for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay)
Javier Bardem won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

I highly recommend it!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
210. Rolling Stones co-founder and pianist Ian Stewart was "removed from the
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 04:28 PM
Feb 2019

line-up" in May, 1963, because manager Andrew Oldham "felt he did not fit the band's image."

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
211. Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Oldham, discovered Marianne Faithful at a party
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 06:23 PM
Feb 2019

giving her Jagger and Richards' "As Tears Go By" to record.

Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
269. He is buried there,
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 03:49 PM
Feb 2019

along with Frank Wild. Wild was the "right hand man" of Shackleton, following him on four expeditions.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
271. Yeah, Shackleton apparently trusted Wild more than anyone else
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 04:15 PM
Feb 2019

When Shackleton told the Endurance crew on Elephant Island that he was taking 5 volunteers to sail on one of the lifeboats in an attempt to reach South Georgia, Wild wanted to go with him.
But Shackleton told Wild he needed him to stay on Elephant Island and oversee the 24 men who were to stay behind.
Wild was the only one Shackleton trusted to be in charge of the men on Elephant Island.
In 2011, Wild's ashes were interred next to Shackleton's grave on South Georgia.

Wikipedia has a lengthy article on Shackleton.
There's a great photo of him from 1922 there, standing next to a friendly seagull.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
213. Back in 2010, Rudolph Giuliani's daughter, Caroline, was arrested for shoplifting
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 09:01 PM
Feb 2019

$100 worth of makeup.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
214. Tom Petty was in the Traveling Wilburys because George Harrison had to go
Fri Feb 8, 2019, 07:47 PM
Feb 2019

back to Petty's house to get his guitar, and he invited Petty to come jam with him, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan at Dylan's basement studio in LA.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
330. Yeah, Elvis always felt a little guilty about that.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 09:49 PM
Feb 2019

He thought that he might have been partly responsible for his twin brother being still-born.

The twin was "born" about 25 minutes before Elvis was born.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
349. Sorry, Mr. Bill, but Elvis wasn't a blonde
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 05:05 PM
Feb 2019

His natural hair color was "very light brown"
Source: "Elvis Presley" by Bobbi Ann Mason (PEN/Hemingway Award-winner)

However, his father, Vernon, was a natural blonde..

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
350. Well, theres a fine line between
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 05:25 PM
Feb 2019

blonde and very light brown. I've seen pictures of him as a small child and his hair looks blonde. So was I, and it darkened a little as I got older. Of course, now it's turning gray. The point is he died his hair black.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
362. He first dyed his hair black during the making of his 2nd film, "Loving You" in 1957
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 05:54 PM
Feb 2019

His 1st film, "Love Me Tender" was in black & white, but all the later ones were in color.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
220. Glen Hansard, who played guitarist Outspan Foster in "The Commitments,"
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 07:12 PM
Feb 2019

won an Academy Award in 2008 for Best Original Song ["Falling Slowly"] in the film "Once"

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
227. Lovely little film
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:07 PM
Feb 2019

And one of my favorite acceptance speeches





Nice little interview with Glen Hansard. He's really doesn't consider himself an actor.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
221. Chuck Berry wrote the lyrics to "Promised Land" while he was in prison
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 06:22 PM
Feb 2019

He took the melody from "Wabash Cannonball"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
222. On Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of Europe and Australia, his show was split in two.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:36 PM
Feb 2019

Dylan performed solo during the first half, accompanying himself on guitar and harmonica.
In the second half, backed by "The Hawks," he played electrically amplified music.

The contrast provoked many fans, who jeered and "slow handclapped"

One angry fan yelled out:
"Woody Guthrie would turn over in his grave"
(He might have, except he wasn't dead yet, Woody Guthrie died the following year)

pamela

(3,469 posts)
223. LBJ loved Fresca so much he had it installed on tap in Air Force One
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 07:14 PM
Feb 2019

That was a million dollar question on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and my husband could not believe I knew that. Alas, I was not the contestant.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
225. Despite the fact that they were old friends, when Jerry Lee Lewis got drunk & accidentally drove
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 07:39 PM
Feb 2019

through Elvis's front gate at Graceland, Elvis told the guard at the gate to call Memphis P.D. and have them arrest Jerry Lee Lewis.
(Lewis's dad had to bail him out a few hours later)

Dave in VA

(2,034 posts)
228. Jerry Lee Lewis
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:13 PM
Feb 2019

Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley, and Jimmy Swaggart (yes that Jimmy Swaggart) were cousins.

GeoWilliam750

(2,519 posts)
229. Gunsmoke star James Arness was the first soldier to land on Anzio Beach during WWII
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:34 PM
Feb 2019

Peter Graves was his brother.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
259. I still remember the time Zsa Zsa appeared on The Tonight Show with one of her many cats
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 03:07 PM
Feb 2019

Last edited Sat Feb 23, 2019, 03:39 PM - Edit history (1)

and asked Johnny, who loved animals but hated cats,
(with the cat in her lap) "Would you like to pet my pussy?"

Johnny Carson replied:
"Sure, if you put down that damn cat!"

BHDem53

(1,059 posts)
285. I don't remember watching that episode but
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 07:15 PM
Feb 2019

I've seen a clip of Jane Fonda talking to Johnny about it.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
286. I remember seeing it.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 07:20 PM
Feb 2019

I also remember Jane Fonda talking about it on The Tonight Show

JANE FONDA (To Johnny)
"My son says he saw Zsa Zsa Gabor on your show, and my son said that...etc."

I used to watch it religiously, every night it was on.

I also loved to watch the re-runs when we had the satellite dish.

Rebl2

(13,311 posts)
237. Walter Cronkite in his
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:18 PM
Feb 2019

early career was a radio sportscaster on an am radio station in Kansas City, Mo. He was born in St. Joseph, Mo.

3Hotdogs

(12,210 posts)
243. Johnny Cash once played at a theater in Easton, Pa. This was when his career was going sideways.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 01:14 AM
Feb 2019

The theater was maybe half full and it was clear the owner lost money. Johnny took his check and gave the owner a partial refund so he wouldn't take a loss on the show.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
249. Katy Tur's father flew the chopper that chased OJ Simpson
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 12:03 PM
Feb 2019

He was a pioneer of helicopter news coverage and covered the famed white Bronco low speed chase. He's also now a transgender.

japple

(9,773 posts)
254. Here's a two-fer in the same NYT article.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 12:46 PM
Feb 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/03/business/media/seymour-hersh-reporter-memoir.html

As with any Hersh production, “Reporter” has news. He recalls hearing a tip that Richard Nixon’s wife, Pat, went to the emergency room in 1974, shortly after the Nixons had left the White House, saying her husband had hit her. (Mr. Hersh writes that he made a mistake by not reporting this at the time; the Nixon family denied similar allegations of domestic abuse when they surfaced in years past.) He describes Lyndon Johnson expressing his displeasure over an article by meeting a reporter at his Texas ranch and — there is no pleasant way to put this — defecating on the ground in front of him.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
260. What good would a rocking chair be that only rocked forward?
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 03:10 PM
Feb 2019

I think Thomas Jefferson invented a chair that swivelled around on ball bearings.

ChazInAz

(2,536 posts)
273. A twofer
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 04:40 PM
Feb 2019

Boris Karloff was half Indian and half English.
At one time he and fellow thriller actor Christopher Lee were next-door neighbors in London.
This may have been concerning to other neighbors.

Wolf Frankula

(3,595 posts)
287. Jose Antonio Aguirre was shot at at his desk.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 07:43 PM
Feb 2019

Last edited Sun Feb 24, 2019, 02:26 AM - Edit history (1)

It happened during the siege of Bilbao in 1937. He also spoke fluent German.

Wolf

diverdownjt

(699 posts)
294. Melissa Etheridge went by Missy in high school.
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 08:35 AM
Feb 2019

We both liked the same girl at the same time....she won.........



She wrote a musical score for a 12 piece orchestra that played the one and only
production of 82nd street Park...a Godspell like musical that she was the star of.
I ran the stage production and lights, and the main spot light during the show.
We all knew she would be famous someday, talent like that can't be kept down.

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
611. Sounds impressive. She has real presence too, I chatted with her once.
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 12:26 AM
Sep 2019

You were vying for the same girl, LOL, I love it!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
299. Elvis Presley's father, Vernon Presley, was found guilty of altering a check & was sentenced to
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 04:39 PM
Feb 2019

three years of hard labor.
Some of his neighbors wrote letters of recommendation to the court, and he was released after eight months.
While he was in prison, Elvis & his mother, Gladys, moved in with relatives.
Gladys wanted to keep the family together, so she & Elvis visited Vernon as often as possible, which entailed a 5 hour bus ride to & from where Vernon was being held.
Prisoners were allowed conjugal visits once a month, so while Gladys was with Vernon on those occasions, Elvis played with the other kids.

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
301. Poor Vernon was sent to Parchman Farm (now MS state pen) - he altered a check for four bucks
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 05:52 PM
Feb 2019

HARD TIMES

(...some of the first Freedom Riders who were busted in 1961 in Jackson MS were sent to Parchman as well)



http://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/articles/32/elvis-presley-the-early-years

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
303. Thanks for posting that
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 06:35 PM
Feb 2019

Vernon and his brother-in-law both got caught trying to alter that $4 check.

Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
337. Doyle Bramhall II
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:36 PM
Feb 2019

is a natural lefty, but strings his guitar backwards with the high E on top.

His father (RIP) was the drummer for Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
314. Ina Garten (The Barefoot Contessa)
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 07:53 PM
Feb 2019

worked in the White House for the Ford and Carter administrations. She worked in the Office of Management and Budget and wrote Nuclear fiscal policy. She earned her MBA while working there.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
325. Elvis Presley was a perfectionist.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 08:51 PM
Feb 2019

When he recorded "Love Me tender" it took 28 takes.
When he recorded "That's All Right" it took 32 takes.

 

aidbo

(2,328 posts)
333. Marie Curie was basically the champion of the Nobel prizes.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 12:35 AM
Feb 2019
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
344. Do you have a link for that?
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 04:28 PM
Feb 2019

I seriously doubt that the musician, George Clinton, was actually born in an outhouse.
But if you can prove me wrong....

java108

(129 posts)
346. From the man himself:
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 04:48 PM
Feb 2019

[link:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/23/george-clinton-born-lavatory-funk|

I've seen him claim this in several interviews.

Edit- there's a chance the tale is apocryphal, but George is the one who makes it himself.

java108

(129 posts)
342. Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King and his replacement Steve Gaines
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 04:00 PM
Feb 2019

Were both born on September 14, 1949.

 

Swift Hixson

(14 posts)
581. And... Ed King was previously with Strawberry Alarm Clock
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 11:48 AM
Aug 2019

He wrote "Incense and Peppermints" as an instrumental (and with a different title). The record company made the band add lyrics and change the name. He wrote the solo he played on "Sweet Home Alabama" as revenge.

java108

(129 posts)
347. John McVie was not an original member of Fleetwood Mac.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 04:54 PM
Feb 2019

Even though Peter Green named the band after him and Mick Fleetwood, he was reluctant to give up the job security he had in the Bluesbreakers, and didn't join the band until a bit later.

MuseRider

(34,060 posts)
353. Dave Brubeck had the softest hands.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 05:34 PM
Feb 2019

Not only was I thrilled to have played with him, I was in the orchestra, meeting and shaking his hand was really cool. The oddest thing was that the only thing I could think of was how very soft the skin of his hands were.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
356. Back about '75 I was drinking in the Sonoita Merchantile Bar
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 05:53 PM
Feb 2019

in Sonoita Az. Back then the Sonoita Merchantile was about the only thing in Sonoita.
Two gas pumps, a bit of food and feed, and a six stool bar on the side. Me and my buddy were the only ones there besides the bartender. His mom owned the place.
We were laughing it up, and in walks Lee Marvin. This is in the middle of nowhere,
between Tucson and Nogales. He was drunk and loud and wanted to play pool.
But first he went out to his convertible Mustang and brought in a couple of cassettes
to listen to. He took his Zippo lighter out and placed it on the pool table and pronounced
that it was out of level. We had a few games and a few beers and he took off, leaving
his cassettes. I was a bit concerned, but was almost as drunk as he was, so I didn't
try to drive.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
357. Did you get to hear the cassettes?
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:31 PM
Feb 2019

I just wonder what kind of music Lee Marvin liked.

Was he making a movie nearby?

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
358. 1975 was only one year before the "landmark" palimony case, Marvin v. Marvin, (1976)
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 06:46 PM
Feb 2019

which was brought by his former live-in girlfriend, Michele Triola. who later changed her name to Marvin.

In 1979, Marvin was ordered to pay her $104,000 for "rehabilitation purposes," but the court denied her community property claim for one-half of the $3.6 million which Marvin had earned during their six years of co-habitation.

Lee Marvin is one of my favorite actors of all time.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
359. Lots of westerns were made in the area.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 08:29 PM
Feb 2019

I believe Lee Marvin died in Tucson.
I was just a young drunk bricklayer and he was just a regular guy.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
361. He did die in Tuscon, at age 63.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 05:33 PM
Feb 2019

He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
363. In 1957, Elvis Presley did three brief tours, with crazed fans at every show
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 06:02 PM
Feb 2019

Villanova students pelted him with eggs in Philadelphia.
In Vancouver, the crowd rioted after the end of the show, destroying the stage.
A Detroit newspaper suggested that "the trouble with going to see Elvis Presley is that you're liable to get killed!"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
364. When the Beatles first visited Elvis Presley, they just sat there looking at him, speechless.
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 06:39 PM
Mar 2019

Elvis finally said, "if you guys are gonna' just stare at me, I guess I'll go to bed!"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
366. "Elvis Presley became dependent on others to do even simple tasks around the house.
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 04:14 PM
Mar 2019

For example, he couldn't tune his TV set and would call his father at 3 AM to come in and tune it for him.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
367. Dick Shawn appeared in more than thirty movies and seven Broadway productions.
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 06:31 PM
Mar 2019

He also performed his stand-up comedy act for over 35 years in nightclubs around the world.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
368. Weird Al Yankovic has an estimated net worth of $16 million.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 05:11 PM
Mar 2019

[That's roughly 1/100th of what Paul McCartney is worth]

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
371. Johnny Depp "read" the audio version of Keith Richards memoir, "Life"
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 04:14 PM
Mar 2019

Last edited Thu Mar 7, 2019, 03:26 PM - Edit history (1)

It's a great book!

Johnny Depp's got a good reading voice.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
374. Keith Richards had a pet mouse and a cat when he was young
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 04:03 PM
Mar 2019

He used to take the white mouse, which he named Gladys, to school with him in his pocket.
He'd feed Gladys from his own dinner & supper.
His mother soon had both Gladys and the cat put down...she didn't like animals.

calguy

(5,224 posts)
376. Football trivia
Sat Mar 9, 2019, 07:52 PM
Mar 2019

When Joe Montana played in his last game as a Forty Niner, and orchestrated his last drive resulting in a touchdown pass, who was the receiver who caught that pass?







Answer: Amp Lee

jg10003

(974 posts)
377. Richard Nixon was an incredibly good poker player.
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 05:48 AM
Mar 2019

While serving as a naval officer in the pacific during WWII, Nixon played poker with other officers when off duty. By the end of the war he had won $8000 from those poker games. That's over $111,000 in todays money.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
380. According to "Celebrity Net Worth" Johnny Depp was worth more than $400 million in 2016
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 05:52 PM
Mar 2019

Two years later, the site reported that his fortune "has been slashed in half" to $200 million.

Forbes Magazine estimated his net worth was down to $48 million because of lawsuits, legal troubles and divorce from his now ex-wife Amber Heard.

I like the guy and think he's a very good actor [I especially liked him in "Ed Wood"]

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
381. Richie Cunningham's older brother on "Happy Days" was named Chuck, & he only lasted 9 episodes
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 04:27 PM
Mar 2019

The "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome" was named after him, in which a character disappears from a show with no explanation.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
383. In grammar school, Keith Richards used to get beaten up every day after school by a bully
Wed Mar 13, 2019, 03:01 PM
Mar 2019

Until he made a deal with a very large classmate.
He told him he'd do his homework for him if the guy would just walk him home every day.
It worked.
The big guy beat the crap out of the bully & his friends.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
384. Robin Williams' first staring role was in the 1980 film "Popeye"
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:13 PM
Mar 2019

Nominated for four Academy Awards, he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as psychologist Sean Maguire in "Good Will Hunting"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
385. In December, 1985, Rolling Stones co-founder Ian Stewart began having
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 01:43 PM
Mar 2019

respiratory problems, and went to a clinic to have the problem examined.
He suffered a heart attack and died in the waiting room.
He was 47.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
387. According to Keith Richards in his book "Life," The Rolling Stones' first appearance
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 04:42 PM
Mar 2019

ever, (at The Marquee Club on July 12, 1962), featured Mick Avery on drums, not Tony Chapman, as most people think.

According to Wikipedia, even Avery himself said "I think Tony Chapman did the gig at The Marquee..I didn't."

Keith Richards is sure that it was Mick Avery, not Tony Chapman, who played drums that night at The Marquee Club.

They were called "The Rolling Stone" then.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
388. Ray Davies & his brother Dave formed a band called the Ray Davies Quartet
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 03:07 PM
Mar 2019

while still in high school.
The band went through a series of lead vocalists, including Rod Stewart.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
389. Keith Richards said that The Rolling Stones never would have become a band
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 02:43 PM
Mar 2019

without band co-founder Ian Stewart's hard work.

Stewart rented out the rehearsal space, made sure everybody came, arranged for bookings and more.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
390. Carl Reiner directed 15 films including "The Jerk"
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 06:13 PM
Mar 2019

At 97, he's one of the oldest celebrities on Twitter.

Socal31

(2,484 posts)
392. Only days before a history-altering trip to North Korea...
Fri Mar 22, 2019, 12:51 PM
Mar 2019

Dennis Rodman and Socal31 went on a wild night that I still can't believe.

I like to think something I said contributed to saving the world from the brink of Nuclear war.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
393. Harmonica player "Little Walter," had 14 top-ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts
Fri Mar 22, 2019, 02:51 PM
Mar 2019

between 1952 and 1958, including two number one hits.

He was born Marion Walter Jacobs and died at age 37.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
394. Songwriter, harmonica & blues guitar player Jimmy Reed has been described as
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 05:43 PM
Mar 2019

"perhaps the most influential bluesman of all time"

Among others, he greatly influenced Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones.

He had a serious drinking problem, and oftentimes his wife would have to whisper song lyrics into his ear, even at recording sessions.

He wrote many great songs, including:
- "Big Boss Man"
- "Bright Lights, Big City"
and "Baby What You Want me To Do"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
395. John Goodman earned a football scholarship to Missouri State University
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 03:55 PM
Mar 2019

After an injury ended his college football career, he decided to become a professional actor.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
396. Kinky Friedman founded "Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch" located near
Tue Mar 26, 2019, 04:31 PM
Mar 2019

Kerrville, Texas, whose mission is to care for stray, abused and aging animals, more than 1,000 dogs have been saved from animal euthanasia.

Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
397. Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda
Tue Mar 26, 2019, 10:41 PM
Mar 2019

never met professionally or privately before working On Golden Pond.

samnsara

(17,572 posts)
398. Jerry Mathers (as The Beaver) used to hang out summers with my friends father who was the same age..
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 10:52 AM
Mar 2019

...as 13 yr olds the two of them would take loaded rifles and ride their horses into the hills for days at a time hunting and camping. So that GOOFY Beaver portrayed on TV was nothing like the confident, adventurous, self reliant teen Mather's actually was.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
407. That's not really "a little known fact"
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 06:13 PM
Mar 2019

imo, he may actually be either the AntiChrist or the Devil Incarnate

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
405. Grouch Marx and Alice Cooper were good friends toward the end of Groucho's ilfe
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 01:16 PM
Mar 2019

Cooper would come over to Groucho's place late at night and watch movies with him until Groucho fell asleep (he was an insomniac). Groucho would also take some of his old acting buddies to his concerts, including George Burns who said that what Alice was doing was essentially vaudeville. Burns mentioned a part in Cooper's concert where he was guillotined (comparing it to magicians he knew back in the day). That makes me believe that they were going to the concerts where the magic effects were designed by James Randi, who also played the executioner that chopped off Alice's head.

TlalocW

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
406. James Randi, aka "Amazing Randi,"
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 06:06 PM
Mar 2019

Last edited Thu Mar 28, 2019, 05:33 PM - Edit history (1)

The Wikipedia article on him doesn't mention the allegation that he was once charged with trying to solicit oral sex from a young boy in a telephone conversation that, apparently unknown to Randi, had been recorded.
Randi had several "explanations" for the taped phone call with the boy:
1) That he made the tape himself
2) That the police "asked" him to make it
3) That the tape was made by his enemies to blackmail him.

You can hear the audio tape by doing a Google search & clicking on the
www.truthwiki.org article on him "James Randi Zwinge - aka "Amazing Randi"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
410. According to Ronnie Spector, former wife of record producer, Phil Spector,
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 04:03 PM
Mar 2019

he "had subjected her to years of psychological torment and sabotaged her career by forbidding her to perform.
He surrounded the house with barbed wire & guard dogs, and confiscated her shoes to keep her from leaving."
(Wikipedia)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
411. The Rolling Stones were planning on touring Europe and the United States
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:05 PM
Mar 2019

starting in April of this year; but the tour has been cancelled because Mick Jagger has an undisclosed serious medical condition and has been advised by his doctors not to go on tour.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
412. Billy Beane was named Oaklnad A's general manager after the 1997 season,
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 05:02 PM
Mar 2019

and was named executive vice-president after the 2015 season.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
413. Director Gus Van Zant (Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, Milk)
Tue Apr 2, 2019, 04:13 PM
Apr 2019

is also a screenwriter, musician, author, painter, and photographer.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
414. Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones played many instruments
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 04:06 PM
Apr 2019

Initially a slide guitarist, Jones went on to play rhythm and lead guitar, upright bass, sitar, dulcimer, piano, mellotron, marimba, harmonica, recorder, saxophone, drums, and numerous other musical instruments.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
415. In 2003, Larry Flint bought nude photos of Pvt. Jessica Lynch,
Sat Apr 6, 2019, 03:18 PM
Apr 2019

who was captured by Iraqi forces, and later rescued from an Iraqi hospital by U.S. troops and celebrated as a hero by the media.

Flynt said he would never show any of the photos, calling Lynch a "good kid."

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
416. The April, 2003 rescue of Pvt. Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 03:20 PM
Apr 2019

by U.S. Special Forces was the first successful rescue of an American POW since World War ll, and the first ever of a woman.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
424. I know.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:22 PM
Apr 2019

I used to go to City Lights Bookstore often, and he was usually at the counter.

I clearly remember buying "Trout Fishing in America" there, and he took my money.

I loved that place.
There were little nooks & cranies all over where you could just sit & read books all day.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
428. Did you ever walk across the street to Upper Grant Ave
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:48 PM
Apr 2019

and visit a place called "The Schlock Shop"?

Or, did you ever go to The Coffee Gallery on Upper Grant?
They had live music..Anybody could play - you just had to sign up & wait your turn.
(I loved that place too!)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
419. Gram Parsons was born Ingram Cecil Connor lll
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 06:30 PM
Apr 2019

When he was 12, His mother, Avis, married Robert Parsons, who adopted him and his younger sister..they took his surname.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
425. Keith Scott, who plays lead guitar for The Bryan Adams Band,
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:24 PM
Apr 2019

has been with the band since 1976.

(He's an awesome guitar player)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
430. Keith Richards had a romantic relationship with actress & model
Wed Apr 17, 2019, 05:53 PM
Apr 2019

Anita Pallenberg from 1967 to 1980.
The couple had three children.

She earlier had been involved with Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
432. Keith Richards named his oldest son Marlon, after Marlon Brando
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 02:07 PM
Apr 2019

and he took him on tour with him when Marlon was 7.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
433. Before they became successful, the Rolling Stones wanted
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 05:47 PM
Apr 2019

Charlie Watts as their drummer, but couldn't afford him.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
435. At one point, while having dinner at his wife Patty's parents house for the first time,
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 02:38 PM
Apr 2019

Keith Richards got so angry, he smashed his guitar on the table.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
436. In 2006, while in Fiji, Keith Richards slipped off the branch of a dead tree, and suffered a
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 02:42 PM
Apr 2019

head injury which required cranial surgery.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
437. My advance apologies to anyone offended or saddened
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 06:02 PM
Apr 2019
In 1970 [Peter] Yarrow [of Peter, Paul and Mary] was convicted of, and served three months in prison for taking "improper liberties" with a 14-year-old girl who went with her 17-year-old sister to Yarrow's hotel room seeking an autograph.

In 1981 Jimmy Carter granted Yarrow a presidential pardon for the crime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Yarrow

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
438. Baseball statistician Bill James has written more than 2 dozen books on baseball
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 02:50 PM
Apr 2019

After reading about him in Michael Lewis' book "Moneyball," Boston Red Sox owner John Henry hired him as a baseball consultant.
During his time with the Red Sox, Bill James received four World Series rings
(2004, 2007, 2013 & 2018)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
439. All the band members in "The Commitments" were actually playing their instruments except for
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 03:06 PM
Apr 2019

Joey "The Lips" Fagan.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
440. 11 months after being released from prison, John Wesley Hardin married a 15-year-old girl
Tue Apr 30, 2019, 04:55 PM
Apr 2019

named Callie Lewis...The marriage ended quickly.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
441. Sonny Boy Williamson, blues musician and song writer, was born John Lee Curtis Williamson
Thu May 2, 2019, 03:30 PM
May 2019

on March 30, 1914
He was a mentor to many up-and-coming blues musicians who moved to Chicago, including Muddy Waters.

In an attempt to capitalize on Wiliamson's fame, musician-song writer Aleck "Rice" Miller began recording and performing as Sonny Boy Willamson in the early 1940s.
Later, to distinguish the two, John Lee Williamson came to be known as Sonny Boy Williamson l

Sonny Boy Williamson ll (Aleck Miller) wrote a song called "If I Hadn't Been High," which was recorded by Emory "Detroit Junior" Willams Jr. and the lyrics are currently unavailable.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
442. Harry Truman's net worth at the time of his death was $500,000
Fri May 3, 2019, 03:13 PM
May 2019

making him the only U.S. President in modern history not to be a millionaire.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
443. The 1st top ten hit for The Rolling Stones that was written by Jagger & Richards was
Mon May 6, 2019, 05:15 PM
May 2019

"The Last Time" (1965)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
444. After Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones died, the only band members who showed up at his
Tue May 7, 2019, 05:37 PM
May 2019

funeral were drummer Charlie Watts and bass player Bill Wyman.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
446. Johnny Carson and side-kick Ed McMahon were both fans of Benny Hill and tried several times to
Thu May 9, 2019, 03:28 PM
May 2019

get him to come to Los Angeles and be a guest on The Tonight Show.
Benny Hill always declined, citing not wanting to travel the great distance to California.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
448. Jerry Garcia went to Balboa High School in San Francisco, then to Analy High School in Sebastopol
Mon May 13, 2019, 03:55 PM
May 2019

where he had a 90 minute bus ride to & from school, which he hated.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
449. Woody Allen inherited his baldness from his mother, not his father, who still had a full head of
Tue May 14, 2019, 05:27 PM
May 2019

hair even in his '90s.

sdfernando

(4,897 posts)
453. Duh...the gene for baldness is alway passed from the mother.
Thu May 16, 2019, 05:44 PM
May 2019

If you are male and want to know if you will lose your hair...take a look at your Uncles from your Mother's side. This is a pretty good indicator but not 100%.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
456. One time The Grateful Dead were playing in Montreal, and the cops were hitting anyone who got
Sat May 18, 2019, 04:14 PM
May 2019

out of their seat to dance, and there was mayhem in the place, so Bill Graham told the Grateful Dead "don't play so excited"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
457. In the early days of the Fillmore Auditorium, Bill Graham himself would greet everyone and give
Sun May 19, 2019, 04:39 PM
May 2019

everybody a red apple.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
458. After a guy named Goldfinger spiked the apple juice backstage at a Grateful Dead concert with
Mon May 20, 2019, 02:36 PM
May 2019

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a huge amount of LSD, Dead lyricist Robert Hunter freaked out (as did others) but somehow safely made it back to Jerry Garcia's Larkspur, CA home, and was then "watched over" by a Hell's Angel named "Terry the Tramp"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
459. William Shatner's net worth has been estimated at between $100 million and $500 million
Tue May 21, 2019, 04:29 PM
May 2019

(It's probably somewhere around $150 million)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
462. In 1966, before he became famous, Neil Young and some friends traveled down from Canada in a
Thu May 23, 2019, 06:24 PM
May 2019

Last edited Sat May 25, 2019, 07:24 PM - Edit history (2)

1953 Pontiac Hearse, eventually made it to L.A., and he looked all over for his friend Stephen Stills, who was getting a band together, but couldn't find him after a week of looking.

He decided to head up to San Francisco but got into a traffic jam while still in L.A.
While stopped, he heard someone yell "Neil, is that you?"
He looked out the window and saw Stephen Stills.
He got out of the car & they both hugged each other, right there on Sunset Blvd...with horns honking all over the place.
The rest is history.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
463. Pepper Martin, who played third base for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s,
Fri May 24, 2019, 04:46 PM
May 2019

hated it when an opposing batter bunted toward him.
He often threw the ball at the batter's head instead of to the first baseman.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
464. Woody Guthrie, who died at 55 of Huntington's Disease, married three times and fathered eight
Sat May 25, 2019, 01:57 PM
May 2019

children...His first two daughters also died of the disease.

Response to Uncle Joe (Reply #467)

edbermac

(15,919 posts)
470. French mime Marcel Marceau has the only spoken line in Silent Movie.
Mon May 27, 2019, 04:06 PM
May 2019

Bonus: He was a co-presenter with Candice Bergen at the 1974 Oscars for the Best Sound award.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
472. The main reason Buffalo Springfield broke up was because bass player Bruce Palmer got busted
Fri May 31, 2019, 06:23 PM
May 2019

for possession of marijuana and was deported back to Canada.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
478. Thinking her daughter Carrie Fisher was strung out on LSD, Debbie Reynolds asked Cary Grant
Wed Jun 5, 2019, 05:45 PM
Jun 2019

to call her, which he did.

(Cary Grant had taken LSD under medical supervision)

Wolf Frankula

(3,595 posts)
479. General Patton had a high squeaky voice.
Wed Jun 5, 2019, 08:41 PM
Jun 2019

Not a deep gravel like George C. Scott. My dad said he sounded like Mickey Mouse. Also, Patton couldn't talk without swearing.

Wolf

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
481. When a teenager, Jerry Garcia hung out with hoodlums & got into fights a lot, so his mother
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 06:25 PM
Jun 2019

decided to move from San Francisco to Cazadero, in western Sonoma County, thinking he would do better in school there.
But he hated the long, daily bus ride to & from school in Sebastopol, so, one day, he stole his mother's car and got into big trouble.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
483. Breaking Bad and Tony award-winning actor Bryan Cranston was born in Hollywood and is worth
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:03 PM
Jun 2019

about $30 million...He's 63.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
485. Christina Applegate's character on "Married with Children" was actually a virgin
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 01:37 PM
Jun 2019

BTW, "Married with Children" was Fox's first sit-com

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
487. Bob Dylan and Tiny Tim hung out together backstage at the New York club called "Cafe Wha?"
Sun Jun 16, 2019, 03:15 PM
Jun 2019

The cook would often give them free hamburgers & french fries.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
489. Joe Biden's eldest son, Beau, who died of brain cancer, was a major in the U.S. Army
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 03:30 PM
Jun 2019

and he served a tour in Iraq.

Not Heidi

(1,203 posts)
490. When he was a young boy, Harry Truman's mother saved his life
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 03:44 PM
Jun 2019

when he choked on a peach pit. Rather than trying to take it out, she shoved it down his throat.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
491. Bob Dylan used to visit Woody Guthrie in the hospital in the mid-1960s when Woody was
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 04:49 PM
Jun 2019

suffering from Hunnington's disease.

Woody was a big influence on Dylan.

Wolf Frankula

(3,595 posts)
492. Robert Goulet's First feature film was Gay Purr-ee
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:19 PM
Jun 2019

an animated film where he played Jaune Tom, a dead on mouser. Judy Garland also played Mewsette, the romantic interest. It was her only animated film.

Wolf

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
494. Bob Dylan's net worth is about $180 million
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 04:35 PM
Jun 2019

which is less than half of what Keith Richards is worth.....Go figure!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
495. Phil Spector's net worth is somewhere between $35 million and $100 million
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 05:10 PM
Jun 2019

depending on which source you use.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
496. Randy Newman has received 3 Emmys, 7 Grammy Awards, and 2 Academy Awards for
Sat Jun 22, 2019, 05:59 PM
Jun 2019

Best Original Song.
(He's been nominated for an Academy Award 20 tines)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
498. Harpo, Chico and Groucho Marx first worked together in Vaudeville as a singing group called
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 05:32 PM
Jun 2019

"The Three Nightingales"

Response to red dog 1 (Original post)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
512. Amy Carter had a tree-house on the grounds of the White House when her dad was POTUS
Sat Jun 29, 2019, 07:01 PM
Jun 2019

She invited her school friends to join her in the tree-house, while the Secret Service kept watch.

Midnight Writer

(21,549 posts)
555. Jimmy Carter is credited with curtailing "river blindness", a parasitical disease in Africa.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 06:54 PM
Jul 2019

Just one of many causes he devoted himself to after leaving the White House.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
515. President Carter liked to run, but he never ran with Secret Service agents; he ran with military
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 03:49 PM
Jul 2019

advisers.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
516. While the press was focused on 9-year-old Amy, two of President Carter's sons also moved into
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 04:01 PM
Jul 2019

the White House in January 1977.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
517. Hunter S. Thompson once attended a speech given by President Carter, and liked it so much,
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:45 PM
Jul 2019

he obtained a copy of it and played it for friends who visited him at his Colorado home.
(Other attendees reported that he had a bottle of "Old Crow" that he used to "spice up" the ice tea he was drinking during the speech)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
519. Unlike other U.S. presidents with children, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter decided to enroll daughter
Thu Jul 4, 2019, 01:56 PM
Jul 2019

Amy in a public school not far from the White House.

DBoon

(22,288 posts)
526. Jon Stewart has 3 rescued pit bulls
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 04:02 PM
Jul 2019

Jon Stewart is a huge canine fan and has three rescued Pits named Shamsky, Champ, and Monkey. He has worked with the non-profit shelter, Animal Haven, where he adopted his three-legged pup, Champ. While hosting The Daily Show, staff members were allowed to bring their dogs to work. “Dogs are allowed at my work,” Stewart has said. “Because people are, you know, meaner.

https://barkpost.com/life/celebrities-love-pit-bulls/

Bayard

(21,806 posts)
538. He also adopted the horse
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 07:30 PM
Jul 2019

That made news because a bunch of kids shot him with paint balls. He was terrified and technicolored.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
540. Dallas Police put out an APB for Lee Harvey Oswald as a suspect in the killing of Officer
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 04:05 PM
Jul 2019

J.D. Tippit 20 minutes before Tippit was killed.
Also, multiple witnesses to the Tippit killing described the killer as a "stocky" man.
Oswald could not in any way ever be described as "stocky"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
542. Although no official announcement has yet to be made, it looks like they're going to make
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 04:30 PM
Jul 2019

"Breaking Bad" The Movie!

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
545. 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in 1991 and wasn't found until 2009
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 08:27 PM
Jul 2019

Her kidnapper was convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 431 years to life.
His wife, Nancy, received a sentence of 36 years to life.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
547. Barry Goldwater's running mate in the 1964 presidential election was William E. Miller, who is
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 03:33 PM
Jul 2019

radio talk show host Stephanie Miller's father.
(Her mother is still alive)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
548. Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted the Manson family, has written 14 books
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 04:47 PM
Jul 2019

including one about the JFK Assn, where he agrees with the ridiculous "single bullet theory"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
549. Alec Baldwin's first acting role was in the NBC soap opera "The Doctors" playing the role of
Sat Jul 20, 2019, 04:06 PM
Jul 2019

Billy Aldrich.

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
553. Don Henley got Stevie Nicks Pregnant.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 03:36 PM
Jul 2019

But Nicks says Joe Walsh is the one that got away.

Patty Boyd Harrison had two sisters Jenny and Paula. Eric Clapton dated them all.

The song Jennifer Juniper is about Jenny Boyd.

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
560. About Red Foxx...He was a stand up comedian before "Sanford and Son" and
Wed Jul 24, 2019, 10:46 PM
Jul 2019

he was considered one of the dirtiest comedians who ever gave live performances. He told sex stuff that couldn't ever be mentioned on TV.

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
559. The Movie, " Seven Samurai", 1954, is 3 hours, and has an intermission (japanese) It was remade..
Wed Jul 24, 2019, 10:25 PM
Jul 2019

in the U.S.A in 1960, titled Magnificent Seven a great western , 2hr, 8min, great actors...

Here is a link to the 1960 western ..... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/

Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn.. If you haven't seen this, it is on video somewhere, (perhaps at the library, or Netflix) Wonderful Movie, great theme music. (first record I ever bought..still have it somewhere)

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
561. The director Peter Bogdanovich, who was having an affair with
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 12:40 AM
Jul 2019

Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten at the time her estranged husband murdered her, later married Stratten's younger sister Louise.

Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
565. Earl Scruggs the Bluegrass banjo player
Sat Jul 27, 2019, 12:03 PM
Jul 2019

was a lefty. He did anti-war concerts, played "longhair hippie" music with The Byrds and did AIDS benefits.

New Breed Leader

(614 posts)
567. Prince (Rogers Nelson) was a HORRIBLE reckless driver. Got into several fender benders
Sat Jul 27, 2019, 03:38 PM
Jul 2019

a couple of them almost fatal.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
573. Unlike the character played by Gary Busey in "The Buddy Holly Story"...Buddy Holly was a gentle,
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 04:20 PM
Aug 2019

sweet guy who never punched anyone in his entire life.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
574. Willie Nelson tried LSD one time, but didn't know that he was supposed to cut it into 3 parts
Sat Aug 3, 2019, 03:27 PM
Aug 2019

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of 500 mcg each, so he took the whole pill, 1500 mcg, 2 hours before a concert.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
575. On Feb. 3, 1959, after Buddy Holly learned that Waylon Jennings had given up his seat on the
Sun Aug 4, 2019, 03:05 PM
Aug 2019

plane Holly had chartered to fly from Clear lake, Iowa to their next gig, he jokingly told Jennings "Well, I hope your 'ol bus freezes up!"
Jennings replied, "Well, I hope your 'ol plane crashes!"

DBoon

(22,288 posts)
620. Greg Graffin, from the punk band Bad Religion, lectures in evolutionary biology at UCLA
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 05:11 PM
Sep 2019

got his PhD at Cornell

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
587. Last year, Henry Winkler won an Emmy for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" for
Sat Aug 10, 2019, 04:15 PM
Aug 2019

his role in the HBO series "Barry"

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
588. Grateful Dead co-founder Ron "Pigpen" Mc Kernan did not do psychedelic drugs
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 03:42 PM
Aug 2019

He stuck to liquor, and especially liked Southern Comfort.
He died at age 27 of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
592. Teenage climate activist Greta Thurnberg will be sailing across the Atlantic in a high-speed
Thu Aug 15, 2019, 03:12 PM
Aug 2019

racing yacht to attend United Nations climate summits in the USA.

(Greta doesn't fly anywhere)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
593. Scarlett Johansson campaigned for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 04:00 PM
Aug 2019

Also, she's now the highest paid actress in the world.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
594. Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh started out as a violin player, then later switched to trumpet
Tue Aug 20, 2019, 04:52 PM
Aug 2019

while in high school.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
597. Two Hollywood movies were based on the life and work of Dr. John Lily, the inventor of the
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 05:03 PM
Aug 2019

isolation tank, and dolphin researcher.
"Altered States" (1980) and "The Day of the Dolphin" (1973)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
598. Harvey Keitel was originally cast in the role of Captain Hubbard in "Apocalypse Now"
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 06:25 PM
Aug 2019

but after only a few days of shooting, Francis Ford Coppola replaced him with Martin Sheen.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
599. The opening scene of "Apocalypse Now" - which features Capt. Willard staggering around his
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 03:18 PM
Aug 2019

hotel room, culminating in him punching a mirror - was filmed on Martin Sheen's 36th birthday when he was heavily intoxicated.
The mirror that he broke was not a prop and caused his hand to bleed profusely, but he insisted on continuing the scene, despite director Francis Ford Coppola's concerns.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
600. Steve McQueen was Francis Ford Coppola's first choice to play Captain Williard in
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 06:52 PM
Aug 2019

"Apocalypse Now"..but McQueen didn't want to leave America for 17 weeks, so he turned it down.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
606. Among the actors who were considered for the role of Captain Hubbard in Francis Ford Coppola's
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:06 PM
Sep 2019

"Apocalypse Now" were:
- Al Pacino
- Clint Eastwood
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Keith Carradine
- Nick Nolte
- Frederick Forrest

DFW

(54,057 posts)
612. Adrian Cronauer ("Good Morning Vietnam")
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 04:00 AM
Sep 2019

Adrian was a soft-spoken, well-read intellectual (and my friend).
He was NOTHING like the Robin Williams portrayal of him in the movie.

He was also a Republican, and it was far too late to talk him out of it.
Besides, he was three times as smart as I was.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
614. Buddy Holly was NOTHING like the Gary Busey portrayal of him in "The Buddy Holly Story"
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 05:45 PM
Sep 2019

Buddy was a sweet, gentle, genius who never ever threw a punch at anyone.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
615. Guitarist James Burton has played with many musicians, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson,
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 05:55 PM
Sep 2019

Johnny Cash, the Everly Brothers, Glen Campbell, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Costello, Hoyt Axton, Roy Orbison, Joni Mitchell, Townes Van Zandt, and others.
He played behind Ricky Nelson on the "Ozzie & Harriet Show" and formed the band backing Elvis Presley when Elvis re-started his career in Las Vegas in 1969 (He played with Elvis until 1977)

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
618. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel recorded their first song in 1956 under the name "Tom & Jerry"
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 04:13 PM
Sep 2019

The 1st song was "Hey Schoolgirl"..and it got some airplay, especially in the New York area.

Wolf Frankula

(3,595 posts)
619. Walt Disney was fired from a Missouri Newspaper job
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 09:43 PM
Sep 2019

for not being creative enough. He won 32 Oscars.

Wolf

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