Archive for February 12, 2009
Sly Stone
Me and Russ did some bookings for them, and waited and waited; I can’t remember if we cut any tracks?
In: Firsthand Stories
Wally and his car.
Maybe some of you remember; a new black Lincoln Continental, two-door, all leather. He let me and mygirlfriend use it when he went to LA for the weekend; what a great slide and what a typical Wally gesture ( which insured showing up and paying attention, which was also a Wally trait).
In: Firsthand Stories
Stephen is right.
I must have been to 245 earlier, only Russ and Ginger would remember. I do know in 1969, I worked on Quicksilver Messenger service “Shady Grove” with Dan Healey, and “Baby’s House” with Steve Miller band with the great Glyn Johns. I did some work with Russ; he taught me the basics, and it helped [...]
In: Firsthand Stories
Working for Wally
Now that I’m logged in, I’ll start gathering my thoughts, It was quite some time ago: I was one of the first employees at 245 Hyde, a young rookie from Seattle. I knew about Wally from his LA operation, but 245 as new to me. I applied at every studio in SF, turned down at [...]
In: Firsthand Stories
Wally World
I’m thinking I joined around November of 1969, Al Schmidt was doing the Airplane, with Pat Ieraci as second. Studio “C” was the only one open, the rest were being completed. What a exciting time! The staff was me, Russ Gary, George Herdandiz, Ginger Mews, Mel Tanner.
In: Firsthand Stories