Jeff Melnick
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It's like a small handful at this point.
It's like a small handful at this point.
It's like a small handful at this point.
Yeah, that's amazing. And that's where the story gets, I mean, obviously we wouldn't be talking about him if they didn't end up in LA and everything that ensues. And I mean, that's part of, you know, I called him before a cultural entrepreneur, like he begins to really fancy himself a musician and he begins to imagine himself as a musician with
Yeah, that's amazing. And that's where the story gets, I mean, obviously we wouldn't be talking about him if they didn't end up in LA and everything that ensues. And I mean, that's part of, you know, I called him before a cultural entrepreneur, like he begins to really fancy himself a musician and he begins to imagine himself as a musician with
Yeah, that's amazing. And that's where the story gets, I mean, obviously we wouldn't be talking about him if they didn't end up in LA and everything that ensues. And I mean, that's part of, you know, I called him before a cultural entrepreneur, like he begins to really fancy himself a musician and he begins to imagine himself as a musician with
real potential and so la is where it's happening i mean this is la's moment it's i mean when i started researching this stuff i was like earlier in my career did a a book about when new york jews first musicians first you know gershwin and that whole crew in the 1920s first moved out to hollywood because that's where the action was going to be for musicians you know making making music for movies and from that moment on like la slowly becomes the heart of the american music business and it's off the hook in 67 68
real potential and so la is where it's happening i mean this is la's moment it's i mean when i started researching this stuff i was like earlier in my career did a a book about when new york jews first musicians first you know gershwin and that whole crew in the 1920s first moved out to hollywood because that's where the action was going to be for musicians you know making making music for movies and from that moment on like la slowly becomes the heart of the american music business and it's off the hook in 67 68
real potential and so la is where it's happening i mean this is la's moment it's i mean when i started researching this stuff i was like earlier in my career did a a book about when new york jews first musicians first you know gershwin and that whole crew in the 1920s first moved out to hollywood because that's where the action was going to be for musicians you know making making music for movies and from that moment on like la slowly becomes the heart of the american music business and it's off the hook in 67 68
The kind of Sunset Strip action, the clubs that just kind of in the street hanging out, you know, informal rituals of hanging out. And then the record companies who are looking for, you know, constantly looking for new young talent. So it's this amazing moment.
The kind of Sunset Strip action, the clubs that just kind of in the street hanging out, you know, informal rituals of hanging out. And then the record companies who are looking for, you know, constantly looking for new young talent. So it's this amazing moment.
The kind of Sunset Strip action, the clubs that just kind of in the street hanging out, you know, informal rituals of hanging out. And then the record companies who are looking for, you know, constantly looking for new young talent. So it's this amazing moment.
It is. I mean, it's sometime in 68, like, and people argue about exactly when. It seems like a couple of the women of the family get picked up hitchhiking by Dennis Wilson. Like, it's this totally, you know, just... lucky accident.
It is. I mean, it's sometime in 68, like, and people argue about exactly when. It seems like a couple of the women of the family get picked up hitchhiking by Dennis Wilson. Like, it's this totally, you know, just... lucky accident.
It is. I mean, it's sometime in 68, like, and people argue about exactly when. It seems like a couple of the women of the family get picked up hitchhiking by Dennis Wilson. Like, it's this totally, you know, just... lucky accident.
But it's like the way the story gets told, it's like they get picked up hitchhiking and then next they're basically living in his house, the whole family, you know, like they're crashing at Dennis Wilson's Pacific Palisades house. And Dennis Wilson's got this whole crew of guys who begin noticing this.
But it's like the way the story gets told, it's like they get picked up hitchhiking and then next they're basically living in his house, the whole family, you know, like they're crashing at Dennis Wilson's Pacific Palisades house. And Dennis Wilson's got this whole crew of guys who begin noticing this.
But it's like the way the story gets told, it's like they get picked up hitchhiking and then next they're basically living in his house, the whole family, you know, like they're crashing at Dennis Wilson's Pacific Palisades house. And Dennis Wilson's got this whole crew of guys who begin noticing this.
It's incredibly, I mean, I just want to make sure that we don't laugh it up too much because like it's incredibly exploitive scenario. Like in the research I did, I really focused on this category that we've come to call groupies.
It's incredibly, I mean, I just want to make sure that we don't laugh it up too much because like it's incredibly exploitive scenario. Like in the research I did, I really focused on this category that we've come to call groupies.