1. The order of names in our songwriting credits don't reflect who wrote the lyrics. I wrote "Gutter Cat" and I gave Glen a credit because he learned the chords and helped me present it to the rest of the guys. That way I could concentrate on singing and play bass. Like on many songs, Glen supplied ...

"Alexander was dismissed in August 1970" -Wiki After The Goose Lake Show. Read it in the liner notes. Just didn't have the date at hand when I asked the question. Replaced by a Roadie at the time, did you see/hear the set? I saw the Stooges perform quite a few times but I don't recall that particul...

Saint&Sinner wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 14, 2021 2:01 am

Best drum riff ever in my humble estimations.

I agree, Neal's drum riff is right up there with Ringo's "Tomorrow Never Knows."

Daggers & Contracts wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 14, 2021 11:37 pm

Hanoi Jane & The ACG. Wow!
Even though it didn't happen. What a Bill!
I hope The Stooges were on the top of their game.
Or, had Iggy just fired Dave Alexander?
Dr. D. ?

I don't recall if Dave had joined the Stooges at that point.
You'll have to google the timing on that.

This is the guitar arrangement of "Titanic Overture" by Nick Didkovsky.
I had heard this before I met Nick. We've done lots of music together since then.
https://doctornerve.bandcamp.com/album/ ... rrangement

I should also say that in 1968, Jane Fonda starred in the futuristic film Barbarella, which was an influence on how we dressed. And the actor John Philip Law that played the blind angel was our landlord at the band house in Hollywood. Also, the show at the University of Colorado had the thickest haz...

Hey Dennis, One of the more curious things on Si's excellent and exhaustive timeline (for me anyway) is the gig on November 21, 1970 at the University of Detroit, when you play with The Stooges, Damnation and.........Jane Fonda tops the bill. To put it bluntly, what was that all about?! Thanks I th...

Whitney Recording Studios in Glendale, near Burbank, California famously had a 1928 vintage organ from an old Fox movie theater. The studio recorded songs for Disney Studios before some rock artists started recording there. The walls of the studio housed organ pipes from very large to very small. Th...

Great Story thanks Dennis Next Question is the obvious - Is there a recording of the original Billion Dollar Baby floating around somewhere ? We didn't record Reggie's original version at that rehearsal. And over the years, every time I've asked him if he remembers his original version, he sings th...

Alice came up with the title for the album and we zeroed in on writing songs that supported that developing concept, which was based on us living in a mansion. Things were falling into place. Then one afternoon at rehearsal, we decided that a song called "Billion Dollar Babies" would help focus the ...

I have both of our Quad albums and I even had a Quad record player. They say the Beatles were present for their mono mixes but left the studio when it came time for the stereo mixes because it hadn't really caught on yet. Most people had mono record players and a mono record collection and few were ...

Michael, Neal, Glen, and I always encouraged Alice to play harp. Harmonica is a cool sounding instrument and we loved the variation of texture. Once in a while one of us would suggest it but Alice usually initiated the idea, and whenever he did, it always seemed to work. I was with Vince when he bo...

Black Juju

I haven't kept track of what gigs are known and which might deserve more attention so I'll just grab a few that pop into my head. During The Spiders reign in Arizona, we opened for the Lovin' Spoonful, The Byrds, The Bobby Fuller Four, and the Hollies. Those were all exciting shows. Alice Cooper pla...

Cindy would only play the nurse if nobody else would, and even then we practically had to get her in a headlock. The Dancing Tooth was a different animal all together. The audience couldn't see her but she could see them through the cavity, and it had twinkling lights, so she really enjoyed doing th...

Thanks for your well written tribute to your dear friend. I'm not sure if I've ever met Baz but his name sounds familiar. It's humbling to hear how our music brings people together. It's the magic of music. The songs created by musicians connects them, and it also connects all of the people that rel...

Hey Dennis, While you're a guy who's always looking forwards, you also have an impressive collection of memorabilia. Is there anything you lost along the way that you wish you still had, or something you never kept at the time that you now wish you'd hung onto? I remember you saying, on here I thin...

Hello Mr Dunaway, Thanks again for investing Your time on this forum. My ACG journey really started when I found GH on cassette in an Army Post Exchange (AKA a PX) a few days after Christmas of 1974. Having an early December birthday (12/7), I certainly had extra cash to get this, even at a whoppin...

Hey Dennis, I find it interesting that Charlie apparently decided he preferred the company of animals to people and went 'off grid' as it were. Is he still living such a life and have you had much or any contact with him in recent years? Thanks I last saw Charlie in the late 70's. As far as I know,...

Hey Dennis, With today being the 50th anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison, I was wondering how you and the band reacted on hearing news of his passing. Was it simply 'one of those things', tragic though it was, or did it cause some kind of introspection or re-evalutaion? Thanks Dr. D. I would ...