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Morgan's letter:
Found your site - OMG ! You will see below a book I wrote about the
60's that is now in the early stages of being made into a movie. Most of
the book takes place in NY after I left LA in 1968 but some of the beginning is
the strip and the Hullabaloo club. I was younger than most of the people
you have listed here but knew many of them. I used to volunteer to answer
phones on Saturdays at the Hullabaloo in return for free entrance and access to
the rehearsals of the bands. I am stunned to see the people I knew best
are dead. Remember I was quite young - 15 to 17 in the hayday of the
Hullaballo Club.
I'm still trying to absorb the fact that David Doud is dead. I had a
real thing for him in those days. I was just a kid at the time but he
payed some special attention to me and he remains a fond memory. We once
sat in his little green MG in the front of the club and stared into each other's
eyes for well over two hours. That's all we did. An incredible,
innocent, moving communion for me. I got to sit on the stage by the
orchestra pit for the night and he would often nod and smile to me. Meant
a great deal at 16. Used to love the East Side Kids rendition of And Your
Bird Can Sing. Of course I remember Terry Rae - who wouldn't - he was
goreous.
Danny Horton used to sing to me often also because he liked making me
blush. I have since lost most of my hearing and am legally deaf due to
sitting next to those amplifiers on that stage. Jimmy Greenspoon also
always took time to talk to me. David Beaudein (or however you spell that
name) of the Palace Gurard even "christened" me in the little
loft of the soundroom along with any other girl dumb enough to go up there with
him. A make out session that ended with him making your clothes real
sticky. The other members of the band would laugh and throw you napkins
when you came down the little ladder. I was all of 15. A fact that
also didn't stop Rodney from hanging around with me. He really liked the
young girls. I hear he's a dj in LA and doing ok. I ran into
him about 10 years ago but he didn't remember me - but in truth I'm not
sure he'd know his own mother. He's enjoyed his life a bit too much !
The only band I can remember not mentioned here is Mandala. They came
down from
I was of the younger crowd so I would be looking for different people than I
see mentioned here. Chantal I believe was a friend of mine unless there is
more than one. I would llike to find again. . . Cinnamon
Brown, Mike Base, Mick Jason, Mark Joyner, Cher Everett, Barbara Gelfand, JR,
Michael Morganelli, Queer boy Alan from Philly, Scamp who came down from Canada
every summer. Rob Rose, Kevin Clap, Jamie Fidler
The Original Offspring. . . . Teddy Rooney, Randy Carlisle, David Riley (oh
yeah David ! Wow what a crush I had on him for many years ) Jim
Lanham.
I was pretty skinny and homely and looked like a little kid. No
one paid much romantic attention to me. Mostly they liked my big black
radio - louder then everyone elses) and my beautiful grilfriends Monica and
Cinnamon. Later I would pay the rent on some of the crash pads by
panhandling. I was really good at it. I looked about 12 and would
stop these people out in front of Wallach's
I remember the little coffee houses during the day on the strip - dark little
places with not much of anyone minding the store where people played pool and
you never knew when someone would pull out a guitar and start to jam or compose
a song. Was it called Mama's? Can't remember. The little
booths would be full of runaways sleeping in the morning cause the owner's were
cool and took them from the back alleys. The Whiskey would let us come in
on occasion and be the audience for the rehearsals during the day. Very
cool to go hang out in that dark little place and watch. We couldn't go at
night - not old enough. Instead we walked the strip for hours
and hours just hanging out and playing. I remember the Country Store
and Morrison's house up above it. We would often go play in the ruins of
Houdini's castle or simply run around the hair pin curves for excitement.
And of course the huge love-ins in
Thanks so much for keeping all this history. This was so cool to read.
I'm adding a pic in an attachment. You'll see I havent changed much.
I'm 52 in the picture and still dress the same. I'll let you know if the
movie gets fully off the ground. It won't have much from that time period
in
I hope this was somewhat interesting and I didnt bore you. I truly
enjoyed the site - got a laugh out of remembering Wild Man Fisher and Sugar Bear
! And a tear from remembering Godot. What a gifted child
he was. And Bart Baker that the GTO's made famous ! Gorgeous kid of
maybe 12 with white blonde hair with some purple strands in it - natural
- no one put them there- freaky. Hope you find the time to keep with this
- It's just incredible and I'd love to hear from you. Thanks again
Morgan Rowan