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Shell shocked : my life with the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc. / Howard Kaylan with Jeff Tamarkin.
- Title
- Shell shocked : my life with the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc. / Howard Kaylan with Jeff Tamarkin.
- Author
- Kaylan, Howard
- Publication
- Milwaukee, WI : Backbeat Books, 2013.
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| Text | Request in advance | ML420.K226 A3 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Tamarkin, Jeff
- Description
- xviii, 277 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The singer of the Turtles' iconic 1967 song "Happy Together" recounts his life as a player in the rock and roll revolution, chronicling his years with classic bands, work with legendary artists, and experiences with sex and drugs.
- Alternative Title
- My life with the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Autobiographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword: Turtlefucking Mothers / Penn Jillette -- Acknowledgments -- But First: A Rock Group Inside of Enemy Territory -- 1. Howard Kaylan, with a Y -- 2. Music Juice and the Sounds of Pounds -- 3. Westward, Toward the Matterhorn! -- 4. Destiny Calls -- 5. The West Coast Ambassadors of Good-Time Music -- 6. How Is the Weather? -- 7. Beat the Beatles -- 8. We Rule This World! No One Can Touch Us! -- 9. Eht Seltrut -- 10. Punks Leaving a Trail of Destruction -- 11. Lucifer Laughs -- 12. Fuckin' Corporate Sellouts! -- 13. Put a Fork in Us -- 14. Around Here, We Have Rules -- 15. A Hint of Possible Ascension on the Hipness Scale -- 16. As Good as It Gets -- 17. A Car Shaped Like an Enormous Penis, Sounds Like Good, Clean Family Fun -- 18. Anybody Got Any Dope? -- 19. A Closely Guarded Secret -- 20. A Pony Harness Dipped in Enchilada Sauce -- 21. Smoke on the Water -- 22. Air Supply Is a Better Name Than the Phlorescent Leech and Eddie! -- 23. Perception Is Everything -- 24. Spinning in Some Hippie Delirium -- 25. Officially Bipolar -- 26. Lobster, Caviar, and Cocaine -- 27. Skating on Thin Ice -- 28. Moving Targets -- 29. Getting Spit On by the Boss Himself! -- 30. Singers Don't Get Desks -- 31. Hey Ma, Look-I'm a Performance Artist! -- 32. Who the Hell Are These Fat Guys, and Why Are They Here? -- 33. Turtles Once Again -- 34. Happy Together -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9781617808463 (pbk.)
- 1617808466 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2012044564
- OCLC
- 816655716
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library