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WAR ZONE..AL'S BAR MAY 3,1990..GIRL GEORGE..NAOMI RUTH EISENBERG..BRAD STUBBS..HONEY DAVIS***
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*****THE DRAGONS....ANY ONE I CAN DRAG-ON STAGE.,,..............................GUY MICHALE,KEITH..RICKY LEE ROBINSON,K.C. BOOKER,PAUL POT,MIKE WILHELM [OF THE CHARLATANS],BILLY KATZ,RALPH KELLOGG, [OF BLUE CHEER]DR.HOOK,BRAD STUBBS,WALTER ZOOIE,MONTY COLE,ALAN ST.JAMES,JEFF ROSS,BIFF,CARROT,ARIZONA STAR,THE 2 SOPHIE'S,FRENCH GIRLS,KINGFISH,CARLOS GUITARLOS,KNOCK,HONEY DAVIS,MARY XMAS,NAOMI. RUTH EISENBERG,JUST TO NAME A FEW THAT PLAYED WITH ME FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME,THERES 100'S MAYBE 1000'S THAT HAVE BEEN ON STAGE WITH ME ONCE...LAST NIGHT ..[ 9..12..06....AT THE STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIKE.GUY WAS ON GUITAR [HES BEEN PLAYING WITH ME OVER 5YRS.NOW]..THEN WE HAD THE GREAT BLUES GUITARIST EL RAY[LARRY NOBLE]..ON LEAD...JULIE WAS PLAYING FLUTE..[PUNK FLUTE?..YEAH SURE,WHY NOT,]...IF THEY CAN PLAY,THEY CAN PLAY ANYTHING....K.C.BOOKER WAS SINGING BACK UP..SOMETIMES HE PLAYS GUITAR WITH ME ..WHAT EVER... HE HAS FUN ON STAGE.. NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES,..GREAT ENERGY....THEN WE HAD THIS NEW GUY ON SOME KIND OF HAND DRUM,LIKE A CONGA.. [FIRST TIME IN CLUB]....FROM ANGAFISTAN...HE WAS GREAT..ENDED UP PLAYING WITH EVERYONE ALL NIGHT....THE CROWD WAS GREAT..PACKED..LOTS OF YOUNG KIDS & THEY WERE REALLY GETTING INTO THE MUSIC...LOTS OF GREAT OTHER ACTS,IT WAS A MAJIC NIGHT..I LOVE OPEN MIC.S.........GUY HATES ME.... BUT HE NEEDS THE EGGS.........LOTS OF GREAT MUSICIANS. OVER THE YRS...MIKE WILHELM,PLAYED WITH ME OFF & ON FOR YRS,SO DID CARLOS GUITARLOS,HONEY DAVIS,BILLY KATZ,PLAYED LEAD GUITAR WITHE ME AT "ALS BAR"L.A.1987HE WROTE THE MUSIC FOR MY SONGS,"WAR ZONE"...PERVERTS EVERY WHERE".."FLASHIN LIGHTS & SIRENS".and ALOT OF OTHER ONES I WROTE THE LYRICS....,ALAN ST.JAMES,[ was my first guitar player,played w/me for yrs]..... RALPH KELLOG[FROM BLUE CHEER] PLAYED PAINO..WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME ...AS DID JEFF ROSS[HE WENT TO NASHVILLE WITH ME AND THE ARIZONIA STAR IN 1970]NAOMI RUTH EISONBERG HAS PLAYED FIDDLE WITH ME WHEN EVER WE ARE IN THE SAME TOWN FOR THE LAST 20 YRS.............BRAD STUBBS PLAYED MANDLIN WITH ME AND WALTER ZOOIE ON GUITAR AT "ALS" BAR..NO TALENT NIGHT..L.A.AND THE LOFT PARTYS,LOVE INS,RODNEY-ON- THE- ROCK PARTYS AT THE IMPERAL GARDENS,HOLLY WOOD....THEY PLAYED WITH ME ABOUT A YR................THE CAST KEEPS CHANGING..............................THE CROWD ALWAYS LOOKS THE SAME ..YOUNG&BUSHIE TAILED...LOTS OF ART STUDENTS..LOOKING FOR GOOD ENERGE...BACK IN 1974 ME AND THE ARIZONIA STAR[THATS HER IN THAT PIX WITH ME AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE'']WE SANG TOGATHER 5YRS,1970-1975...WE TOURED WITH DR.HOOK & THE MEDISON SHOW....THEY CALLED US OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIR SHOW AND BACKED US UP AS WE SANG A SONG WE WROTE.["I'M GOIN NA HICH HIKE DOWN TO MEXICO,ON A WATERMELON TRUCK,& BE A LATAIN MOVIE STAR"]I WROTE THE LYRIC FROM ONE OF STARS WILD STORIES SHE WAS ALWAYS TELLING...FUNNY GIRL,MADE ME LAUGH...WE WERE PLAYING ON THE SAME BILL WITH ..CHUCK BERRY..STEVIE WONDER..ECT.ECT....BIG CONCERT HALLS, RACE TRACKS...5 OR 6 BIG NAMES ACT ON EACH BILL...WE'D BE ON A PLANE EARLY EVERY MORNING..FLY TO GOD ONLY KNOWS WHERE..[ACTULY OUR ROAD MANAGER 9 YEAR KNEW ] HE KNEW EVERY THING HE WAS LIKE ALL THESE LOONATICS BABY SITTER..[.ANOTHER VIRGO,DO WE SEE A PATEREN HERE?]...............STAR HATED THE ROAD...........I LOVED .it.................
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JERRY LEE,CHUCK BERRY,ELVIS,DYLAN LENNY BRUCE,MICK JAGGER,JOHN LENNON,FISH KARMA,S.A.GRIFFIN,KRIS KRISTIFFERSON,DAVID ALAN COE,RICHARD PRYOR,RONNY AND THE DAYTONES[BUCKY WILKINS]..MIKE WILHELM..CHARLATANS [SAN FRANCISCO]...ZILCH FLETCHER..ROD STEWART,CHET HELMS,BILL GRAHAM,ENRICO BANDUCCI
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BELOW:::GIRL GEORGES TV SHOW &035;19..Jan.22,1979
INTRO...KSAN D.J.NORM DAVIS..D.J. DON CHAMBERLIN...JOE'S TRAINED BIRDS...
***INTRO.***JC.BURRIS..SINGS JC BLUES WRITTEN BY GIRL GEORGE & JC.BURRIS**
J.C.***DIRK DIRKSEN..ROY LONEY..ON GIRL GEORGE'S TV SHOW ****
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fm."GIRL GEORGE AND THE SUPERSTARS OF THE FUTURE TV SHOW" 19..SINGING "DRIVING"****
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LOVE-IN..L.A.** **LOVE-IN****
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NEW MOVIE REVIEW *** Oct.5,2009 ***
"The Adventures of Girl George & The Arizona Star".............
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***The story of Girl George and The Arizona Star! I mainly watched this for the story of Girl George, but the vast array of other characters in the film are interesting as hell also! Girl George would start out in the place that she would make full circle to and wind back at even up to this day, the San Francisco Bay Area. She left home early and through some fake id's got into the bars and things in the area in the early 60's, so she witnessed the early scene there with all the beat poets and musicians, people like Allen Ginsburg and the like. She also did some time as a topless dancer for a brief period. Girl George first realized her true calling after strumming a few chords playing songs like "Mr. Tambourine Man" at open mics in such places as the "Coffee Gallery" in SF. After performing for a while, Girl George noticed a glamourous over the top Marilyn Monroe on acid type character that she would take under her wing who would perform with her for about 5 years. Girl George admits that Star was the total opposite of her, but the contrast worked nicely and she was interesting. Kris Kristofferson (actor/musician you probably have all seen) would take them under his wing and have them play around town. From there, they went on to Nashville where they continued a wild existence including sneaking into the Grammy's, screaming and dancing on tables, and crashing many parties. Girl George would start writing her own songs here. She returned to San Francisco in the early 70's and even performed for a while with Mike Wilhelm who played in the amazing 60's group The Charlatans, who had started the whole 60's Haight Ashbury psychedelic scene in San Francisco. Created in 2004, the documentary is well put together and tells the whole story with some great, vintage video clips and archival photos etc.. A large cast of characters in the film that are interesting and way fun to watch. The clips of Girl George's TV show (yes she even had a TV show for some time) are priceless; Wavy Gravy, the amazing BLUE CHEER plays a great performance and you see Dickie Peterson showing some fondness for Girl George in his own way, seems like he's flirting to me! Also featured is footage of the "Love-Ins" that Girl George hosted in LA in the park from 1985-1995, the first Sunday of every April where people would gather together and play music and just have a fun time all around. Great documentary with plenty of live music clips, news clips, interviews and more. Girl George, with her attitude and passion for performing could be considered one of the first true punk rock females in San Francisco, she really didn't give a fuck, did her own thing and is STILL doing it today at the Long Haul in Berkeley. Every-Body's Cra-zy But Me!!
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***I HAVE JUST POSTED 116 CLIPS FROM MY TV SHOW AT...youtube.com/girlgeorgetvshow * included ARE MORE OF PEARL HARBOR..ROY LONEY..DIRK DIRKSEN..BLUE CHEER..& MUCH MORE..CHECK IT OUT ***
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*** THE GREAT SPUDDLE BRO. SING A SONG THEY WROTE FOR***
*** JOAN PEZ & GIRL GEORGE'S 8th. ANNV...HOSTING ***
**THE STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC....JUNE 24,2008****
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GIRL GEORGE AND JOAN PEZ HOSTED THE OPEN MIC..(EVERY TUE.).......AT THE STARRY PLOUGH..BERK.CALIF............FROM ..JUNE 30,2000.......TO NOV.4,2008..THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN PLAYING THERE SINCE 1995***
JOAN PEZ IS NOW HOSTING THE STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC BY HERSELF
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GIRL GEORGE IS STARTING A NEW OPEN MIC WITH LITTLE BOY BLUE**(ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE STARRY PLOUGH) **************
AT" THE LONG HAUL" STARTING FEB 1,2009..THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH...7pm. to 11pm.
****AND REINTERDUCING HER TV SHOW ON YOU TUBE TO THE NEW TECH GENERATION..HAPPY NEW YEAR..WELCOME TO MY WORLD****
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GIRL GEORGE FIRST PLAYED GUITAR WHEN SHE WAS 21...IN 1966...,NORTHBEACH,.....SAN FRANCISCO...THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN SINGING AT JAMS & WORKING IN BARS [AS A BAR MAID,DOOR PERSON ECT.] SINCE SHE WAS 16..[FAKE ID'S YA KNOW].............GIRL GEORGE WORKED AS A DANCER IN THE BIG CLUBS ON BROADWAY "THE PEPPERMINT TREE"..BIG PLACE,OVER 500 PEOPLE [TOURIST IN SUITS & TYES WITH THEIR WIFES]...THERE WAS AN 8 PC.BAND ...."RUSSELL LEE"...A VERY LARGE DANCE FLOOR,& AN ASSORTMENT OF SPECALTY TOPLESS ACTS,SNAKE DANCERS ,EVEN ANTON LAVAY HAD A SHOW THERE FOR A WHILE{WITH.. A LOT OF NAKED GIRLS] ...........GIRL GEORGE DID COMEDY..NUF SAID.............ALONG WITH CAROL DODA.THESE WERE THE BIGGEST SHOWS ON BROADWAY.THE OWER OF THE CLUB TOLD HER [AFTER SHE DIDN'T WORK THERE ANYMORE]..,THAT HE HAD MADE A MILLION DOLLARS OFF HER SHOW IN THE YR...SHE WORKED FOR HIM...SHE WAS MAKING OVER 100 DOLLARS A NIGHT,A LOT IN THOSE DAYS.............. BETWEEN SHOWS AT THE PEPERMINT TREE,SHE'D HANG OUT AT THE "COFFEE GALLERY"..ON UPPER GRANT ST...SAN FRANCISCO............THIS IS THE CLUB WHERE ALL THE BEAT POETS & MUSICIANS HUNG OUT & PLAYED...JACK KEROUAC....,ALLEN GINSBERG,.................THIS WAS THE FIRST CLUB IN TOWN JANIS PLAYED....EVERYONE. HAD BEEN THROUGH THE" COFFEE GALLERY."..............AND OF COURSE THEY HAD AN OPEN MIC..EVERY THUR..ONE NIGHT I WAS THERE BETWEEN MY SHOWS ,WITH A GUITAR ..I HAD JUST STARTED TO PLAY..3 DAYS BEFORE...I KNEW THREE CHORDS.....G-A-D....& ONE SONG...DYLANS."TAMBERINE MAN"........THE GUY THAT RAN THE "HOOT"..OPEN MIC A FEW DOORS DOWN...AT THE."COFFEE & CONFUSION" HE ASKED IF I WOULD OPEN FOR HIM,HE HAD NO ONE TO START THE NIGHT,"I TOLD HIM I ONLY KNEW ONE SONG"....HE SAID "THATS OK HE HAD SOMEONE COMMING IN..& I ONLY HAD TO DO ONE SONG....SO I WENT UP THERE AND SANG "TAMBERINE MAN",.........AND AFTER THAT..... I WAS HOOKED.....I PLAYED AT EVERY OPEN MIC AT THE COFFEE GALLERY.,& COFFEE & CONFUSION.. THERE.......I FOUND MY LOVE,..MY CALLING,..MY BLISS......A LIFE ON THE STAGE IS THE ONLY LIFE FOR ME...............................FOR THE FIRST YR. I PLAYED,I WAS DYLAN,............I'D TAKE HIS SONG BOOK IN THE CLUB .......,LEARN THE SONG,......THEN GO ON STAGE & DO IT.........PROBABLE MY BIGGEST TALENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AUDACITY & TENACITY...... WAS I SCAIRED?.... YOU CAN BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY I WAS,.....BUT I'D DO IT ANYWAY,....AND THE MORE SCAIRED I WAS THE MORE LIKELY I WAS TO DO IT......I'M A SCORPIO YOU SEE .....I CAN'T HELP MY SELF.........AFTER AWHILE..ALAN ST.JAMES..ASKED IF I WOULD BE THE CHICK SINGER IN HIS BAND..HIM & HIS BASS PLAYER COME OVER MY HOUSE..AND BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER EVERY ONE KNEW... WHOS BAND IT WAS,...CHICK SINGER MY ASS,...DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BASS PLAYER [HE STAYED AROUND FOR AWHILE]...BUT ME AND ALAN PLAYED TOGEATHER FOR YEARS..FRIST BAND NAME WAS "SUMMER RAIN"........ALAN WAS 6'5".....LOOKED ALOT LIKE JOHN PHILLIPS[of the mamas & papas] ..LONG DARK BROWN HAIR THAT WAS ALWAYS COVERING HIS FACE..A VIRGO.....VERY QUITE [I WAS THE NOISEY ONE.]..HE JUST BACKED ME UP ..DID'NT CARE WHAT I DID..NEVER QUISTIONED ME.......NEWS YEARS EVE..1969.GOING INTO 1970...ALAN AND ME WENT TO THE FILMORE AUDITORUM..TO SEE HIS FRIEND "BOOTS" PLAY....WHEN WE GOT IN THE DOOR..BOOTS CAME RUNNING UP.AND ASKED IF WE HAD OUR GUITARS,WE SAID THEY WERE IN THE CAR TRUNK, HE SAID GO GET THEM ,YOU ARE GOING ON...SO WE RAN THE TWO BLOCKS TO THE CAR ,GOT OUR GUITARS & WHEN WE CAME IN THE DOOR BOOTS THROU US ON THE STAGE...OUT OF BREATH AND OUT OF OUR MINDS WE LAUNCHED INTO.."TAMBERINE MAN"..WE WERE BOTH DOING DIFFERENT VERSES OF THE SONG AT THE SAME TIME..EVERYONE WAS SO OUT OF IT THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO NOTICE...OH WHAT A NIGHT...SO WE ENDED UP BEING THE LAST PERFORMERS TO PLAY THE FILMORE AUD. ...OF THE 60's DECADE...1969 WAS GONE..EVERY ONE HAD HIGH HOPES ..FOR THE 70'S.............THE "SUMMER RAIN' WERE HOT,WE WERE PLAYING EVERYWHERE,WE AQUIRED ANOTHER BASS PLAYER,BERRY...HE WAS MAJIC...I HAD BEEN IN A FEW PLAYS A FEW YRS EARLYER,THE "BIKINI DREAM " A REAL ARTSY THING WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE POETS {WAYNE MILLER}..I GET KILLED IN THE END....THE OTHER PLAY WAS A SHLOCKY THING WHERE I WAS A CAT..[YRS BEFORE....."THE" CATS..]...I HATE ACTING....I'D REATHER SAY MY OWN WORDS..[THERES THAT SCORPIO THING AGAIN].......ANY WHO..... THAT PLAY HAD ENDED ..AND I HAD FORGOTEN ALL ABOUT IT.WHEN I RAN INTO MONTY PIKE,THE WRITER,DIRECTOR,PRODUCER,ACTOR [AND GENERAL CRAZY PERSON] OF THE 2nd. play I'd done....THE PLAY WAS CALLED THE "POTBOILERS"...HE HAD GOTTEN ALL THESE {10 OR 15] LOONATICS TOGEATHER AND JUST HAD TO HAVE ME REPRIVE THE ROLL OF "GEORGE" ,ONE OF THE CATS.[he had written for me]....IT HAD BEEN ONE OF THE CRAZYIST TIME'S IN MY LIFE DOING THAT PLAY....BUT LIKE ALL BANDS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GIG...I SAID I'D ACT IN HIS PLAY.IF MY BAND COULD PLAY ON THE INTERMISION....HE HAD THE TROPACANA CLUB..[ON BROADWAY,SF] BOOKED FOR WEEKS.. TO DO THE SHOW ..SO WHEN WE SANG OUR FIRST SET..THIS ACTRESS FROM THE PLAY WAS SINGING ALONG WITH US...LIKE ALWAYS I DRUG HER UP ON STAGE TO SING BACK UP.......SHE LOOKED & ACTED LIKE MARILYN MONROE.......,[ YEAH--MARILYN MONROE ON ACID] ...SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE WORDS TO THE SONGS SO SHE WOULD READ MY LIPS AND HARMONIZE...FAKING IT..... HER NAME WAS CHRISTINA YAKOBIAN...........,SHE WAS 20YRS.OLD
[ I WAS 25 YRS.OLD AT THE TIME] ............A GIMINI,TWICE OVER ,HAD ABOUT 6 PERSONATES , SLIPPING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER,ALWAYS ACTING,,....,ALWAYS OVER ACTING..
IF THERE EVER WAS AN ANTI-ME ..THIS WAS IT..
.WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY SHE JOINED THE BAND...............................
.ONE NIGHT WE WERE AT "ENRICOS" & SHE SAID
"WHY ..DON'T YOU GIVE ME A NEW NAME..
.EVERYONE IS NAMED CHRISTINA.".WE WERE IN THE BATHROOM.
.AND I LOOKED UP AT THE WALL PAPER
& IT SAID SUPERSTAR ALL OVER IT...SO THERE YOU GO..
I SAID HOW ABOUT... STAR...SHE SAID OK, & THAT WAS THE BEGINING OF THE "GEORGE & THE ARIZONIA STAR" SOGA...........SHE PICKED UP THE ARIZONIA A YR. LATER IN NASHVILLE...BUTS THATS ANOTHER STORY......AFTER MEETING KRIS KRISTOFFERSON AT THE COFFEE GALLERY...BOBBIE NEWIRTH...HAD BROUGHT HIM TO SEE US PLAY...KRIS PROCEDED TO DRAG US ALL OVER THE BAY AREA SHOWING OFF HIS NEW FIND..HE THOUGHT WE WERE GREAT..AND TOLD EVERY BODY...HE TOOK US TO A PLACE IN BERK. THAT NICK GRAVNITES..AND IRON BUTTERFLY WERE PLAYING..TOLD EVERY0NE HOW GREAT WE WERE ..THROU US ON STAGE..AND WE PROCEDED TO BREAK EVERY STRING ON BOTH MINE AND ALANS GUITAR...WHAT FUCK UPS....A YEAR LATER I WROTE SHELBY SINGLETON (THEN OWNED OF SUN RECORDS IN NASHVILLE) I TOLD HIM HOW GREAT WE WERE...HE ACTALY CALLED ME WHEN HE GOT MY LETTER...TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO NEW YORK IN 4 DAYS....IF WE COULD BE IN NASHVILLE BEFORE THEN...HE'D SEE WHAT WE COULD DO.....SO I CALLED STAR ..SAID WE HAVE TO GO TO NASHVILLE...NOW!.......SHE WROTE A CHECK...(NO MONEY IN ACCOUNT...OH WELL)........THERE WE WERE IN NASHVILLE ...NO MONEY....BUT WHO CARES..WE WERE ON OUR WAY......FAIRON YOUNG PICKED US UP HITCH HIKING.....TOOK US TO THE REMODIA INN (where the book said all the stars hung out..johnny cash filmed his show there)......WE HUNG OUT IN THE ALL NIGHT CAFFE...THATS WHERE MET SHEL SILVERSTEIN THE FIRST TIME.......WE PLAYED FOR EVERYONE ,EVERY WHERE..HITCH HIKED AROUND....WROTE A PLAY WHEN WE NEEDED MONEY...SOLD TICKETS FOR IT BY THE HUNDREDS..BEFORE WE EVEN WROTE IT FOR A DOLLAR A PIECE....SNUCK INTO THE GRAMMYS...AND EVERY OTHER BIG EVENT THAT CAME THROUGH TOWN....AFTER THE GRAMMYS.. WENT TO A PARTY AND THERE WAS RINGO STARR AND HARRY NELSON...THOSE WERE THE DAYS....A GIRL WE KNEW HAD A,FRIEND ..ASKED ME TO GIVE HIM A RIDE TO THE GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS.....HAD TO DO A STORY...SURE WHY NOT...2 DAYS ..NOTHING BETTER TO DO....SO.. HUNTER S. THOMPSON...JUMPED IN MY CAR AND OFF WE WENT........................WE SIGNED WITH PRODUCER PETE DRAKE..BROUGHT THE HIPPY MOVEMENT TO NASHVILLE..THE FIRST HIP CLUB'S (THE RED DOG SALOON AND THE EXIT IN ) OPENED AROUND US..NO WE WEREN'T COUNTRY..NOWHERE NEAR IT.. BUT NASHVILLE LOVED US...WE WERE FUNNY AND A BREATH OF FREE AIR FROM THE OLD GUARD....ALONG WITH .OUR FRIENDS..KRIS KRISTOFFERSON,CHRIS GANTRY,DAVID ALLAN COE,...BILLY SWAN..,BUCKY WILKIN (AKA RONNY AND THE DATONAS.."LIL G.T.O.)..EDDIE RABBIT..DOUG KERSHAW..ROBERT CARDWELL ...BILLY JOE SHAVER..WAYLON ..KINKY FREEMAN..VINCE MATHEWS..AND OF COURSE ..ZILCH FLETCHER..................WE KNOCKED NASHVILLE ON ITS ASS.........THATS WHEN I FIRST STARTED WRITING SONGS...AND THOSE WERE MY TEACHERS......NASHVILLE.1971 TO 1973..THEN SHEL SILVERSTEIN FINALY SEEN US PLAY..TOLD US "I HAVEN'T BEEN SO IMPRESSED BY AN ACT SINCE I SAW ELVIS PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME"...'.YOU SHOULD'T BE WITH PETE DRAKE.. HE'S TOO COUNTRY..YOU SHOULD BE WITH MY PRODUCER...RON HAFKINE...HE PRODUCES DR.HOOK...HE KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE FREAKS.'...SO OFF WE GO BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO...RON PUTS US OUT ON TOUR WITH DR.HOOK..AFTER A SHORT PRACTICE WITH THE BAND.."GEORGE AND THE ARIZONA STAR" WAS OUT THERE PLAYING THESE BIG CONCERTS ON THE SAME BILL WITH CHUCK BERRY ,STEVIE WONDER ,BLACK OAK ARK.ECT.ECT..HOW COOL IS THAT ...........WE GOT A LOT OF FULL PAGE WRITE UPS...WE GAVE GOOD COPY.......(A LOT OF THEM ARE ON MY "GIRL GEORGE AND THE DRAGONS" SITE.)...A FEW YEARS AGO GUY CLARK WROTE A SONG ABOUT ME AND STAR......THEN SOME FILM MAKERS FROM NASHVILLE..HEARD THE SONG LOOKED ME UP AND CAME OUT HERE AND FILMED ME...FOUND STAR IN LONDON..FILMED HER...AND MADE A MOVIE ABOUT US...(won an award in the Berk.film fest.)THEY HAD TO ADD MORE SHOWINGS AT THE NASHVILLE FILM FEST...THE WHOLE TOWN TURNED OUT FOR IT...ARIZONA STAR WAS THERE ....I WAITED TILL THEY CAME HERE TO BERK.AND SHOWED IT AT THE STARRY PLOUGH TO SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME......................................................................................
WHEN I CAME BACK FROM NASHVILLE IN 1973 I ENDED UP RUNNING THE "COFFEE GALLERY" FOR A YEAR,..I BOOKED THE ACTS ON THE WEEK ENDS.[I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BOOK COMEDY IN THE CLUB,THE BEGINING OF THE GREAT COMEDY WAVE.]....AND RAN THE OPEN MIC ON THURS...THATS WHEN MIKE WILHELM STARTED PLAYING WITH ME...HE PLAYED WITH ME OFF AND ON FOR YEARS......BEST GUITAR PLAYER IN THE WORLD.....HE'S IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME NOW.........[HE WAS THE GUITAR PLAYER IN THE "CHARLATANS".IN THE 60'S.THEN LATER IN "THE FLAMIN GROOVIES]..THE GREAT BLUES PLAYER J.C.BURRIS..[SONNY TERRY'S NEPHEW]... MADE UP THE 3rd.SPOKE OF "THE THREE MUSKATEERS"....WE PLAYED EVERY WHERE,..JC DOING HIS OWN ACT,MIKE,BACKING ME UP ON GUITAR,AND DOING HIS OWN ACT & ME RUNNING AROUND ...RUNNING EVERYTHING & SINGING & I PLAYED A MEAN RYTHUM GUITAR........ WE WERE EVEN ON THE NORTH BEACH FLOAT....,IN THE COULMBUS DAY PARADE..
.WAVE AT ALL THE PEOPLE NOW....COOL.........................,...,.
,.[BACK TO 1966.]..I USED TO HANG OUT AT THE OLD "COMMITTEE"...ON BROADWAY....... BETWEEN SHOWS,....AND THEY WOULD COME SEE MY SHOW ,WHEN THEY WERE OFF.......,LOTS OF REAL COOL FRIENDS THERE LIKE GARY GOODROW,LARRY HANKINS,BRUCE.MACKY,HOWARD,HESSMAN..
.I MET ZALLY [LOVIN SPOONFUL] FROM THEM ...I WAS THERE THE NIGHT OF THE INFAMOUS BUST...[THAT BROKE UP THE SPOONFUL]
THERES PICTURE'S OF US IN MY PHOTOS..."ZALLY,..GIRL GEORGE,..& STEVE BOONE" THE ACTORS AT THE " COMMITTEE" ARE THE ONES THAT TURNED ME ON TO THE BOOK ......."STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND"......IT TOOK AGE'S BEFORE I WOULD READ IT,....BUT THEY KEPT AFTER ME TILL I READ IT.....[THIS WAS 1966] ..IT CHANGED MY LIFE......IF I EVER HAD A BIBLE.........THIS WAS IT..............I USED TO READ THE BOOK ONCE EVERY YR. FOR YRS...TILL I ALMOST KNOW IT VERBATUM .....I GOT MY DAUGHTER WINDY TO READ IT WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT 8 yr's OLD.......,TRYED TO GET HER TO READ IT BEFORE BUT IT WAS A VERY BIG BOOK FOR A KID........AFTER SHE READ IT ..SHE UNDERSTOOD ME BETTER.......,SHE LOVED THE BOOK & HAS READ IN OVER & OVER MANY TIMES..SHE COLLECTS COPIES OF IT........WHEN I FIRST STARTED PLAYING GUITAR & SINGING I ASKED ONE OF THE ACTORS AT THE COMMITTEE..,HOW TO BE A GOOD ACT ....HE SAID.. "LIVE IT"...DON'T ACT IT OUT....."BE IT"........
"ART IS SOMETHING YOU ARE ,NOT SOMTHING YOU CREATE" ...............AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO JUST THAT .....NOT WITH JUST MY ACT..... BUT MY WHOLE LIFE........GROK....................... TO SEE MY OTHER MYSPACE SITE'S ..THEY ARE ALL IN MY TOP FRIEND'S.. ....I CAN DO THE MYSPACE ONES MYSELF....YEAH I'M REALLY KNOWN FOR MY MODESTY.LOL.....HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL YA ALL...MAY ALL YOUR ROCK 'N'ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE..................HAVE A GREAT 2009.............
OCT.28..WED...AT THE MISSOURI LOUNGE 2600 SAN PABLO AVE,BERKELEY THATS BETWEEN UNIVERSITY & ABHBY
*****IT'S AN OPEN MIC***
SO BRING YOUR ACCOUSTIC GUITARS *SIGN UP IS 7pm* THE OPEN MIC GO'S UNTIL 10pm. THEN WE ALL GO OUT TO THE BEER GARDEN IN BACK AND JAM TILL ABOUT 1am. SINGING 5-6 PART HARMONY ON OLD SONGS.. THERE WILL BE 6 GUITARS PLAYING AT THE SAME TIME.. I LOVE THIS PLACE..I PLAY THERE EVERY WED... IT'S ALSO A HALLOWEEN PARTY SO DRESS UP
To those who may not have heard, our dear brother Dickie Peterson (OF BLUE CHEER) has passed away from what I understand was liver cancer or complication there of. He left us 10-12-09 in Germany at at 5:00am.
Dickie will be greatly missed by many. He told me that he didn't have "fans" he had "friends" and I know he valued each and every one of them. From the beginning Dickie chose his own path through this journey we call life paving the way for those who dared to follow. Dickie was not just a pioneer in Rock & Roll music but also a LEADER that will continue to guide musicians and music lovers for ever.
I know he wouldn't want us to be sad and I know he's up there turning the Angel's harps up to "11"! Blow the Golden Gates off the joint Dickie!
Hey GG, just wanted to stop by and say congratulations on the birth of your daughter's new baby girl. I know she's beautiful! Another blossom on your family tree. God bless you all. Peace, Kim
Sorry I won't be able to be at Vesuvios but get a tattoo for me. Give my love to all - say hi for me. your TV show was so very cool. Keep on truckin'. Larry Hankin
