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WAR ZONE..AL'S BAR MAY 3,1990..GIRL GEORGE..NAOMI RUTH EISENBERG..BRAD STUBBS..HONEY DAVIS***
**WAR ZONE**
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"ALS BAR SONG"..."EVERYBODYS CRAZY-BUT ME" GIRL GEO.***
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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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A BAT OUT OF HELL.....http://www.geocities.com/girlgeorge2000/girlgeorge.html................."GIRL GEORGE & THE DRAGONS"..WEB SITE,HAS NEWS PAPER WRITE UPS,BEST OF THE BAY AWARD..PICTURES,YOU CAN BUY MY CD THERE OR MY MOVIE FROM NASHVILLE..CHECK IT OUT...............IT'S EASIER TO JUST PUT "GIRL GEORGE" IN "GOOGLE"..ITS THE TOP ONE............AL'S BAR MAY3,1990.."LIVING IN THE WAR ZONE" and "WRONG NUMBER.............space.com/videos/vplayer.swf" />
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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...
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***DIRK DIRKSEN..ROY LONEY..ON GIRL GEORGE'S TV SHOW ****
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"PEARL HARBOR & THE EXPLOSIONS" ..JAN.22,1979.......
fm."GIRL GEORGE AND THE SUPERSTARS OF THE FUTURE TV SHOW" 19..SINGING "DRIVING"****
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LOVE-IN..L.A.** **LOVE-IN****
**** "ALL THE SAILERS IN CHINATOWN"YVET..2003..STORK CLUB***
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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 ..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.............
Your a Hoot George :) That had to be one of the smallest stages I ever graced at The Palomino Club .... And those nasty red curtins I use to beg Tommy to change them along with the red candle jars . Never happend in his life .I can't picture Tommy Thomas leting Condom Nite happen he would have been afraid it would have drivin buisness out l.o.l.... He could be such an old stick in the mud at times .. But you had to love him , he had a heart of gold ... Thank you for sharing. Hope all is well with you and your family . And your holidays were happy with the little ones around. Love Pattie xxxxxx
Thank You Sweet Heart, I honestly needed that . Hope you and your family are doing well. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year .. Love Always Pattie :) xxxx
ITS GREAT TO SEE RALPH, GEORGE. WOW, MADE ME CRY. I REMEMBER HIM AT THE FREIGHT AND SALVAGE ON THURSDAY OPEN MIKES IN l967. I KNew we both were destin for the ANTI FOLK MOVEMENT BACK THEN. LONG LIVE RALPH ENO. NAOmi VICE. LOVE YOU GEORGE. XXXX
You Hot Shit , ;) I can't believe you sent that video clip to me :)... Been a while since The Palomino Club in Hollywood .. I enjoyed watching it Girl George . I left it in my comments for all to see :) . Hope all is well with you . And your Holidays and New Year are the best .... Just think, I knew you way back when . Now look you've taken Nashville by storm some time a go ... Keep in touch Sweet Heart and Thank You so much for thinking of me ....... My Love To All, Pattie Le'Boeuf XXX
I checked with him (uncle)and he said you would not remember him for he never got to meet you per say. My husband remembers hearing and reading about you, he lived in Memphis during those days (man I wish I had been older and lived in Memphis or Nashville) in the 70's and been able to have met you. Unfortunately I was in Clovis, NM and was unable to hear the happening music "live". Oh well I am fortunate to have met you now via the internet. Thanks for responding to me. I definately would like a copy of the DVD-could I get it autographed, pleeeease?? Did you hear that whine? LOL This would make an awesome Christmas present.
"GG BIRTHDAY SONG/LETTER" By ::: ALLENE ROH..10-28-08
"Bands come and bands go"..That is what Girl George told me when she first rolled into town 13 years or so..when I asked her if she was in a band. She also told me"I'm 50 yrs. old and I'm a Punk Rocker"Clad in her velvet cape,with her Sword strapped on, I had no reason to doubt her(and wouldn't have dared to have said if I did.that sword looked real.)
I remember taking George home to my place one nite after the open mic to hang out with me & my roomies' Tom Shannon & Greg Moore,& to crash on our couch for the nite. We had a very nice & interesting evening. She regaled us with stories about hanging out wit Chrissie Hynde in London (before she was famous,but she had the bangs already) and Kris Kristofferson,and her fabulous way out hippie days and 30 years of her personal Rock & Roll. (and she never once asked us to clap.) The next day around 5p.m.George was still there, doing her laundry & chatting up my cute room mates. "Is she moving in?' Tom Shannon asked me. I said I didn't think so (but honestly,there was that SWORD to consider.) " I THINK SHE'S WAY COOL" GREG MOORE SAID (AND HE STILL DOES)
The rest is pretty much history as they say Girl George has become a important fixture in our open mic culture. She ran her own open mic for a while in Oakland (was that the Stork Club??) I think she had something going in San Francisco too. George gets around,and everyone always remembers her, She is truly unforgettable (no matter how hard you try)
Happy Birthday George,May you Rock On Until you're 100!
XOX Allene
Notes fm. Moore's phone call::
Tom & Greg-Love & Miss you Greg listens to your songs alot. Says George is a GREAT SONGWRITER,Very Funny Also has good take on Relationship issues She understands universal feelings & communicates.
Happy Birthday, Girl! We aren't going to be able to make the party, afterall...damn...we still have a teenager in the house, but next year, FOR SURE!!! Have way tooo much fun! Peace! Dale and Sherry!
