Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Shell Shocked My Life with the Turtles Flo & Eddie and Frank Zappa Etc. by Howard Kaylan HOWARD KAYLAN SHELL SHOCKED PDF. Howard Kaylan’s “Shell Shocked”. likes. Howard Kaylan’s life has been a dangerous ride that he is only too happy to report on shocking tales of. Howard Kaylan recalls his days as part of a hit-making band, a friend to a musical giant, and his tenacious grasp on his dream. —And Gives The Final Word On Six Legendary Rock ‘N Roll Myths! Words and Photos By Anne M. Raso. Howard Kaylan’s autobiography Shell Shocked. Author: Goktilar Nimi Country: New Zealand Language: English (Spanish) Genre: Career Published (Last): 16 October 2018 Pages: 443 PDF File Size: 14.82 Mb ePub File Size: 2.36 Mb ISBN: 961-6-34365-374-7 Downloads: 79134 Price: Free* [ *Free Regsitration Required ] Uploader: Jugar. He stopped—as far as I know, he stopped when the show moved to California. Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, Etc. by Howard Kaylan. I went looking for things like photos from our tour bus. That had bizarre and long lasting implications. The 80 Best Books of His commentary while describing it is evidence, thank God, that he, unlike most of the biographies of 60s artists I’ve read, has grown up enough to realize just how badly he screwed things up for himself and his loved ones over the course of a few decades. Shockev clowns are still out on the road trying to replace him with lead singers of all different races and religions and stuff…trying to find the guy to be the next Jim. Being a pretty big fan of the Turtles’ music, I was really amped up to read this when it finally became available on Scribd. Apr 21, Steven Pofcher rated it it was amazing. K I read many rock biographies shockked this is one of the best. You can help me put this book together and help me stay on course. Lists with This Book. CRR Interview – Howard Kaylan: A Turtle Comes Out Of His Shell. Kaylan’s account also reminded me of their Flo and Eddie’s variegated production work in the ’70s including the debut album from DMZ and singles from Starry Eyed and Laughing that more than endure here in Century It feels like a back stage pass to this rock star’s life. It was pretty quickly when it finally came together. I liked to stay under the radar there. I listened to it so much I knew every note and I ahocked quote by heart the liner notes that said: I owe a lot of my tastes to Rodney. It would be very familial, more brotherly than paternal. Shell Shocked. Jeff came along at the right time and the right place and agreed. Your book also tells us about the Turtles first visit to England. A bunch of the fun is his incessant name dropping — and what names they are. You are not outside the circle at all. Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk is shcked near-perfect success both as a grand statement of solidarity and as a gorgeously wrought, long-overdue story of black life and black love. Making sure the audience is happy and entertained by the time you leave. Only eight or nine short years later, those two fat front men in the Kaylam were cashing in by doing the very same thing. To make their music shine for a minute while the bright stars were already living there. He was a wonderful man. Lot’s of details on the early years, but not a particularly complete memoir. Chapter titles and index: Of course they could have managed their money a little better. If you did him a solid, he would remember you for the rest of his life, and he would owe you and he would keep paying you back. How could that be? Howard Kaylan’s ‘Shell Shocked’ Makes Readers, Turtles and Zappa Lovers Laugh. He was singing about growing up. I know a couple of dozen of his albums have just been reissued. Your life and recording world of Flo and Eddie are also written about in Shell Shocked. Exposing me to glitter music. My view of showbiz and art came together. You live in Seattle, Washington, where marijuana is legal. Losses, Journeys, and Ascensions: Time heals all wounds or something. When we were on his label, briefly in the sixties we had no contact with him. The best of the anecdotes reveal a huge amount about the musicians Kaylan has known which seems to include almost every major figure from the 60s and 70s. If you have not picked up Shell Shocked yetyou are in for the best rock and roll tales of your life. I have two shots in there of Frank on the bus in Europe with women since I talk about it in my book. If you can hear me, it works. Not nearly as much of a downer as a lot of the other rock autobiographies I have read. Kalan’s and Volman’s camaraderie and partying with rock royalty was parlayed into longevity and pioneering roles. There were no other choices in a stack of acetates with that one on the top. Born in New York City as Howard Kaplan, the veteran vocalist boward that early on he realized he was truly a Kaylan——whatever, even he notes, that meant. There were nine pages of just bullet points. In Kubernik first encountered nearby Westchester resident Kaylan in Culver City, California inside the long forgotten Airport Village fast food eatery in the cent tacos line. Now look at me. So, we are changing things as they go on in progress. Howard Kaylan’s candid look at his life is an entertaining read. Hey, Sinatra loved them. Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, Etc. If Howard Kaylan had sung only one song, the Turtles' 1967 No. 1 smash hit "Happy Together", his place in rock-and-roll history would still be secure. But that recording, named in 1999 by BMI as one of the top 50 songs of the 20th century, with over five million radio plays, is only the tip of a rather eye-opening iceberg. For nearly five decades, Howard Kaylan has been a player in the rock-and-roll revolution - in addition to his years with the Turtles, Kaylan was a core member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention at their peak - a wild and dangerous ride that he is only too happy to report on, naming names and shedding shocking tales of sex, drugs, and creative excess, before he finds himself a part of glam rock history with Marc Bolan and T. Rex, and giving street cred and harmonies to everyone from John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and Alice Cooper to the Ramones, and Duran Duran, to name just a few. Among rock memoirs, "Shell Shocked" will stand alone as not only one of the best told, but one with a truly candid and unmatchable story of rock-and-roll insanity and success from a man who glories in it all. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. HOWARD KAYLAN is the lead vocalist of '60s rock legends the Turtles, whose Top 10 hits include Happy Together, Elenore, She'd Rather Be With Me, and You Showed Me. He sang with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and was half of the popular duo Flo and Eddie. Kaylan's voice can also be heard on classic recordings by Bruce Springsteen, Alice Cooper, T. Rex, and many others. JEFF TAMARKIN has been a prolific music journalist for more than 35 years. He has served as the editor of Goldmine, Relix, and CMJ and has contributed to dozens of publications and websites, including MOJO, Playbill, JazzTimes, Creem, Billboard, and the All Music Guide. Tamarkin is the author of the biography Got a Revolution! The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane. Happy endings. My Life with the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc . by Howard Kaylan with. Jeff Tamarkin. “Come on, John. Leave the candles alone. You’re gonna start a bloody fire in here.” “I can’t see anything down here, Paul. It’s as dark as a hooker’s heart.” Shortly before the release of “Sgt. Pepper’s” solidified the Beatles’ position as the most admired band on the planet, that was McCartney and Lennon at a London club called the Speakeasy in 1967, with John “under the table taking Polaroid pictures up the skirts of his female companions, while Paul lent a hand.” The fly on the wall for this perverted piece of rock history was Howard Kaylan, singer (along with musical partner Mark Volman) for the Turtles, whose biggest hit was that year’s “Happy Together.” Kaylan, a proud pothead who took full advantage of the sex-and-drugs ’60s, was a much sought-after singer who befriended, got wasted and shared women with the musical gods of the era, recalling however much of that time he can in this breezy tell-all. Lennon’s leering occurred just hours after the Turtles landed in London and friend Graham Nash whisked them off to meet the Fab Four. When Kaylan first saw them, McCartney was joining his writing partner under the table to “illuminate the proceedings with a disposable lighter” as his girlfriend, Jane Asher, stormed out in disgust. When Nash made introductions, both Lennon and McCartney complimented Kaylan, and they all performed an impromptu a cappella rendition of “Happy Together.” But Lennon soon turned dark, telling Kaylan his record was “sappy” and sounded “a bit light in the loafers.” When a distressed Kaylan protested, “We’re just trying to be the American version of you!” Lennon laid into him, sarcastically noting, “That’s not bloody likely, is it?” Then Lennon, looking over the band like a hunter picking his next kill, settled on their rhythm guitarist, Jim Tucker, who was unfortunately adorned in a scruffy brown suit.