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Joe Morris
Old Love
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 Posted - 13/08/2009 : 18:39:59
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I was reading an interview a UK bloke was kind enough to send on - seems to be from a late issue of the Castle - Echols says:
Q: Hi Johnny, its good to see you over here, what you been up to since the demise of the original band?
A: Well, I started work on my own album, which was gonna be called Gethesemene. There were a lot of songs left over after we had finished Forever Changes, which at one time was gonna be a double album. Bryan and I had a lot of songs, but Elektra said they couldn't afford to release a double, so I started work on a solo project, and was gonna use the word Gethesemene.
Q: How much work went into that project?
A: We made some demos, I played them back to Jac Holzman. I was in New York, Elektra decided to move it back to Los Angeles, we never really saw eye to eye, he sold up, and it was never released as a proper album. Ken Forssi played bass on a few tracks, he was a great bass player. He was once a member of the Sufaris, he also played on Happy Together for the Turtles, as well as Love
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Q: Do you remember a song called Sanctuary, apparently it was a Lee/Echols composition, David Housden of the Castle mentioned it to me. Did you ever record it?
A: No I don't really recall a song of that name
Q: What else have you been up to since those times?
A: I went to live in New York, I did some studio work there. I worked with Miles Davis for a while |
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scully
Fourth Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13/08/2009 : 21:18:08
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Originally posted by Joe Morris
Q: What else have you been up to since those times?
A: I went to live in New York, I did some studio work there. I worked with Miles Davis for a while
Anyone any idea what Johnny worked on with Miles? I guess working with Arthur must have seemed a breeze compared with Miles! |
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Joe Morris
Old Love
3491 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 06:01:26
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wish I knew
think he talked about it in a recent interview on WFMU (ALWAYS looking for volunteers!) |
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jayson_valentine
Third Love
USA
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Posted - 14/08/2009 : 09:26:14
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| Forssi never played with The Turtles. |
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/08/2009 : 10:47:44
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This is the interview from the Castle I referred to several weeks ago. It was made at the Bierkeller, Bristol, UK on the 30th March 2005. I think it was the first time Johnny had talked about Love on record for some years.
I've no idea if he's getting mixed up about The Turtles/Ken Forssi but it may just be that Ken did play with them sometime but it's just not on record.
I do remember him talking keenly about Gethsemene and I am convinced he does want to release it some day, when he can. |
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mikeb
Old Love
United Kingdom
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 19:59:01
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Originally posted by mikeb
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Originally posted by caryne
I've no idea if he's getting mixed up about The Turtles/Ken Forssi but it may just be that Ken did play with them sometime but it's just not on record.
Johnny's mentioned twice here that Ken is on the recording of Happy Together:
Scroll down to the bottom here:
http://love.torbenskott.dk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=583
and again here:
http://love.torbenskott.dk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=844
It may well be that Johnny knows something that isn't widely known? |
Edited by - caryne on 14/08/2009 19:59:40 |
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jayson_valentine
Third Love
USA
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Posted - 14/08/2009 : 23:43:24
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| Chip Douglas plays bass on Happy Together, who replaced original bassist Chuck Portz directly after. Echols is only human, and can make mistakes. |
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Joe Morris
Old Love
3491 Posts |
Posted - 15/08/2009 : 01:49:48
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| Did Chip produce the track? I'm assuming this is before he went off with the Monkees (Headquarters/Pisces period) |
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jayson_valentine
Third Love
USA
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Posted - 15/08/2009 : 02:39:35
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| Wikipedia says Joe Wissert produced it. |
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
1520 Posts |
Posted - 15/08/2009 : 11:31:18
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Originally posted by jayson_valentine
Wikipedia says Joe Wissert produced it.
If it's on Wikipedia it must be true then |
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Gethsemene a Echols solo originally?
