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Arkansas Granny
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(5,611 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)That was not his real name, and is this ever a long story. There used to be someone at the local history room of the Alexandria Library who was well-versed in this subject.
"Scott McKenzie" spent his high school years in Alexandria, Virginia. I was on the street on which he lived on Saturday. He lived a few blocks from where Jim Morrison lived.
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According to Michelle, "Tamar put on perfect airs around my dad and when it became necessary she would sleep with him." Whatever works, I guess. That perhaps explains why, in early 1961, Gil didn't have a problem with allowing his underage daughter to move to San Francisco with the daughter of a violent pedophile. Soon enough, Tamar found herself in a relationship with Journeyman Scott McKenzie, and bandmate John Phillips began coming by Tamar and Michelle's room on a nightly basis.
It wasn't long before Michelle, still just seventeen, was romantically involved with twenty-six-year-old Phillips, despite the fact that John was still married to Adams, with whom he by then had two children, Laura MacKenzie Phillips having been born on November 10, 1959 in Alexandria. Father Gil, who had himself recently taken a sixteen-year-old bride (one of a string of six wives), still wasn't concerned. And it's probably safe to assume that Phillip's father, who had pursued his bride when she was just fifteen, wouldn't have been too concerned either.
In October 1962, a year or so after meeting Michelle, John curiously found himself in Jacksonville, Florida (alongside Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport) for "two weeks of rest and rehearsal" during the Cuban Missile Crisis. For a guy who "never felt comfortable with political advocacy," John seems to have had a keen interest in Cuban affairs. Two months later, on New Years Eve 1962, Holly Michelle Gilliam became John Phillip's second wife. She also joined his reconfigured band, as did Canadian Denny Doherty, who had formerly been with the Mugwumps alongside Cass Elliot. This new lineup was dubbed the New Journeymen.
The newly-formed trio promptly embarked on a curious Caribbean adventure, arriving first at St. Johns, where John has claimed that they "snorkeled on acid" for several weeks. They next ferried over to St. Thomas, where they set up camp at a dive beachfront boardinghouse known as Duffy's. Soon enough, Ellen Naomi Cohen, better known as Cass Elliot, showed up with John's nephew, who was a childhood friend of hers. Cass had been born in Baltimore but had grown up in Alexandria, where, like Phillips, she had attended George Washington High School.
By David Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 24, 2006
....
This morning Opsasnick is driving down a winding street in Alexandria. Anybody else would have seen just the tall oaks and blooming crape myrtles shading neat Tudors and Colonials. Opsasnick looks more deeply and sees something that isn't here anymore.
"We're entering Morrison country," he says dramatically, like a tour guide to a secret landscape. "These are the streets he walked on, these are the fields he played on, the sidewalks he traveled to visit his friends." ... That would be Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors.
"There's his girlfriend's house where he went around back and threw pebbles up to her window to get her to come out," Opsasnick continues. "Here is the corner where he would hold court and act crazy. . . . I can almost visualize a teenage Morrison shuffling from his house." ... The house is a stone-fronted Cape Cod in the 300 block of Woodland Terrace. Opsasnick started with the relatively well-known fact that Morrison lived here from the middle of his sophomore year through graduation from George Washington High School in 1961. Then he gave his subject the full Opsasnick treatment: He investigated those 32 months as if they involved the birth of the nation or the fate of the Earth.
The resulting brand-new opus -- "The Lizard King Was Here: The Life and Times of Jim Morrison in Alexandria, Virginia" -- fits well with the other five volumes that make up the author's investigations: another encyclopedic search-and-rescue mission down offbeat byways of the local past.
Alexandria Times, February 4, 2016
One of the iconic songs of the counterculture movement in the 1960s was sung by Alexandrias Philip Blondheim. Better known as Scott McKenzie, Blondheim sang the vocals to San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair), written by fellow Alexandrian John Phillips.
Born in Jacksonville, Fla. in 1939, Blondheim and his family moved to Asheville, N.C., where his father died a few months after Philips second birthday. His mother moved to Washington, D.C. in early 1942 to find work in the war industries, but she initially couldnt afford an apartment of her own, so Blondheim stayed with his grandmother and other family members until 1946, when he joined his mother in an Alexandria townhouse.
Blondheim and Phillips, who later on gained fame with The Mamas and the Papas, both grew up in Alexandria in the mid-1950s and attended George Washington High School. They sang in separate vocal groups in the mid-1950s and met at a party hosted by Phillips at his apartment on Ramsey Alley. The two formed part of a quartet called The Abstracts, modeled after vocal quartets like The Four Freshmen and the Four Preps.
Alexandria Times, February 11, 2016
At the center of Alexandrias connection to rock and folk music fame was John Phillips. Born in South Carolina, John and his family lived in Del Ray for much of his childhood.
He attended George Washington High School, like Cass Elliot and Jim Morrison, graduating in 1953. He met and then married his high school sweetheart, Susie Adams, with whom he had two children, Jeffrey and Mackenzie, who later became famous in her own right.
Phillips and Adams lived in the Belle Haven area after high school, but John left his young family at their Fairfax County home to start a folk music group called the Journeymen in New York City. The new group included lifelong friend and collaborator Philip Bondheim, later known as Scott McKenzie, also from Del Ray.
Arkansas Granny
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(31,528 posts)malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)BONUS: Larry Marks - "L.A. Break Down (And Take Me In)"
Glorfindel
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(36,463 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)lastlib
(23,286 posts)(Kicked the wrong ass? Nah, couldn't be--that NEVER happens! ANYONE who gets a Skittles ass-kickin' richly DESERVES it!)
Skittles
(153,193 posts)yes indeed
The Velveteen Ocelot
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(36,649 posts)Allentown
New York State of Mind
Miami 2017
Summer, Highland Falls
Los Angelenos
greendog
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(23,286 posts)Last edited Sat Sep 17, 2016, 09:18 PM - Edit history (1)
"Hotel California" - The Eagles
"Kentucky Rain" - Elvis
"Saturday Night In Toledo, Ohio" - John Denver
"Goin' To Kansas City" - Fats Domino (covered by Wilbert Harrison and others)
"Please Come To Boston" - Dave Loggins
"Walkin' In Memphis" - Marc Cohn
"The Night Chicago Died" - Paper Lace
"Louisiana Rain" - Tom Petty
"Arizona" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
"Little Rock" - Collin Raye
"Hollywood" - Michael Buble
"Hollywood Waltz" - The Eagles
"King of Hollywood" - The Eagles
"The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" - Vicki Lawrence
"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain
"Goin' To California" - Led Zeppelin
Texasgal
(17,047 posts)Lyle Lovett
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)No song captures the excitement of Chula Vista like this one from the first San Diego 'Homegrown' album.
YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)...laugh. 😂 I lived there for 27 years...
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)... in one thread!
-- Mal
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Tikki
(14,559 posts)One of my all~time favorite bands, ever.
Tikki
Tikki
(14,559 posts)Tikki
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)The video was shot September 7, 2001
sarge43
(28,945 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,527 posts)AllenVanAllen
(3,134 posts)lame54
(35,321 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,588 posts)cleveramerican
(2,895 posts)the legend goes they threw a dart at a map of Texas and it hit China Grove.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)It was from a musical that I saw on Broadway many,many years ago...
Hula Popper
(374 posts)MH1
(17,600 posts)of course
(edited to add vid)
MH1
(17,600 posts)How could that one not be mentioned yet??
Initech
(100,102 posts)Lars39
(26,116 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Made great in 1959 by Wilbur Harrison.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)Tikki
Tikki
(14,559 posts)Such a great song, such a great band...
Tikki
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Many good cover versions, notably one by Cher, but the original stands out.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)Tikki
(14,559 posts)Tikki
ps..there are two towns in the US named Rockaway Beach. One is in Oregon..
Tikki
(14,559 posts)Tikki
Coventina
(27,172 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Bucky
(54,065 posts)mulsh
(2,959 posts)[link:
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(14,559 posts)Tikki
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Too many people my age thought that the Drew Carey song by the Presidents of the United States of America (ugh) was the original version of this song. I love the new wave/punk kick of the original.
UMTerp01
(1,048 posts)IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)Old and In the Way
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(1,170 posts)astral
(2,531 posts)James Taylor
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)From his State Songs album.
area51
(11,920 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)By Jan and Dean
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)You are not alone!
DFW
(54,436 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)From "The Music Man"
DFW
(54,436 posts)VERY dated, I know...
DFW
(54,436 posts)By Gene Pitney
DFW
(54,436 posts)Dylan (about Oxford, Mississippi)
DFW
(54,436 posts)Fictitious place, but definitely in the USA
DFW
(54,436 posts)Leo Kottke
By Loggins and Messina
DFW
(54,436 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)by Joni MItchell (covered by CSN)
DFW
(54,436 posts)David Allen Coe
DFW
(54,436 posts)Closer to home now. My group used to do this when we did concerts in the mid 1980s
DFW
(54,436 posts)By George Strait (couldn't resist, sorry)
greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Ole!
-- Mal
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)One of Tony Bennett's signature tunes.
-- Mal
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)... There's a Pawnshop on the Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Think I may have passed it a time or two.
-- Mal
sarge43
(28,945 posts)IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)here's another one from Glen.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)There are a lot of Glen Campbell songs in this thread. Good. I love that song.
Wichita Lineman
Here's another old school version, but not from 1968, like yours. I thought it was released earlier than that.
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)Beat up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin' to find the ocean
Lookin' everywhere
Hard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
Ain't nowhere to run to
There ain't nothin' here for free
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)anneboleyn
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(5,611 posts)FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)I cheated and looked them up at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Detroit
"Back to Detroit" - Wayne Kramer
"Blowing Up Detroit" - John Palumbo
"Born in Detroit," The Rockets
"Broke in Detroit (Again)" - The Dirtbombs
"The D in Detroit" - The Anniversary
"Detroit (Born + Raised)" - André DeJuan, from his upcoming third studio album, I'm Not Me
"Detroit (That's My Home Town)" - Kim Weston
"Detroit" - (from the Disney film, The Happiest Millionaire, introduced by John Davidson)
"Detroit" - Various artists including David Reo. Eddie "Guitar" Burns, Esham (featuring TNT), Fireworks, Laurent Garnier, Green Concorde, Ian Hunter, Injecting Strangers, Mogue Doyle, Morgan Geist, Pato Margetic, Primal Scream, Rancid, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Royce Da 5'9" featuring Travis Barker), Va-Voom
"Detroit 4 Life" - A.W.O.L.
"Detroit 101" - City Squad
"Detroit 101" - Esham
"Detroit 442" - Blondie
"Detroit '67" - Sam Roberts Band
"Detroit Blues" - Diana Krall; Vince Benedetti
"Detroit Blues" - Tampa Red
"Detroit Breakdown" - The Bellrays
"Detroit Breakdown" - The J. Geils Band
"Detroit Breakdown" - The Gories
"Detroit City" - Alice Cooper
"Detroit City" - LetricKramer
"Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)" - Bobby Bare (composed by Danny Dill)
"Detroit City" - Sonny B
"Detroit City" - Texas
"Detroit City Blues" - Fats Domino
"Detroit, Detroit" - Bugz
"Detroit, Detroit" - Erik Koskinen
"Detroit Diesel" - Alvin Lee
"Detroit Girl" - Raphael Saadiq
"Detroit Girls" - Starz
"Detroit Has a Skyline" - HiFi Handgrenades
"Detroit Has a Skyline" - Superchunk
"Detroit Iron" - The Darts
"Detroit Jump" - Big Maceo Merriweather
"Detroit Lady" - Motor City Josh
"Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)" - Sufjan Stevens from Michigan (album) 2003
"Detroit Michigan" - Ronnie Love
"Detroit, Michigan"- Kid Rock from Rebel Soul 2012
"Detroit, Michigan" - The Peps
"Detroit Moan"- Victoria Spivey
"The Detroit River Dirty Blues" - Michael Katon
"Detroit Rock City" - KISS 1976
"Detroit Rock City Homage" - Forced Anger
"Detroit Special" - Big Bill Broonzy
"Detroit Sound" - Soul Designer
"Detroit Stand Up" - Ray O'Shea (featuring Big Herk, BO$$, Phohessuain, Esham, Malik (Eddie Kain), Al Nuke & Proof)
"Detroit State of Mind - Elzhi
"Detroit Style" - A1 People
"Detroit Summer" - Obie Trice
"Detroit Sunrise"- Dwele
"Detroit Swing 66" - Gomez
"Detroit Swing City" - Alien Fashion Show
"Detroit Thang" - Kid Rock
"Detroit Tickets" - Apoptygma Berzerk
"Detroit Tin" - The Kursaal Flyers
"Detroit Vs. Everybody" - Eminem and others from Shady XV 2014
"Detroit was Built on Secrets"- Search the City
"Detroit Waves" - Matt Nathanson
"Detroit Women" - Stacia Petrie
"Detroit Winter - Platinum Pied Pipers (featuring MC Invincible)
"Detroit Zoo" - Disco D
"Detroiter, Part 2" - Bantam Rooster
"Doctor Detroit" - Devo
"Detroit Slums" -Back In Spades
"Hello, Detroit" - Daniel Boaventura, Sammy Davis, Jr., Sonny Turner
"Here At Home (In Detroit City)" - Stony Creek
"I Am Detroit" - Electric Six
"I Care About Detroit" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"I Love Detroit" - Amboy Rambler [2]
"In Detroit" ( Featuring TNT ) - Esham
"It's Still East Detroit to Me" - Kid Rock
"Landing In Detroit" - The Detroit Grand Pubahs
"Leaving Detroit" - Roses Are Red, Eliza Neals
"Man From Detroit" - Hard Place
"Moths And Lizards In Detroit" - Andy Roberts
"Move To Detroit" - Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes
"New Detroit" - Neon Blonde
"Nobody in Detroit" - Howling Diablos
"New Nathans Detroit"- Braid (band)
"Ode To Detroit" - Wally Pleasant
"Panic In Detroit" - David Bowie
"Passport to Detroit" - Joe Strummer
"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" - Fedde Le Grand
"Queen of Detroit" - +/- (band)
"Son Of Detroit" - Kid Rock
"Shuttin' Detroit Down" - John Rich
"Sleepin Tonight In Detroit"- The Disregarded
"Spaghetti a Detroit" - Fred Bongusto
"Taking It To Detroit" - The Good Rats
"That's Detroit To Me" - King Gordy
"The D In Detroit" - Anniversary
"We Almost Lost Detroit" - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
"We Almost Lost Detroit" - Gil Scott-Heron
"We Almost Lost Detroit" - Natas
"We Almost Lost Detroit" - Marquise Porter
"Welcome 2 Detroit" - Trick Trick ( Featuring Eminem )
"Welcome 2 The Party" - Kid Rock
"Welcome Back To Detroit - Mariner
"Welcome To Detroit" - Jay-Dee
"Welcome To Detroit" - Eminem
"Welcome To Detroit City" - Obie Trice
"Worse Than Detroit" - Robert Plant
"Who's Afraid of Detroit" - Claude VonStroke
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)a favorite of mine since its release
nutsnberries
(1,772 posts)all Neil Young and I bet there are more.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)John Denver
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Tricia Yearwood
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)I mean, a LOT of city names:
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)I thought of a few of those myself when I was looking at this thread. Dionne Warwick sings that song about Kentucky Bluebird but then I realized it wasn't actually the title.
Also Tallahachie Bridge by Bobbie Gentry is actually called Ode to Billie Joe.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)When I went out of state to college and people asked me where I was from and I said Delaware, a lot of the people would immediately say, "George!"
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)There's one video in particular that's better than all the others. I think it's live in New York. I lost track of it. I'll look for it some more.
ETA: there was a Halloween 1981 performance at the Palladium that has been taken down due to copyright issues. I'll bet that was the one. Too bad. It's great.
Improved, he says:
Same performance?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,270 posts)Eyes of Texas; Deep in the Heart of Texas; Tennessee Waltz, My Old Kentucky Home, Back Home Again in Indiana, Yellow Rose of Texas, Bristol Stomp, Tennessee Stud,
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,404 posts)Hard to believe the song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical hasn't been mentioned yet.
DFW
(54,436 posts)By Hank Williams
DFW
(54,436 posts)By various artists. Here's Doc Watson:
Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Boomerproud
(7,964 posts)Title song from a 1960's film starring Richard Benjamin.
megahertz
(126 posts)Can't stand that song, fwiw.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)One of my all-time favorite songs. Yes I grew up in California...
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anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Love music from the Roaring Twenties
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anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)The beautiful Dorothy Dandridge and the awesome dance routine w/the Nicholas Brothers
https://m.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)megahertz
(126 posts)Sedona
(3,769 posts)It's a long day, living in Reseda......
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCGsITAB8PqKbPWN9SxK7BIA