wow... thats whats its all about...... people....... so cool and feel
that energy passed down man...
That is great You experianced that from some great legends in the Biz....
thanks for sharing that ......
Happy 4th Greg
Tom
jbirddouglass wrote:
In 1997, I was writing for Outre, a magazine published by the editors
of Filmfax. Outre dealt with various forms of pop culture, and since
I am a guitarist of some repute, I was given mostly musical subjects
to interview. I was able to hang out and/or speak with Dick Dale, (one
of my idols and the guitarist responsible for "Misirlou", the theme
from PULP FICTION), The Ventures, The Chantays ("Pipeline"), Rick
Wakeman from the band Yes, and tons of other cool people. The editors
were eventually inpressed enough by my writing to assign me an
interview with Edie Adams, the gorgeous actress/model from the 50s and
60s, and the widow of early TV genius Ernie Kovacs.
Usually, interviewees will opt to be interviewed by phone or at a
public place like a restaurant, but Edie invited me to come spend the
day at her beautiful house near Hollywood. Edie is still lovely,
although decidedly more matronly than her heyday, and was a warm,
funny, absolutely genuine hostess. The house itself was filled with
memorabilia from her and Kovacs work. (Edie is responsible for the
Kovacs archives, and continues to make sure that his contributions to
early TV are not forgotten.) As we walked from room to room, Edie
kept talking, with an endless stream of tales about television's early
days, about hanging out with a very young Henry Mancini, about Ernie
Kovacs' jaw-dropping fiscal irresponsibility, and about getting hit
on....big time!..... at the White House by President Kennedy. By the
end of the day, I really felt like I had made a friend.
Evidently, Edie felt the same way. She called me the next week and
invited my wife and I to go to the CD release party of "Kerouac;
Kicks, Joys, & Darkness" at the Viper Room in L.A.. The CD consisted
of various interpretations of Jack Kerouac's poetry set to music. Edie
was paired with a jazz oboist and did an insane , high-energy take on
a poem about people being likened to zoo animals. The
Oh-So-Tragically-Hip crowd went bonkers for Edie, and I felt like the
coolest guy in the room when she came back to our table and gave me a
big hug and actually asked ME what I thought! It was a grand night,
and my wife and I were just blown away by Edie's warmth. She is truly
a wonderful human being. When the Outre article came out, she called
to thank me personally. I haven't spoken with Edie for several years,
although we still exchange Christmas cards.
It was an extraordinary gift to get to know Edie.
Greg Douglass
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