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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic
^ Wow! I wouldn't have recognized Bruce if you hadn't 've said. Nice, historic encounter. In fact that Rolling Thunder Tour generated a whole bunch of extraordinary moments. Here, for example, are Joni Michell, Roger McGuinn and Dylan in Gordon Lightfoot's house, about to perform JM's Coyote:-
Also fascinating to me, is that the tour was another installment of that special Dylan/Baez friendship. Here they are, looking like two kids who've been playing dress-up :-
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Yeah, I've seen a few different photos from that tour scattered across the internet. Cool stuff, indeed! Some absolute heavyweight talent in those photos.
I forgot to give kudos to your Belew/Fripp photo earlier. Big fan of both of those guys. Especially Fripp. Love just about everything that guy has been on.
Here's bathrobe-era Brian Wilson and Moon The Loon aka Keith Moon having a chat. This was apparently at Moon's birthday party somewhere in Hollywood. Alice Cooper, Micky Dolenz, Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Iggy Pop among many other music legends were there that night.
Rumor has it this was around '74 or so? This was when Brian Wilson would show up at public places in his bathrobe. His mental health was at the apex of deterioration at this point in time along with the massive weight gain for all to see.
I'm ripping this quote directly from SmileySmile forum board (Brian Wilson fan board), highlighting how bad Wilson's mental health was during this period.
Alice Cooper quote:
I was sitting backstage after the 1974 Grammys with Bernie Taupin (Elton John’s lyricist) and John Lennon. This was when Brian was really having some mental issues. During the course of the conversation, I kept seeing Brian out of the corner of my eye, just kind of staring at us from different angles.
Finally, he came up to the table, bent down and whispered in my ear ‘Hey Alice, introduce me to John Lennon.’ I couldn’t BELIEVE that these two men had never met! They were virtually neck and neck in the 60’s as the greatest bands on the planet, and I’m SURE they must have crossed paths at some point. But then I thought to myself, ‘Wow, if they REALLY have never met, I’m going to be the one to introduce them and become a part of rock history!’
So I merely said, ‘Brian Wilson, this is John Lennon. John Lennon, this is Brian Wilson.’ Lennon was very cordial and polite, saying things like ‘Hello Brian, I’ve always wanted to meet you. I’ve always admired your work, and Paul and I considered Pet Sounds one of the best albums ever made.’ Brian thanked him and walked away, at which point Lennon went right back to his conversation like nothing had happened.
About ten minutes later, Brian came by our table again, leaned down and whispered something to Bernie, and all of a sudden, Bernie was saying ‘Brian Wilson, this is John Lennon. John Lennon, Brian Wilson.’ Lennon was just as cordial and polite as the first time, saying essentially the same thing about always wanting to meet him. As soon as Brian walked away, John looked at both of us and casually said in his typical Liverpudlian accent, ‘I’ve met him hundreds of times. He’s not well, you know.