http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/01/theyre-an-american-band-part-4-new-york-new-york/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/01/theyre-an-american-band-part-4-new-york-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-330 David Gross Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:12:32 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=876#comment-330 Thanks John! This is great stuff. Look forward to the "followup!" Thanks John! This is great stuff. Look forward to the “followup!”

]]> http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/2010/01/theyre-an-american-band-part-4-new-york-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-328 John Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:44:48 +0000 http://talkinaboutmygeneration.com/?p=876#comment-328 David,little story on "get together"the song was written by Dino Valente, later with Quicksilver Messenger Service,i had the slightly dubious pleasure of becoming friends with Dino.we met a a girls place in the East Village inthe Fall 1968.a friend of mine and classmate from Quintano's went into a back bedroom and we heard(there were 3 of us there)angry words we went back and there was my friend David facing Dino(who we didn't know)both with Knives drawn.it was crazy.Dino while small was powerfully built,probably from jail,and David was 90 ponds soaking wet.anyway the situation was rectified and a wonderful nite was had by all.Dino took a liking to us and invited us out to Sausalito to stay with him on his houseboat in Gate5.we accepted and visited him that summer in 1969.more on that for another time.the thing is we always cracked up because Dino was a pretty violent guy with a very short fuse,possibly because he sold the rights to that song while in prison for i think dealing pot,so the fact that he wrote a song about "smile on your brother everybody get together and love one another"we found hilarious David,little story on “get together”the song was written by Dino Valente, later with Quicksilver Messenger Service,i had the slightly dubious pleasure of becoming friends with Dino.we met a a girls place in the East Village inthe Fall 1968.a friend of mine and classmate from Quintano’s went into a back bedroom and we heard(there were 3 of us there)angry words we went back and there was my friend David facing Dino(who we didn’t know)both with Knives drawn.it was crazy.Dino while small was powerfully built,probably from jail,and David was 90 ponds soaking wet.anyway the situation was rectified and a wonderful nite was had by all.Dino took a liking to us and invited us out to Sausalito to stay with him on his houseboat in Gate5.we accepted and visited him that summer in 1969.more on that for another time.the thing is we always cracked up because Dino was a pretty violent guy with a very short fuse,possibly because he sold the rights to that song while in prison for i think dealing pot,so the fact that he wrote a song about “smile on your brother everybody get together and love one another”we found hilarious

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