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Album Cover from "Sons of the Whiskey Rebellion's" Songs You
Forget to Request and scan of signed cover page from 1970
live one-man show with Jean Shepherd.
My parents were friends of a
number of the group members. As a young musician (11 years old)
I was fascinated with the music and particularly the piano
playing of Dave Bogart. I began to teach myself to play in his
great style, an accomplishment that would later torture my
classically trained music education professors. I also did some
of the cover photography providing the shots on the back cover
at the recording session.
This album was recorded on
June 22, 1967 and was played widely on the Jean Shepherd Show.
As a very young reader I was
given a copy of "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by Jean
Shepherd. I read and re-read this book dozen's of times and
still, today, pull it out for a relaxing read.
In 1970 my dad took me to
see Jean live in Princeton, NJ. Afterwards and nervously waited
for Jean to leave and asked him to sign my copy of IGWT. A scan
of the signed title page with the ticket stub is included here
as well.
I'm pleased to be able to
contribute to the 'Jean Shepherd' archives. I have many fond
memories of secretly staying up to hear Jean on WOR NY. It seems
as though his friends were mine, as much of my childhood as
those who lived in my town. I remember the first time, as a
youngster, I actually laid eyes on the "Limelight." It was, to
me, as if I had seen a palace.
Enjoy. Excelsior.
Marco Ciavolino |
