The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.
I think of all the things that I've gotten to do, all the wonderful people that I've played with, being in the recording studio with Phil Spector tops them all. And of course, now he is in prison. I hope to visit him, I still consider him a friend, and what can you say? A terrible way for a guy like that to be remembered.
When Marty Short and I get together, I sit down at the piano and play the score of 'Godspell.'
Not only was it enough to be a cover band, it was perhaps the highest calling. After all, if you could play music recorded by others, stay true to the original, and still add fire and flare, why not?
The Dave Clark Five had more appearances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' than The Beatles.
