Somebody to Love? (2008)
“17 Initiation Rites Not long after we'd formed The Great Society, we were approached by a couple of L.A. business/music men scouting for hippie talent. Jack Nitzsche, a Dutch Boy Paints look-alike, mumbled several things we didn't quite understand, but Howard Wolfe said, “Fifty-thousand-dollar contract with Columbia.” We all understood that, signed an exclusive deal with him, and the result was that Howard got fifty percent of publishing for “White Rabbit,” which he later sold to Irving Music. ...I still don't know exactly how it all worked, but one day, after The Great Society broke up, Howard Wolfe also “sold” me to Bill Graham for $750. Bill was now my new manager for a sum that was not bad for him, considering that Airplane's album Surrealistic Pillow cost eight thousand dollars to make and pulled in eight million in sales.
Concerning the split-up of Great Society, as far as I can remember, it happened after we'd played together for about a year. Darby Slick and Peter van Gelder had become so enthralled with the sounds of tablas and sitars, they were considering going to India so they could be near the source and study with the masters.MoreLess
Concerning the split-up of Great Society, as far as I can remember, it happened after we'd played together for about a year. Darby Slick and Peter van Gelder had become so enthralled with the sounds of tablas and sitars, they were considering going to India so they could be near the source and study with the masters.MoreLess
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