My mother's high school yearbook

It's pretty funny cause my father talked about the VU performing there but my mom never mentions them directly. After being wowed by Three Dog Knight today I rhetorically asked her what other bands performed there (knowing that the VU performed there but not yet finding these pictures in the book) and she said that something like the "deranged" ones played there and then alluded to them writing songs about oral sex and stuff. Little did my mother know I knew exactly which band she was talking abuout (the VU) but I also had a good idea which song she was referring to as well (Sister Ray). I also figured out coincidentally that all the other Los Angeles bands that she could potentially be referring to other than the VU (Love, The United States of America and maybe Spirit) were bands she knew as well. She was friends with Bryan McClean of Love, went on a date with a guy from Spirit and my guitar teacher attended UCLA at the exact same time (and probably knew) the guys from USoA (ok, two out of three).

Overall, it was pretty surreal knowing that my 51-year-old mother probably has more indie-cred than Thurston Moore ever had. ^_^

Clearer version (BIG PICTURE)

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She dodged the issue tonight of who else performed there but I'll see if I can dig up anything. She's got a ton of stories from hanging out with her sister at at the Troubador that my father has only vaguely referenced (The Lennon tampon/Smothers incident, the Stones trying to take her seats at the Doors gig, having her father introduce her to Donovan and George Harrison backstage before they took off for India or something). She's practically a freakin' gold mine of rock history but doesn't like to talk about her "stupid teenager" days. Sad panda.

**this needs to be a mojo article**

Seriously, if you and your mother are at all inclined, her stupid teenage stories would be a great read. Thanks for sharing.

the kthree kdog knight pic confuses me, as the accompanying caption claims they were the highlight of the annual jazz night. were they actually jazz back in the day, or did the school's concert committee get away with a little mischief there?

and cunga, who's your grandfather that was trying to influence your mom to donovan and goerge harrison?

And my grandfather just used his connections to introduce her. My mom had a huge crush on Donovan at fourteen.

That is. I didn't really think too much when I first got it. It looked like Lou's shirt (Yule is wearing a jacket in the other one so I cancled him out) and add that with the same Jewfro and my eagerness to get it online and you have very little reasoning skills going 'round.

I asked my mom about it and she said it was very frightening for a fourteen-year-old girl to witness a group singing about pornography at her school assembly. Note "assembly" as the group was selected by the student body to perform as their band of choice for the entire High School. That is why they are being asked questions and such before/after the performance. I guess the rich kids at Beverly Hills High had the high taste (and apparently the drug habits) to totally relate to songs called Heroin. Can you imagine your high school voting the VU in as the music of choice to be heard?

Now hey there, just one minute!

My only regret is that my father says he doesn't have any photos of him hanging out with his high school friend and future Toto guitarist Steve Lukather. Man needs to keep cleaning out attics.

My high school was not this fun.

That is awesome.\!!

my brother used to have a reel-to-reel tape that a teacher had made of the doors playing at danbury high school where we live. can't remember how he got it. he gave it to someone and never saw it again and i think it's been bootlegged since so someone savvy ended up with it. anyway, i remember it sounding pretty cool. and i thought it was pretty amazing that a teacher would think to tape the prom band or graduation band like that. my art teacher in high school was there and she said most people ignored them. they had no idea who they were. i also have no idea how the doors ended up playing a high school dance in connecticut.

friend of mine had a reel-to-reel tape of buckingham/nicks. she never gave it to me even though she promised. maybe she realized that, at the time, i was abit uber-obsessed with fm. :-(

of them live! wow, get it and make me a copy pleeze.