Huh, I never knew that.

Turtles had some great stuff, but I think their main strength was Howard Kaylan's voice. Just one of the nicest voices in the business.

Thinking about the best shows I've ever seen, I guess I should tell about the time I saw Ronnie Lane. This was in '89 or '90. He had an all-Texan band that included an accordion player, and they had a very American sound, kinda straight-ahead-country but with all the county trappings stripped away, if that makes any sense. They played a couple songs, and they cooked pretty hot, but of course we're all wondering, where's Ronnie? Then someone brought a little wooden chair, one of the restaurant chairs all the audience was sitting on, up on stage. And then someone carried Ronnie up, and put him on the chair. I guess Ronnie weighed like 80 or 90 pounds by this time, he was a little guy to begin with and he'd been fighting MS for over ten years and MS was winning. So for the next hour or so, Ronnie traded vocals with his band mates, joked with the audience, sang his heart out when he could, and let someone else sing when he needed a rest. But I swear, he never stopped smiling. He looked like the happiest guy in the world. Someone requested Itchycoo Park, and they blew that song away. I requested Lazy Sunday, and Ronnie said something to the effect of no, can't do that without Stevie. I knew the Small Faces records pretty well, but not his later stuff, so didn't know most of the songs they played, but it was wonderful. My buddy Mark had brought his guitar, which had already been signed by Arlo Guthrie and Steven Stills and I don't remember who else, and he held it up as they were carrying Ronnie off stage again, still smiling ear to ear, shaking hands with everyone. So Ronnie stopped and signed Mark's guitar and hung out with us for a moment. Everyone in that club was coming up and shaking Ronnie's hand, congratulating him on a brilliant show, wishing him well... it took almost as long to get off stage than he's been on stage.