WoW! This is the latest horror story from Dave’s new latest research of Laurel Canyon musician Gene Clark.
This keeps me wondering what type of world are we living in?. These counter culture musicians whose life’s dominated by cultic values i.e. mind controlled by mysterious forces imparted their cultic music to more than 3 billion people. As usual this Story contains family inter marriage , obsession to the knifes and guns, drugs, alcoholism, mediocre talents with extraordinary fame, cultic life style during the time they created music, mysterious untimely deaths and obscene quarrels over the dead body and end less conspiracy over what happened. Every thing is mysterious, conspiratoral, secret, some times unexpected wealthy life styles.
No wonder the masses of this planet can be manipulated at a whim of few and Trillions of our future savgings are given to dozens of elite for gambling at wall street , where as the 20% of one of the supposed to be wealthiest country ‘s citizen struggle to have a meal per day and media distracts people with mind boggling gossip of character whom ever they fit. Un accounted amount of money goes to war and shadow projects and senseless laws are passed to suppress basic laws and rumours of concentration camps fly around giving meaning to the laws that gets passed. None the Less majority people are ready to sacrifice their lifes to deny the truth. We call this freedom. No doubt Hypnotism of the music can’t be under estimated.
Dave McGowan
Center for an Informed AmericaMay 21, 2010
“[Gene] used to slip into these dream states, which I thought was really amazing. He’d go into these dream states and lay down on the couch and go, ‘I’ll be right back, Patrick.’”
Pat Robinson, a friend and bandmate of Gene Clark
“[Gene] had these multiple personalities.”
John York, another friend and bandmate of Gene Clark“[Gene] did seem like he had a lot on his mind and would often appear distracted. You’d say, ‘Hey, Gene, what are you thinking?’ and he would go, ‘Huh? Oh,’ like he was being brought back to reality.”
Bernie Leadon, yet another friend and bandmate of Gene ClarkIn many ways, the Gene Clark story reads a lot like the Gram Parsons story. Both were considered by their peers to be among Laurel Canyon’s brightest stars, yet both are now largely forgotten. Both of their lives were cut tragically short (though Clark lived considerably longer than Parsons). Both of their deaths were overshadowed to some extent by unusual events that occurred just after their passing. Both were considered pioneers of the country-rock genre. Both played for a time with the Byrds. Both recorded duets with Emmylou Harris, and both employed many of the same musicians on their various solo projects. Both had legions of female admirers. Both had a keen interest in UFOs and believed in alien visitations. Both were notorious drug and alcohol abusers.
Did anyone notice anything unusual, by the way, about that last sentence? Probably not, though there is an obvious redundancy on display. If I had written something slightly different, like “drug and heroin abusers” or “drug and cocaine abusers,” you likely would have picked up on it right away. But because I used a phrase that everyone is accustomed to seeing and hearing, “drug and alcohol abusers,” none of you batted an eye. I have no idea though what my point is here, so let’s just move on.
