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Interview with [[Neon Park]] by Charlie Haas published in Wax Paper (1979)
 
Interview with [[Neon Park]] by Charlie Haas published in Wax Paper (1979)
  
WP: How did your association with Little Feat begin?
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'''WP:''' How did your association with Little Feat begin?
  
Neon: It began with a hitchhiker. Years ago, right after [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] came out.
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'''Neon:''' It began with a hitchhiker. Years ago, right after [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] came out.
  
WP: Where?
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'''WP:''' Where?
  
Neon: Sunset and Cahuenga. ([[Lowell George]] attended Hollywood High School near there at Sunset and Highland)
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'''Neon:''' Sunset and Cahuenga. ([[Lowell George]] attended Hollywood High School near there at Sunset and Highland)
  
WP: And who was that hitchhiker, Neon?
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'''WP:''' And who was that hitchhiker, Neon?
  
Neon: Ivan. Ivan the ice cream man. Songwriter extraordinaire. He was hitchhiking in the rain in a tee-shirt, didn't have a coat. He was getting very wet. He had a guitar with him, stuffed under his shirt. That's why I picked him up. He was going to Lowell's house. I was coming from [[The Mothers]]' office, where I'd been talking to [[Herbie Cohen]] about getting paid.
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'''Neon:''' Ivan. Ivan the ice cream man. Songwriter extraordinaire. He was hitchhiking in the rain in a tee-shirt, didn't have a coat. He was getting very wet. He had a guitar with him, stuffed under his shirt. That's why I picked him up. He was going to Lowell's house. I was coming from [[The Mothers]]' office, where I'd been talking to [[Herbie Cohen]] about getting paid.
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'''WP:''' Did you?
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'''Neon:''' Yeah. So I was on my way home, and there was this fellow human being in misery, and I picked him up. Almost got hit by a bus doing it. He said I should come with him to Lowell's.
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== Performers on the "Ivan The Ice Cream Man" album (?1970?): ==
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Bill Payne  - Keyboards
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Dick Rosmini - Guitar
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Jim Rubin - Guitar
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Paul Ruhland - Bass
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Jimmy Smith - Bass, Guitar
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Jerry Trosper - Keyboards
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Steve Trosper - Guitar
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[[Lowell George]] - Guitar
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[[Ivan Ulz]] - Guitar, Main Performer, Vocals
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Larry Brown - Drums
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Eli Craig - Bass
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[[Roy Estrada]] - Bass
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Jackson Browne - Guitar
  
WP: Did you?
 
  
Neon: Yeah. So I was on my way home, and there was this fellow human being in misery, and I picked him up. Almost got hit by a bus doing it. He said I should come with him to Lowell's.
 
  
 
[[Category:Supporting Cast]]
 
[[Category:Supporting Cast]]

Revision as of 01:18, 17 August 2005

Interview with Neon Park by Charlie Haas published in Wax Paper (1979)

WP: How did your association with Little Feat begin?

Neon: It began with a hitchhiker. Years ago, right after Weasels Ripped My Flesh came out.

WP: Where?

Neon: Sunset and Cahuenga. (Lowell George attended Hollywood High School near there at Sunset and Highland)

WP: And who was that hitchhiker, Neon?

Neon: Ivan. Ivan the ice cream man. Songwriter extraordinaire. He was hitchhiking in the rain in a tee-shirt, didn't have a coat. He was getting very wet. He had a guitar with him, stuffed under his shirt. That's why I picked him up. He was going to Lowell's house. I was coming from The Mothers' office, where I'd been talking to Herbie Cohen about getting paid.

WP: Did you?

Neon: Yeah. So I was on my way home, and there was this fellow human being in misery, and I picked him up. Almost got hit by a bus doing it. He said I should come with him to Lowell's.



Performers on the "Ivan The Ice Cream Man" album (?1970?):

Bill Payne - Keyboards

Dick Rosmini - Guitar

Jim Rubin - Guitar

Paul Ruhland - Bass

Jimmy Smith - Bass, Guitar

Jerry Trosper - Keyboards

Steve Trosper - Guitar

Lowell George - Guitar

Ivan Ulz - Guitar, Main Performer, Vocals

Larry Brown - Drums

Eli Craig - Bass

Roy Estrada - Bass

Jackson Browne - Guitar