Ivan Ulz
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
