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Alice Cooper seems like a pretty centered man. He hosts a radio show that I think is now syndicated and he is an entertaining and informative radio jock.
If I recall correctly, his dad was a Methodist minister. His persona was edgy and insinuated that he was a druggie, but, like Gene Simmons, AC is a straight lace. I’ve been a big fan for decades.
A classic case of digging your way out of the depths of drugs, alcohol and who knows. A big help from his Faith and a wife who gave him an ultimatum that rocked him to his senses.
A fascinating story when you put it altogether
I was just telling my bro how I would love to golf in a scramble with alice and iggy pop
Great lineup. Should be fun!
Too bad his run for Governor in 1988 didn’t work out.
Alice Cooper - A troubled man for troubled times.
YouTube is not letting me pull up Million Dollar Babies or Desperado, bummer.
About 15 or so years ago, I attended a conference in downtown Phoenix. One night I went out for a walk with another fellow at the conference and we ended up stumbling into a nearby area with a bunch of fairly new restaurants and lots of street activities... Amongst other things, I seem to remember a huge number of vintage cars rolling down the street (going on memory, perhaps it was formerly a warehouse area of town that was being revitalized). Anyway, it was early evening and once there, we further stumbled into a place called Cooper’stown restaurant. About halfway through dinner, I spotted a somewhat wiry and diminutive fellow with straggly hair wandering amongst the tables saying hi to folks. When he got to our table, the fellow with me pulled up an email page on his cellphone and said “Alice, you’re not going to believe this but my wife and I are headed to your concert in two weeks and I wanted to show you the ticket confirmation.” For the record, the fellow lived about 2,000, miles away from Phoenix in Canada. Alice was floored at the chances of meeting someone going to one of his concerts in a few days at a location so far away.
Anyway, we had a great time chatting with Alice for about 10 minutes as he asked us a ton of questions and responded well to anything we asked him. He came across as a very bright, inquisitive and all-round decent and friendly fellow.
Little story I’ve probably shared before. John Cole Tatum, my guitarist in my band (really his band) called “Goldmyne”, was in the “Earwigs” which became “The Spyder” which became Alice Cooper. John quit just before they became “Alice Cooper” to form “Goldmyne” with me.
John died about five years ago, but before his death he produced and played on an incredible rock opera called “An Ordinary Day” about the book of Revelations.
I urge everyone to give it a listen. Usually these “vanity” projects are not very good. Not this one! It is superb. Tremendous songwriting, superb playing, and wonderful vocals by Richard Klender, some guitar playing by John, almost all written by John (with lyrics from one song, “Father of Lies,” from yours truly.