My meteoric rise in radio was followed by an equally meteoric fall, and it was time for me to earn an honest living. Seattle was going through a major depression, thanks to the Boeing crisis, so I headed to Southern California where I had relatives in the entertainment industry. I found an entry-level gig with an oil company as a computer programmer and began to enjoy L.A. for the last decade of its Golden Age.
So what were you up to?
Cue the Rockumentary theme!
This band was Motown’s Funk Brothers backed with pickup musicians from the Detroit Symphony.
He had been recording since 1964, but his breakthrough came when he left United Artists for Warner/Reprise in 1971. From that point on, he was a hit maker.
An acquaintance of mine from there said that it was known as the McGovern Depression because of the leading role Sen. George McGovern (D-SD) took in killing Boeing's plans to build a supersonic transport aircraft.