October 15, 2005

Barry's Bio Blog

The internet filter at school can make very strange decisions at times. One of these is to block the website of Barry McGuire as pornographic. Now that I'm back on broadband, I remembered to have a look here at home.

Sure enough, as expected, there's nothing in the least bit unseemly. In fact, the main part of the website is down, undergoing a makeover. However, since July, Barry has become a blogger. Most of it is biographical stuff. The latest entry is the story of his biggest mainstream hit, "Eve of Destruction" in 1965. I was particularly interested in this, because very early on in my occasional outings as a performer it used to be a part of my set.

At the time it was released, many people thought of it as a protest song. Barry explains why this was never intended.

If you wander through the archive of entries, you can also read about how his mother and aunts blew up his house and more of what it was like to work on a fishing boat out of San Pedro (for those who are familiar with the story about the dolphins on To the Bride before he sings "Calling Me Home").

Posted by david at October 15, 2005 02:08 AM
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