Category: Stark Naked and the Car Thieves
I’ve been doing a lot of research for the Hawaiian chapters that’s now starting to pay off, even though I’ve finished writing these chapters. It mainly will help me go back to the chapters and…
When Dave, Mac and I first met Les, we didn’t realize what a good singer he was. He had an instrumental guitar band called the MG’s, who were highly influenced by Nokie Edwards and the…
Though I did almost four months of research before really getting my teeth into this memoir, I still have to periodically find things to help me when I’m writing. Recently I have been writing about…
LAS VEGAS HOTELS AND LANDMARKS IN 1966 A Two Night Stand at the Cat When Stark Naked and the Car Thieves came to play the Pussycat A’ Go Go in 1966, there were twelve major…
Recently, Dave sent me some photos that had come to light. This one show our band in early 1966, I’m going to guess about February or so. Dave Rapken, was the club owner of one…
It has been a long slog that began a long time ago for research, and nearly full time writing around a year ago. I’ve written enough words for two and a half books but I…
Last August I began writing “A Naked Car Thief” as a remembrance of the years I was a member of our band, Stark Naked and the Car Thieves. Prior to that, I spent about four…
In spring of 1968 our band found itself in Honolulu, Hawaii, playing in a club at the very tail end of Waikiki. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget and not just…
Really? A naked car thief steals a Hummer limo? Really? The moment a naked man was tackled to the ground by a German Shepard police dog after he allegedly stole a limo in Irvine, California…