:09:01
I couldn't get in...
:09:03
which was West Point.
:09:05
You know, I could always envision myself
dying in some heroic battle somewhere.
:09:09
So I mean, maybe that era...
:09:13
has gone.
:09:53
First time I heard rock 'n' roll
on the radio...
:09:55
I felt it was pretty similar to the
country music which I'd been listening to.
:09:59
I formed a couple of groups, growing up,
and we rehearsed and played...
:10:03
where we could play.
There wasn't much opportunity...
:10:06
to really break out of that area.
:10:08
Robert was in my class, and that was
the era that they had the talent show.
:10:12
Robert, of course, he was up on stage.
:10:20
His concert began,
and it was quite surprising.
:10:24
I saw Robert stand there at the piano...
:10:26
and my guess is
that he was trying to destroy it.
:10:29
He was pumping on the thing.
It was a most unusual thing to observe.
:10:33
The principal pulled the curtain on him.
:10:36
He said to me, "I didn't think
that music was suitable for the audience...
:10:40
"so I pulled the curtain".
:10:43
Nobody liked country music,
or rock 'n' roll, or rhythm and blues.
:10:46
That kind of music wasn't
what was happening up there.
:10:54
The music that was popular was
How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
:10:57
That wasn't our reality.
Our reality was bleak to begin with.