: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.
:11:01
Our reality was fear that at any moment...
:11:04
this black cloud would explode,
where everybody would be dead.
:11:10
They would show you in school,
how to dive for cover under your desk.
:11:14
We grew up with all that,
so it created a sense of paranoia...
:11:18
that, I don't know, was probably unforeseen.
:11:27
In May, 1959,
I recorded a tape for Bob Zimmerman.
:11:31
Bob was real excited to learn
I had a tape recorder...
:11:34
and he wanted to know
what he sounded like.
:11:40
I really can't say
if the girls took a liking to me or not...
:11:42
from playing around town.
:11:44
The first girl that ever took a liking to me,
her name was Gloria Story.
:11:48
Gloria Story, I mean,
that was her real name.
:11:51
Second girlfriend was named Echo.
Now, that's pretty strange.
:11:54
I've never met anybody named Echo.