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: Well, to be fair, Gary did play bass on a few
: of the first album's songs....
:
: Lose to Live, World's on Fire, Pass time
: with the SAC and Unwind with the Clock. All
: those bass parts were devised by Ed King
: except World's on Fire, which was from me
: and an uncredited Fred Schwartz.
:
: I played bass on those songs as well, but
: more as special effects...Gary played the
: bass role.
:
: The gun and the nun story is true. I don't
: remember much else that reached the same
: level of dumbness.
:
: The band had a past with Gary that I didn't
: share...I was a bystander to the
: aftermath...but, I was included in the law
: suit.
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: Probably best not to get the band started on
: the subject of Gary. The short version is
: that he was a holdover from "Thee
: Sixpence" who became redundant as a
: bass player when George joined the band. I
: have heard reports that he did not play a
: single note on the SAC records, bass duties
: being handled by Ed and George. He did no
: significant songwriting either, but quickly
: stepped up front when cameras were around.
: In early 1968 he accepted a buyout to leave
: the band. Later, after firing their manager
: it was discovered that many bills were
: unpaid and most of Gary's settlement was
: still owed to him. I believe he later sued
: SAC for it and at that time the band had
: dissolved but Mark Weitz was left unfairly
: "holding the bag" and had to pay
: Gary off a substantial sum out of his own
: pocket. That was salt in the wound of
: Mark's SAC experience and as you can
: imagine, Gary is not remembered fondly. I
: recognize the possibility that Gary had no
: malice in his actions, and would like to
: hear his memory of SAC days, but this is not
: the place for it. If anything in this post
: can be proven inaccurate, I welcome
: corrections.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hello all so i was reading on the fourms the
: first bass player Gary i think his name was,
: i heard he showed a gun to a nun. Did he do
: anything else dumb while he was in thee
: sixpence and the SAC
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