Read Gardner Remembers: the lost tapes Page 9

CM: The Who.

  BG: Ok, I get you. Yeah, maybe second only to the Beatles. Who wants rankings? The Who are musical dynamite, man.

  CM: Creedence.

  BG: You’re hitting the groove now, man. Oh, baby, where’d they get that sound? They’re from fucking California. Swamp rock.

  CM: The Holy Modal Rounders.

  BG: Yeah, they’re cool. I haven’t heard all their stuff. I like what I’ve heard.

  CM: Joplin.

  BG: Sweet baby. What pipes, man, and sweet, sweet baby. Miss her every day.

  CM: Herman’s Hermits.

  BG: (laughs) Well, I don’t really want this published, I don’t think. I think they’re fucking wonderful.

  CM: Tim Hardin.

  BG: Friend.

  CM: Dick Dale.