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David Perlmutter's avatar

It's so nice to read his story. I mainly know him only as the author of "Along Comes Mary".

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Ellen from Endwell's avatar

Such an interesting piece! You've collected so much data and put together such a compelling story of Tandyn's work and life.

A few thoughts. If there's an argument for people having multiple lives, it has to be musicians who seem to know how to play as soon as they come in contact with an instrument, like Tandyn.

Chris Dalla Riva recently did a piece on the whole credit issue, and back then it was much less likely to give credit to the producer (like Curt) but it was already changing, and now everyone and their dog gets credit. So Curt would get credit now most likely and Tandyn would not be able to deny it.

That video with Leonard Bernstein is such a find. I want to watch the entire thing!

I have always loved "Along Comes Mary" and thought it was different and special, and this clinches it. The sixties was like a wild frontier for musical creativity, and that carried to some extent into the following decades, but the music industry and radio consolidations were already having an effect by the early 70s and so many artists and songwriters (Like Tandyn and Sloan) were leaving the business by the mid-70s -- or having to bow to serious commercial pressures. I just keep stumbling on evidence of this and want to write more about it.

But this was a fascinating piece and I'm glad you're documenting these artists who might be forgotten otherwise. A real contribution!

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