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Abba Zaba song notes from Gary Marker
My musings on the meaning of the lyrics for that particular song aren’t my personal interpretation, I’m merely relaying what Don Van Vliet told me thatRead More
Moonlight On Vermont song notes by Mark Saucier
Moonlight on Vermont affected everybody Even Mrs. Wooten well as Little Nitty Even lifebuoy floatin’/With his lil’ pistol showin’ ‘n his lil’ pistol totin’ Vermont isRead More
Orange Claw Hammer song notes
Painless Parker Derek Laskie writes: This is a photo of a wooden pail full of teeth which Painless Parker extracted. Edgar R R ‘Painless’ Parker isRead More
Sugar ‘N Spikes song notes
Justin Sherill writes: Interestingly, I received an email from a Peter Wray, who might just be the fellow mentioned in the song. Here’s a chunk ofRead More
Tarotplane song notes
Steve Brewster writes about the opening lines “Baby Percy told Elixir Sue / Listen to me baby / I’m gonna tell it to you”: Don wasRead More
The Thousandth and Tenth Day of the Human Totem Pole – song notes
Note this drawing depicting “…a small child / With Status of Liberty doll.” which was included with the Spotlight Kid album in 1972, 10 years beforeRead More
Zig Zag Wanderer – song notes
In 2001 Gary Marker wrote to say the following: Zig-Zag Wanderer was a specific reference to the popular rolling papers of the same name. (“You canRead More