Hey guys, Frank here with a quick disclaimer about this episode featuring Howard Kaelin of

The Turtles. It's a great episode. The audio is not ideal. We do our best to record people,

but in this case, Howard could not get to a studio. We couldn't get anyone to him. He lives in Seattle,

and he's not Mike, so we were lying on Skype. So as I say, the audio is not the best,

but the content is terrific. So stay with it. Here we go.

Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried. This is Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast with my

co-host Frank Santo Padre. Once again, we're recording at Nutmeg with our engineer Frank Ferdarosa.

Our guest this week is a singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, author, and

raccontour, and eyewitness to 50 years of rock and roll history. As the lead singer, the best

selling 1960s pop rock group, The Turtles. He scored hits like, it ain't me, babe, Elinors.

She'd rather be with me. You showed me, and of course, happy together, named one of the top 50

songs of the 20th century, along with fellow Turtle and Future Partner Mark Vullman. He became a

fixture in Frank Sappers' mother's of invention, and later formed the successful musical comedy duo

known as Flowin Eddy. In a career spanning six decades, he's written hit songs, produced albums,

for fellow artists, provided voices, for animated films, and appeared in TV shows like

It's Gary Shanling's show, and feature films like 200 motels and get crazy. He's also performed

backup vocals for Bruce Springsteen, T-Rex, Derand Derand, The Ramones, Alice Cooper, Blondie,

and John Lennon, and sang on hit records like, Banga Gang and Hungry Heart, among others.

His recent tell-all memoir is called Sheld Shocked. My Life with The Turtles, Flowin Eddy and

Frank Sapper, etc. Please welcome to the podcast a genuine rock and roll legend and a man who once

got high with both soupy sales and pooh-key. The multi-talented Howard Kalen. Thank you, Gilbert. That

is the best obituary I have ever heard in my life. Now the show's over. That was 20 minutes long.

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