Tracks in the Sands of Time: Garage Rock and the Road to L.A. with Manny Freiser
What was it really like to be in a garage rock band chasing stardom in the mid-sixties, before any of it was called "classic rock"?
Manny Freiser is the author of Tracks in the Sands of Time, Volume I, a memoir about his life in rock and roll. He co-wrote garage rock classics "Let's Talk About Girls" and "Cry a Little Longer" as a member of The Grodes, a band that rocked Tucson, Arizona from 1965 to 1968, before Manny and co-lead singer Patti McCarron left for Los Angeles in search of stardom.
In this episode, Manny takes us back to the underground rock scene of the mid-sixties, how The…
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